Bake Sale Bakery

What a cute little shop. I love the blue walls on one side and brick on the other.
I decided to just get a chocolate chip cookie. So good. Very soft and tasty. And perfect for this rainy afternoon. I’ll be back!

Amazing macrons! The chocolate marshmallows and the salt /​chocolate cookies were amazing as well on their own. But it was even better when a marshmallow was slightly melted on the cookie!

Just came here for the first time. The feta quiche and the espresso muffin are delicious. Will have to come back for sure.

Bake Sale has been providing the desserts for my company’s holiday parties for the past two years. They are amazing. Staff is nice, cookies are the best that I’ve been able to find in San Diego, and the prices are more than reasonable.

The bake sale is my current chocolate chip cookie crush. I like their chocolate chip cookies because they are just plain and simple great chocolate chip cookies.
The perfect chocolate chip cookies has a certain gooeyness to them with the right amount of crunch on the edges. A certain sweetness with just the right amount of saltiness. Chocolate that lingers well into the next bite…
Pure fun, isn’t it?

I am heartbroken (ok, that’s a bit much) that Holsem no longer carries Bake Sale items. The blueberry streusel muffin, while on the sweet side, is a morning/​brunch/​snack staple. So were the pistachio-​lemon-​cardamom cookies. The English muffins are iiiiiiiincredible. I bought one with the intention of heating it up but snuck a bite beforehand. It was so yeasty and chewy and fluffy that I couldn’t help myself and finished it sans toasting.
The almond croissant was too much crazy for me. I’m a purist when it comes to my almond croissant and I don’t need the granola and dried fruit on top. Their pain au chocolate was just ok.
Despite the seemingly mixed reviews here, I’m going to give it 5 stars because the fantastic items are fantastic, the shop is adorable and clean, the service is wonderful. I will give another report once I have tried everything!

Yeah, I’m kind of a fan! This is a tiny shop full of lots of truly yummy items. The goods might be a bit pricey, but I’m usually okay paying a bit more for quality.
The reason I’m giving four stars, not five, is because there’s no air curtain or fly fan over the door, which is kept open, no matter how hot it is out. That means that there is nothing to stop the flies from buzzing in and landing on the items that are on display up front.
Yet, I’ve been here three times. So, clearly I’m able to look past that… a bit.
My favorite item is the ham and cheddar biscuit. When they toast that bad boy up and slather it with butter… MAN! It’s a large biscuit, and you get chunks of ham inside that add a heartiness to the bread that the cheese alone doesn’t add.
The cookies are also very good. Large, crispy yet chewy… we may have bought one of each one day. The spicy chocolate oatmeal is the clear winner!
My husband loved the pecan roll and the scones, and the espresso muffin was tasty. Even the mongrels love the doggy biscuits that we buy by the bag.
I’m interested in going back again, to try some of the other items they make. There’s lots of goods to work through!

I’ve been here several times now and read a lot of the reviews here on Unilocal…
Bake Sale is delicious! The pastries I’ve tasted are very good and I think their English muffin is one of a kind. More moist than your typical English muffin– also very thick and bread-​y.
I love the breakfast ham biscuit (with ham inside of the bread)!!! So good. They make a breakfast sandwich with it and it is PHENOM.
One thing I love about Bake Sale is their «relaxed» customer service. I’ve seen some not-​so-​good reviews about customer service or a bad attitude from staff here… no one has never been rude to me here– I actually PREFER that staff aren’t all up in my face smiling, being fake and overselling themselves or their goods… I think here the goods speak for themselves!
As a mater of fact, my fiancée and I are eating a ham sandwich right now with their home made rye bread. Yum.
So far I’ve had their… pop tart, bran muffin, morning bun, sticky bun, breakfast ham biscuit, English muffin, snicker doodle cookie, chocolate chip cookie… all of which were amazing…
I’m planning on having them make us a small wedding cake!!! Very excited and so lucky to have Bake Sale in my hood!

My coworkers have been raving about this place and their cookies! I have a major sweet tooth and had to check it out for myself. I love chocolate and had an original chocolate chip cookie or double chocolate brownie to choose from. I went with the original chocolate chip cookie and was disappointed to say the least. It was nothing special nor anything I’d even waste calories on. I had a few bites and had to throw it away. I’d say the chocolate chip to cookie ratio was very poor.
I will say, I did try the snickerdoodle cookie from a coworker and it was very good! Tasty and soft. So perhaps their specialty lies more in non chocolate sweets.
I will likely not return here again.

So I am a lover of cute little bakeries such as the Bake Sale Bakery. I’ve had this place on my radar for a while now and so I decided to finally walk over and get some baked goods. So this 5 star review is only based off of the assortment of baked goods that I put in my mouth, and they are many because i always over do it when it comes to baked goods:
The pretzel reminded me of a pecan tart but because pretzels out do pecans any day. It is salty, buttery, sweet, and delicious. I highly recommend it!
The double chocolate brownie was amazing! It has a point of coffee taste in the fudge frosting which I find quite delightful.
Their take in the pop tart is good and it takes the route of a traditional flakey tart pastry thing if like that sort of thing. It is tasty but I’m just not a pastry type of guy when it comes to baked goods.
My absolute favorite thing yet has to be the peanut butter cookies which I was totally blown away by. It was honestly so good and I really was jus missing one thing, a huge glass of milk. That is my own rookie mistake that won’t happen again.
I will definitely be back soon for sandwiches on their fresh baked peasant bread thats for sure!

I like to come here for the home baked English muffins which are wonderful toasted, buttered & jammed. I also use these muffins for my breakfast sandwiches. It’s nice to have this bakery in the ‘hood.
Oh, another must try is the pop tart. I tried a strawberry filled one that made my day! Definitely will make a trip to the Bake Sale a Sunday morning habit.
The staff is super nice and you can enjoy a breakfast or lunch there. The interior is nicely decorated and you feel liked you’re eating in your hip grandma’s kitchen.

Caramel Pretzel Bar — one of the best dessert items in San Diego.
Great sandwiches on the bread they bake daily. Lots of fun baked items (Biscuits with cheddar and ham baked in? Yes please!) and good coffee drinks.
I like coming here for brunch and sitting at the window watching the crossfitters from the other side of the block running their sprints while I leisurely dip my muffin in my mocha and congratulate myself on making the correct decision on how to spend my day.

First of all, this is not a hater rating, just a baker-​appreciation-​constructive-​criticism.
I love visiting bakeries around town anywhere I visit and appreciate the hard work that goes into it. This had a nice ambience and I love the simplicity in presence with the décor, products, baked goods. I ordered 3 items: scone (yum!), croissant (undecided), English muffin (disappointed). I’ve made English muffins before and I had to buy this one because it looked very good. However it did not have the signature «nooks & crannies» a traditional English muffin would have. It’s a very basic type of bread and this version seemed more like a pan de sal or sweet bun. One other thing– it was slightly undercooked, too soft and was quite doughy still. I’d like to come back and try again. Hopefully my rating will be better next time.

I arrived via bicycle on a special weekend trip to finally give this place a Go. I must say, it was Good but not necessarily Great…
I respect & appreciate what they are doing, but having visited Great bakeries all over the US, I was not blown away by any means. I went for the highly praised «Morning Roll» and it was Good, but lacked the «separating of the heavens» that I had expected to experience after all the rave reviews.
This is my fault of course, since allowing a place to become mythical in nature, creates the slight possibility for disappointment should anything be off.
Like I said, GOOD and that is cool. Special trip? Maybe…

This is the best bakery in San Diego.
Best breakfast biscuit sandwich I’ve ever had as well.
Note: breakfast biscuit sandwiches are my thing.
I’ve tried 6 different pastries with my two visits, all of them were next level.
I would love for them to make sweet potato biscuits.
I’ve never had to wait in line here either. But I would gladly wait for 20min or more.

This place gets four stars overall, but because I did not enjoy their chocolate croissants (pain au chocolat), which is supposed to be one of the best things here, I knocked my rating down a star. Sorry.
The croissant was on the dry side, which unfortunately seems to be the case at most bakeries, including even the world famous Tartine in San Francisco. By comparison, Bake Sale Bakery was more moist than Tartine, but just by a little. Inside the Bake Sale version were two small chocolate bars, which is the traditional way to prepare this treat, but is dry compared to the chocolate cream version I’ve had at my all-​time favorite bakery in North Beach San Francisco.
I do love that Bake Sale makes its own English muffins, because I never see that anywhere. Those were moist and fluffy inside and even better when I spliced them in half and warmed them to a slight crisp in my toaster oven at home.
I do need to go back and try the morning buns, which I was told by the staff are the signature and top selling item at Bake Sale.

Was walking back to my car after brunch at Café Chloe when I saw a sign for Bake Sale. Always in the mood for a sweet treat I followed my nose (and the sign) to Bake Sale.
It’s a cute little spot with charm. We were greeted as soon as we entered which is always nice.
There were many sweet treats to choose from. They also serve lunch (salads, sandwiches), and bread by the loaf which looked very yummy. I went with the pretzel bar. It was rich and tasty, the perfect blend of sweet and salty.
All in all a good experience. I’d go back!

Maximus: What we do in life echoes in eternity.
Gladiator
A long, long time ago this brick building housed my parents friend’s Chinese laundry. I would patrol the sidewalk on my trike while the adults talked inside amongst the hissing machinery. Our Chinese laundry closed when my father died. This Chinese laundry closed when the patriarch died. The other Chinese laundrys disappeared from downtown as that generation died off and the next generation found other careers.
Now the bricks house a bakery. A warm delicious scent draws me inside. This would be the perfect place to spend a cold winter day.
Close your eyes and think back to when your mom made you chocolate chip cookies. The aroma rising from the oven. The anticipation watching the cookies cooling on the cookie sheet. The slightest crunch on the edge of the cookie and the softness in the center without being gooey. The perfect ratio of chips to batter. This chocolate chip cookie is like those cookies from bygone days.
The scent of butter is in the air as the croissant approaches my lips. Crunchy outer shell. Awesome buttery flavor. Smooth creamy inside. This is one of the best croissants I’ve had. :-)
Peanut butter cookie has the perfect balance of flavor between cookie batter and peanut butter.
Snickerdoodle cookie has a crunchy outside and soft inside. Perfect balance of sugar and cinnamon. Most of the snickerdoodle cookies I try have too much cinnamon.
The echoes in the walls remind me of the past but the aromas bring me back to the present. I think my parents would approve of this excellent Bake Sale Bakery.

«Is that good smell coming from in here?» I turned around and took notice of the curious gentleman entering the store to survey the array of tantalizing bakery treats on display.
It’s only been a few weeks since they opened up this cozy shop and I gotta give a shout to Unilocaler Justin J for the info and great pics. It’s cool to see another new place open up downtown for business and I’m hoping they’ll stick around for a while so I can check out more goodies and see what new items are in store.
Parking might be a temporary challenge since street construction recently robbed many nearby 4^th Ave curb spots. Hopefully they finish repairs sooner than later. Haha. There’s an available pay lot just a half block west towards the mall/​Gaslamp area if you’re already on the left lane along the one-​way avenue. DON’T be a criminal like me to park and walk away for 10 minutes and grab a box of goodies, then drive away without paying the unattended lot meter. Ahem, I said don’t.
I’m glad that Bake Sale was flying under the radar when I stopped in, since I’m usually last to find out about the latest greatest up-​and-​coming hotspots. Super friendly service and tasty snacks served in a shiny new store? Brace yourselves. If Bake Sale gains momentum, then prepare for possible lines out the door or sold out snacks because they’ll be getting up bright and 4am early to make your favorite goodies (& dog treats) from scratch.

Classic bakery feel~stainless steel countertops, large industrial sized mixer and dry goods bins in the corner of the dining area.
Ordered:
Fido Bar-​Bone shaped pastry for pups. Sofia liked it.
Lemon Bar-​Lemon Gelee top and a buttery shortbread bottom. Wonderful.
Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bar-​Everything in the name on top of a shortbread foundation. Crunchy, salty, buttery, sweet. Phenomenal.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookie-​Soft and choco-​ly delicious.
Peanut Butter Cookie-​Good peanut butter flavor and a nice dusting of coarse sugar on top for contrast.
Snickerdoodle-​A fine representation of the classic.
Chocolate Chip Popcorn Cookie-​Fun to try, decent cookie, but the popcorn became hard in the baking process. Worth a try for the novelty.
Excited to try anything these folks produce, and my new favorite bakery until my next favorite ;0)