I'm honestly amazed by how exceptional both the food and service were here. I visited with my…read morefriend, who uses a wheelchair, and the staff treated us with such kindness, patience, and care throughout the entire experience. They even surprised me with a birthday dessert, which made the night feel extra special. I chose the tiramisu, and it was absolutely delicious! I'm still thinking about it. Everything about this place felt warm and welcoming. It's definitely the kind of restaurant you take the people you love to.

Great addition to the Ansonia area!…read more The food here was surprisingly good and so was the coffee! My only criticism would be that it took a solid 15 minutes for us to get our coffee. Otherwise, the customer service was great!

Came here around 8:30 on a Sunday. There was someone in already and two workers helping out. I was…read moreimmediately helped by a worker. The shop is really cute with a lot of great looking desserts, decor, and some ads for the classes or kits they advertise. I decided to try a cannoli and one of their cakes, which had white chocolate and cherry. I got my order very quickly. Both tasted delicious! The cannoli was quite big and the cake was very light and flavorful. I'll definitely be stopping by again!

Amazing bakery (personal favs the giant cannoli on holidays, the chocolate lemon mini pies) tonight…read morewe went for a Christmas cookie baking class with owners Regina & Mike who couldn't be nicer. We made chocolate caramel cookies, shaped decorated sugar cookies, raspberry jam thumbprint cookies, and chocolate chip cookies. Getting almost all our Christmas cookie baking done as a date night in 2 hours was awesome! Lots of fun conversations, great group of people, everything prepped and ready for us to roll, shape, decorate, bake and then put it in a fabulous cookie container. We signed up for the March St Patricks day class on the spot! They also offer a cannoli class, and a Valentines class. Soooo worth it. I love to visit them on the green in East Haven at the farmers market too.

I tried this place after seeing it all over instagram. The cinnamon raisin bagel was dense and…read morelacked much flavor (or raisins). Sliced and served with a side of cream cheese. The croissant was very good (not pictured) and there were many other breads and pastries to choose from. The line here is practically out the door every weekend. They're only open on weekends. That being said, I encourage everyone to try this local small business and follow them on instagram because they have so many different things to try each week.

Delicious sourdough bread and great service! The bagel sandwich was also really tasty…read more One thing I wish though was the loaves could be cut since many bakeries offer this!

Delicious baked goods. Cardamon bread, baguettes, cookies, breakfast pastries,…read moreMuffins. All home cooked and good to the last bite. Excellent.

You need to go here! It's a Hamden gem. Lovely baker. Amazing home baked treats. Soups. Eggs. Do…read morenot leave without a loaf of his cardamom bread. The smell alone! Delicious! Soft. Sweet. Rock sugar on top. So delicious with butter. Odd hours. Get there early for the bread. Cash only. This place is a rarity!

great food great ambience…read more frequently shop delicious sandwiches soup awesome good hours walking distance

I just love a bakery that actually bakes its own bread and this place has such a great selection. I…read moretook home a white sourdough loaf along with a ton of pastries and everything was delicious. I also tried the prosciutto panini, which was really good, but only qualm is that there is a lot of arugula on it, so if you're an arugula lover, this is definitely the sandwich for you lol. All of the girls working were incredibly knowledgeable about everything they were selling. I really appreciated that they bring your food right to your table too. Overall, such a great experience and definitely a bakery I'd come back to :)

Meat and Co is a creative sandwich shop in New Haven's upscale East Rock Market Food Hall. If you…read morenotice the sign, you'll see they've rotated the lower case "a" in "Meat" so it's upside down. Think of it as a culinary warning that they don't do things the normal way. I've had two sandwiches from Meat and Co. on two separate visits in 2025. The first was the Haute Tuna Melt. The tuna salad itself was good. It has some hot pepper and chive flavor. The tuna sandwich was on a panini-pressed ciabatta roll. I prefer some type of grilled sliced bread, which I think is more common, for a tuna melt. But that's fine. The biggest miss for me was the cheese. The American Cheese was not at all melted. So it's really just a tuna fish sandwich with American Cheese, Lettuce and Tomato. Good for what it was, but it wasn't a Tuna Melt. The second was The Rick Reuben. It must be more "Rick" than "Reuben". because it is the least "Reuben" Reuben sandwich I've ever had. It had pastrami, which is acceptable for a Reuben. That was about it. Instead of kraut, they had a mild red cabbage slaw. Instead of Swiss, they had cheddar. Instead of grilled rye bread, it was on a long panini-pressed pretzel roll. Admittedly, I didn't pay careful attention to the menu description because Reubens usually fall into one of a small number of types, and I like them all. Although, the online menu I saw did not reference the pretzel roll. This sandwich was too far away from any accepted form of Reuben to be called a Reuben. If it had been called a Pretzel Pastrami Melt, which is far more accurate, I wouldn't have ordered it. It was fine for it was. The pastrami was average though. Given how much I like the other East Rock Market vendors, I'm unlikely to return. If you go, pay close attention to the menu and maybe ask questions. 3.25 Stars

I was excited to find out that there was a panini shop near me and I want on 1/2/26 a Friday night…read moreat 6 pm and the person working there seems like he did not want to work! He was in his phone the whole time. I asked if it was a panini and he said "no, ciabatta". I ordered a Voodoo chicken which was supposed to be spicy but it was disappointing with no flavor . My husband ordered a steak and cheese and the steak was cheap cut mostly gristly. Our paninis were not toasted, COPD AND HARD BREAD and I'm not sure why as they have the equipment to do it. We also ordered fries but the person refused to make them and said " I don't have any ready ". Okay but can you get some ready? He was extremely lazy and didn't want to work. Cold hard ciabatta with sub par ingredients. $40!! 2 sandwiches. We will not be back . Extremely poorly managed. Lazy employee and sub par ingredients.

Guava heaven. I'd been introduced to guava pastries on a visit to Tampa and figured I'd never see…read morethem up here... but wait! Here is Pan Del Cielo 2 to the rescue. On my first visit, there were at least 4 different pastry types filled with or topped with guava, as well as generous use of pineapple, my second favorite pastry filling. I'd expected a limited selection of baked goods, but the cases of pastries and desserts were on a par with what I see at the Italian bakeries. Do you need Puerto Rican pastries in your life? Yes, you do. The selection runs more to puff pastry and soft yeast doughs than what I've seen at Mexican panaderias in the west (which is fine by me, I am delighted by anything filled). There are also sandwiches on the menu which, um, I was so excited by pastries that I forgot to order one. Maybe next time. Staff was super-nice. Prices are very reasonable.

Great for bread. The bread is the star here…read more Busy location. Sandwiches available. Mine was a bit dry. Come for the bread!

It was pretty busy when we stopped in, but it had a nice, lively café atmosphere…read more I got the pistachio croissant, while my niece went with the chocolate croissant. Both were flaky, buttery, and really good, but I especially enjoyed the pistachio. Despite how busy it was, the service was friendly and welcoming.

3.5 / 5.0 - I've dined here a couple of times for breakfast / brunch. They have a spacious indoor…read moredining area, as well as some tables outside, for a nice day out. It's counter service and they will call you name out once your food is ready. Especially for the price, the avocado toast has very little avocado on it and the croissant didn't taste very fresh. I'll have to try some other items on the menu.