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    El Manantial Bakery

    3.6 (14 reviews)
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    Open 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Majerete y empanada de guava...$2.25!!!
    Wendy M.

    Thanks to this place, my blood sugar has risen to a record high. After trying some of the excellent bakeries in the neighborhood along St. Nicholas, 181st, and Broadway, I was up to my eyeballs in sugar - but El Manatial still stands out as my absolute favorite. Sure, the pastries at 5 Estrellas are a teeny bit flakier, but the pastries here are bigger and cheaper - something that I appreciate as a poor, hungry grad student. This bakery offers the best ratio of price to quality - in fact, it's one of the cheapest ones I've found, with a guava empanada running you a mere 85 cents and coffee for a buck. I don't have a favorite - everything here is comfortingly and solidly amazing. It's like having your own Dominican grandma making treats for you - which I obviously don't have, so visiting this place is the closest I'll get to renting one. The pudin de pan is amazing - at only a buck, it's a really solid piece of bread pudding that weighs at least a pound, and I tell myself that the workout I get from carrying it two blocks justifies me eating the entire brick. Now it's time for my public service announcement - get the majerete! I've always been a fan of the puerto rican version, but this place has given me a corn fetish. I can usually be identified as that awkward girl trying hard to balance six cups of it to consume in my dark cave over the course of the next few days - that's how good it is. The good: cheap enough that you can get everything, and delicious. I haven't had a problem with stale tasting pastries so far, and if you go mid-afternoon, usually any leftovers from the night before have been sold out, and you have a fresh batch of choices to select from. Go too late and things like the pan colombiano might be sold out. The not so good: Be prepared to speak spanish. There are two ladies that speak english, but the rest have looked me full in the face and continued en espanol. This was very awkward as I was trying to recall from my spanish classes whether sesenta was the name of a patron saint, or if it was how much I owed. Additionally, some of the other customers can be pushy - if it's your turn, and you hear the word SIGUENTE!, go claim that glorious baked good that's yours! They are cash only, so be prepared with several bills in your pocket - you won't spend all of them, but you will spend!

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    horrible!horrible! first of all my cake was supposed to be ready by 12 i got there at 12:30 and it took them an hour. Not even the worst part. The cake i ordered and gave a picture, did not match at all on the cake. they tried telling me a whole bunch of lies and said they did not have purple icing but they had a cake that was purple. then a worker there tried to fix it and she just made it worse. don't ever go here.

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    Carrianne C.

    Cheap, delicious. I tried a few things - I can't remember what they were called exactly but one was filled with cheese and was slightly sweet and delicious! I also tried some of the cookies which I also really liked. Besides the sweet treats they offer, they also offer freshly baked breads and some savory pastries (much more my style). If this was on my way to work/school I might stop by more often because they have a large selection of goodies.

    Never buying anything from this bakery again.

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    The service was excellent; everyone in there was so friendly! I got to warm up a few of the cookies…read moreI ordered and WOW. They are on the thicker side yet so incredibly soft on the inside and have a perfect crisp on the outer edges, top, and bottom!! Demitri was so kind and accommodated for my complicated and long order! I definitely recommend the Dark Chocolate Chip Cookie, it was so rich in flavor! The Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie was not too sweet as the walnuts were the perfect balance! I think this is for people who are not too big on chocolate chips in their cookie. The Coconut Caramel cookie reminded me of a Samoa! You can taste all the coconut in the cookie and it was delicious! The Sticky Bun was so soft as well! 10/10!

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