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    Honey Bear Bakery Cafe

    3.3 (310 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Chipotle Chicken Sandwch
    Shanelle Y.

    The bread on the sandwich was so thick that it made it hard to eat. I couldn't really tell that there was anything else in the sandwich because I was mostly tasting bread, and the bread wasn't even that soft or good. Also, when checking out, the barista asked "pickle and chips?" but didn't specify that this was an extra $1 (if I had known I would have said no).

    Lots of thick shortening on their black and white cake. I don't recommend.
    Channing C.

    I have been eating here for years now, as I'm obsessed with the bookstore. Absolutely love the place. This is the most popular food vendor in the store as it is located right in the front of the building. Way better than Starbucks. They serve Victrola coffee here. My favorite is their London Fog latte. They also have some good food options. You can get breakfast of course. Grab one of their many pastries and/or breakfast sandwiches. You can also grab lunch, as they have many sandwich, salad, and soup of the day options. My favorite food items are the deluxe croissant and the meat pie. One the negative, I will say that they have raised the prices on many of their items. The meat pies have gone up to almost 8 bucks for one, so I stopped buying it. As far as their baked goods, there are other better bakeries out here. The team is really good at making the items appealing and pretty, but once you taste it, you might be underwhelmed or even disgusted. My mom and I shared a slice of their black and white cake and we quickly realized that they use shortening for frosting. My mom and I both cook/bake, so we instantly knew once we tasted it. We decided to eat around the shortening and only ingest the cake. After we ate the cake, we were left with solid blocks of shortening, and realized that the cake to shortening ratio was way off. It was actually disgusting. If you like to munch on sweetened saturated fat, then you will like this cake. I would never order one from here knowing what they use to make their frosting. I will stick to my London Fog and other favorites.

    Yash K.

    Honey Bear Bakery is a nice spot located inside Third Place Books which is an indie bookshop. So you can browse books with your coffee and treats. They also have a third place commons area inside where they have community events. We tried the Quiche Lorraine which came with either a side of fruit or salad. We opted for the fruit cup. We also got a spring special which was the candied pistachio latte with caramel and pistachio flavors. Both the latte and quiche were very tasty and it was fun to watch the community events and browse books while inside. Would recommend checking them out!

    Waxy block of butter-texture icing even at room temperature. Peeled off the cake in block like chunks.

    I've been perusing the baked case at Honeybear for a while and finally decided to try their lemon chiffon blueberry cake slice. At $5.99 a slice it was decently priced. I took it home and let it sit out at room temperature for several hours so that the icing and everything would be an ideal texture. The cake itself was really good and it had lemon curd in the filling kind of skimpy on the blueberries. The icing is where the cake fails. Even after sitting at ambient room temperature for several hours, the icing felt like eating a block of butter - it was waxy, firm, very unappealing. Who eats cakes like this? I didn't feel like microwaving the icing to get it to soften up either. Needless to say, it was a waste of calories and money. I would go back to try some of their other cakes, but it's never predictable what they will have in their case. They've told me many times that they are working on getting their social media website together even after I've suggested putting cake flavors on Instagram or anywhere so that people don't have to call to ask what's in the case. It's 2025 - get with the century and use technology. Even before thinking about that step, when I ask them if they are certain flavors that are baked during the week, they say that it's at the whim of the bakers. There is no set schedule for any flavors to come out. Even the few times I've stepped in there the cake case had very few things to had maybe 3-5 cakes that were not my thing. After asking several times what other flavors they have and getting noncommittal answers such as we never know what the bakers will make, I'll go elsewhere. Especially when the icing is the texture of a block of waxy butter. Service was ok. There was a long line of people waiting to order, but there was three or four people behind the counter, standing there, staring at all of us in line - that's annoying if they are not doing anything to help with orders.

    BLTA Sandwich. Perfect.
    Maryam G.

    I recently saw a social media thread asking local foodies for their most favorite sandwich, and more than one answered the BLTA from Honey Bear Bakery. I admit I thought this was odd--in the whole area, they picked a simple sandwich from a place that doesn't even specializes in sandwiches per se. Then I had it. Enlightenment. I'll try to explain what makes it so good. The basil aioli for starters is a perfect sauce for the sandwich components, and it's sent me on a mission to figure out how to make my own. The bacon is thin and crisp enough to not be tedious when chewing. The tomato, lettuce, and avocado are all perfectly fresh. And that fluffy wheat bread, nutty with a hint of sweetness, brings as much to the table as the rest of it. You need to pay extra for a pickle and chips, trust me--this is part of a top notch experience. I also tried the veggie hand pie and a cinnamon roll. I liked the latter a lot (though the dough was just borderline dry, the cinnamon swirl was great) and would skip the former. This spot is inside the Third Place Books complex, you order at the counter and can sit in the open food court area or take to go, and they don't seem to have any online ordering or delivery capacity. Maybe that's all the business they can manage; I know I'd frequent them more if I could order in advance! For some of the food and the setup, this is a four-star review. But I can confirm: the BLTA is off the charts.

    Carrot cake
    Huong L.

    I actually had low expectations of this place but it was pretty good. The line was pretty long in the morning but it moved nicely. They have breakfast sandwiches and savory stuff as well as a display case of sweets. I ended up getting Slice of carrot cake - for $5.99 it's pretty good. Moist, nice balance in flavor, not too sweet Pumpkin cheesecake - 5.99 - standard Cinnamon roll $4 - probably better served warm The place is located in a plaza and it's not its own restaurant, its like a Starbucks with open seating. It can get pretty loud Overall good place to try and if you're in the area

    Burnt bread with hardly any bacon and tomatoes, which I had asked not to include.
    Liz H.

    So I was craving a BLT.. and Honey Bear bakery makes a really good one. Except for the last few times that they've dropped the ball. But I decided to give them one more chance, and ordered a BLTA to go. Unfortunately it wasn't great. First of all, I asked for the BLTA without the tomato (they make my mouth itch), and they didn't remove them. Secondly, they burnt the bread. And this wasn't just slighty burnt, it was inedible. I literally had to remove everything from the inside and use my own bread. And they also barely added any bacon or avocado. And to boot, this sandwich has gone up in price by a lot... but has gone down in quality! I think if I do try another BLTA from Honey Bear, I'm going to check the sandwich before I leave. And if the toast is badly burnt, I'm returning it. However, the cookies didn't disappoint. They were delicious, huge, and very reasonably priced.

    BLTA minus the A. Very good

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    Great service. Got a scone but couldn't eat it all... but it was yummy. WiFi available. Recommend

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    Ask the Community - Honey Bear Bakery Cafe

    Are dogs welcome?

    I am not sure but they do have tables out side. There is also a great pet store in the same building.

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