Hands down the best bakery! Carmen is an amazing baker, and she makes new and "old world" pastries…read moreyou can't find anywhere else. I was able to order kolaches that were incredibly good! I brought them to my dad at the VA Home at King, and everyone tried them and loved them. My dad was so happy to have a childhood favorite his mom and aunts used to make. Another resident talked about his favorite donuts, pączkis. I mentioned to Carmen that another family might reach out for pączkis, and she just made a batch for everyone and dropped them at the VA to "give back to the elders." She is a top-notch baker, and human. Definitely go here and knock at the door if locked--chances are she's there working away at something delightful in the back.

I really wanted to like this. But the artificial taste overpowered the beautiful fluffy cream…read morelooking desserts. We ordered 3 and split them. Presentation was nice. Limoncello Canoli: looked great, tasted like rancid lemon flavoring. The shell was nice. Berry layer cake - SOOOO much red food coloring. Just that artificial-ness!!! It isn't very often that I find a sweet treat that I don't like, but this tasted awful and I actually had to spit this out. Strawberry lemon: how can I not like 3 different pastries/dessert items? Again. Nasty artificial taste...resembles Deep Woods Off bug spray. I'm a local and am definitely disappointed. You'd be better off going to the grocery store. .

love Coming here to enjoy a great treat and great coffee. My husband loves sharing fish stories as…read morewell. Can't forget the Quiche

Excellent service and the goodies were amazing and fairly priced…read more I had a chocolate covered Rice Krispie square, moist and rich. Highly recommend a stop at the bakery when you are in the area.

My mom bought me a cupcake there on a day out. We sat inside and talked a bit. It was about a…read morenormal sized one, but it was kinda overpriced for the amount. It was delicious though! The people working there were just like any kind of person you'd think would work at a bakery. They were nice and sounded happy to serve us. Overall it wasn't a bad experience, but I didn't really like the prices.

I ordered a wedding cake and a New York style cheesecake over a month in advance for my wedding on…read moreJune 3rd. I showed the owner a simple layer cake from their Facebook page with frosting flowers up the side and on the top. I provided a topper for the cake. Nothing fancy. I came to pick it up the morning of my wedding and the girl at the counter looked confused and had to go ask a man that was there about it. He looked around for several minutes also confused then directed her to a cheesecake in the display case that has whip cream on top (which wasn't fresh because the whip cream was no longer set). He said "just give her that one." Then I heard him calling someone in the back to ask where the cake was. As I peer around the corner, I see him getting a cake out of a display cooler that matches a small cake next to it. This cake had cookie-like flowers on the top that were nothing like what I had asked for. My cake topper is not on it. He starts boxing it up and tells me $70. I said, "I know thats not my cake, and I need to get to my hair appt. I will come back and I hope you get this figured out." He says nothing, but the whole time my daughter and I can tell that they didn't have my cake. My hair appt took quite a while, so I directed my husband to take care of it. He went to the bakery (which had finally found my cake topper) and was told that the items they tried to sell me were my order (New York style cheesecake does not have whipcream on it - nor did we ask for it). They said they could wipe the whip cream off , and they told him thats how all of their frosting flowers are made - like cookies that crumble. He mentioned we had shown a picture of what we wanted the cake to look like from their fbook page. He was then told that the picture was of a cake a customer had brought in and that they never made that cake. This blows my mind because why would you have it on your page then - nothing like false advertising. If they couldn't make the cake like what I had shown them when I ordered it - they should have said something at the time! What really happened is they never made my order to begin with and tried to pass off an old display cheesecake and someone else's cake instead and charge me full price - then lied to us about it! I would think twice before ordering anything important from this bakery. I left a comment about the situation on the picture of the cake I had wanted and they deleted my comment and blocked me. Don't believe all of their good reviews - they censor the bad ones.

Whew...we were camping nearby, it was the day we were set to pack up, and it was pouring rain…read more Packing up a pop-up camper in the pouring rain? Not super fun. We were drenched and decided that some hot coffee on the way out of town would be just the thing. Aquamos Coffee Collaborative to the rescue! It's in downtown Waupaca, so the parking is basically street or street angled parking. My husband was able to find a spot to sit with the car and camper while I ran in and got our coffee. Since it was lunch time and I noticed what sounded like a pretty stellar breakfast sandwich on their menu, I ordered us a couple of those as well. For our coffee we got the caramel roll latte (caramel-y, ever so slightly cinnamon-y deliciousness). They also have alternative milks, if you so desire. The breakfast sandwich was a sesame bagel with chipotle mayo, egg, bacon, and sharp cheddar--it was super flavorful and absolutely delicious. Oh...and I believe they're dog friendly. We were warmed up by the hot coffee and kickin' eats in no time. Thanks Aquamos! Get to it!

Always great to... friendly and welcoming!…read more Love their drinks and friendly service. Nice tables outside ... get the real Waupaca vibe!

Whenever in the area we go to Hillside Bakery. Great baked goods at fair prices. Just remember to…read moretake cash. Cash only is common in these parts.

Go on Saturday so you can get the donuts! Tastes like heaven! We also got molasses cookies and…read morecinnamon rolls. This could become a weekly tradition.

I was recently visiting friends in Green Lake, Wisconsin and on the way out of town decided to try…read moreRenard's European Bakeshop. I heard they get busy, and they open at 9:00am, so I decided to secure the first place in line at 8:40am. By the time they opened their doors, there were at least 20 people waiting in line. Renard's is that good!! I was greeted by a lovely woman and young man (perhaps mother and son?), and I had the first pick of what they had made for the day. Two monkey breads, two fruit-filled pastries, a loaf of sourdough bread and a coffee completed my order. It was all fresh and delicious. Princeton is a small town with a lot of cute shops and wonderful places to visit, and Renard's is one of their jewels. If you're in the area, check them out, but go early because I hear they sell out fast!

Unbelievable. This bakery touches my heart. It's amazing. We bought a loaf of cardamom bread…read more Delicious and not overpowering. The coffee is great. I had a blueberry, cream cheese pastry and my husband had a cherry checker? Anyway they were both excellent. I highly recommend this out of the way bakery. Well worth the trip.

While out grocery shopping, my husband turned to me and said, "Do you want a donut?"…read more Magic words to my ears, as I'm ALWAYS in the mood for a good donut. Only problem - nothing at the grocery store looked tempting enough to waste an entire week of dieting and exercise for. We ran a couple more errands, but neither of us could shake the idea of a mouthwatering pastry one can only find at a small-town, mom-and-pop bakery. And if you don't agree with me, I'm not sure you've ever been to Smurawa's, Bult's Bakery in Shawano, or Linda's Town & Country Bakery in Birnamwood. But I digress. Anywho, my husband recalled the pillowy, chewy paczkis we got from Maplewood Meats, courtesy of Smurawa's. But for a craving this bad, we knew we needed to go to the source and forego the supplier. And we only had half an hour to get there. We walked in with 15 minutes to spare. The gal behind the counter (Amara) made us feel like we had all the time in the world. There weren't many paczkis in the case, but Amara informed us she had empty pastries in the back and she could fill them with just about any flavor we wanted, and it would only take 10 minutes for her to fill them. We ordered one of each of the following: Cherry, raspberry, French cream, peanut butter cream, chocolate cream, custard and cream cheese. She gave us the option of coating with powdered sugar or granulated. We chose powdered. So we bought (though all were amazing, I've listed my favorites starting from the most) a kneecap, a glazed croissant, apple fritter, Danish krispie and banana cheesecake chimichanga. And we devoured them all! Huge shoutout to Amara for being quick, witty, helpful and so sweet. I had to practically drag my husband out of there. Needless to say, we'll be back again soon!

Went in to get two dozen kneecaps today. And the little dark haired gal bit my head off-DID YOU…read morePLACE AN ORDER? Ummm no was I supposed to? SHE POINTED TO THE CASEthat's all we have left. Ok well I will take those. She snapped back next time place an order. Excuse me??? ANOTHER LADY CUSTOMER LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WOW WHAT A BAD ATTITUDE. Yup sure has a terrible attitude. If this was not for a special family breakfast tomorrow I might have walked out AFTER SHE BOXED THEM UP. DANG NOW I WISH I WOULD HAVE. Terrible customer service. Merry Christmas to you tootles with the dark hair. Feel bad for the owner having such sucky help.

LOVE the sugar free apple pie. It's sweetened w stevia and SO GOOD!…read moreAlso bought 2 loaves of sourdough! A s someone that's not supposed to eat sugar or regular bread due to rheumatoid arthritis, it was awesome to buy a pie that doesn't have sugar & tasted SO good! Now it would be awesome to have other sugar free bakery and gluten free even better! The shop is well organized and quick service (even w a line of people).

Outstanding bakery! Love their cookies to their different flavored breads and pies. Wide variety…read moreand good prices. Everything is very fresh!