Village Bakery and Cafe Visited 2/15/2011 4 Forks

Village Bakery and Cafe 3119 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039

 Another cute find not too far from Vivi's place in LA.  It's on a pretty busy street, so it might be easy to drive by it, but it's definitely worth a stop.  When you walk in, you are faced with an entire case of fresh pastries, breads, and other things that I should probably stay away from.  Vivi got a croissant, which she said was one of her favorite items there.  I was tempted to get a muffin because they were pretty fluffy and soft looking, but it probably had about 500 calories/50 grams of carbs in it.  They also had a good variety of gluten-free products, which I don't really get but I guess this is California right?


They also have a nice selection of sandwiches, breakfast scrambles and heartier food than just muffins and scones.  I had to get the breakfast sandwich with avocado ($6.50) because I could never get a breakfast sandwich with avocado in February in NYC.  The sandwich comes out on a very soft baguette (which kind of seems like an oxymoron since baguettes are usually hard and crusty) with a perfectly fried egg, cheddar cheese and delicious slices of avocado.  It was a great filling breakfast sandwich with a slight twist to it. 

There were lots of people who were in there on their laptops and just hanging out.  I would totally prefer to hang out here than to hang out in a Starbucks or plain Jane coffeeshop.  Plus I would also just come here for a regular meal rather than just a quick muffin and coffee stop.