Swiss Alpine Bakery

I have not had a bad visit yet, and I've had many visits! The pastries are out of this world, and the croissant sandwiches are delicious. My daughter loves the little meringue creations as well as the chicken salad stuffed tomatoes. We can't even pass by this shopping center without our mouths watering!

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I'm an immigrant from Europe and I have struggled for a while with all those Korean and "French" bakeries in the area, which all use US-made ingredients, so their pastries taste accordingly and are not much different from your Kroger deli pastries. But people in Swiss Alpine are French! And they travel to France every year to restock their tools, spices and secret ingredients. So their pastries taste very much like what you would enjoy in France. Café itself is pretty small, so I usually use them for take-outs. Prices are not super low, but aren’t high either, especially for this exceptional quality. Average pastry will run you $3-4, but there’s a way to cheat your way through the prices by purchasing smaller “trial size” $1 pastries. This way you can also figure out what you like the most and buy that kind in larger size. Another trick – buy some pastries in Swiss Alpine and walk 20 yards to nearby Starbucks. Coffee is better in Starbucks and they never complain about you bringing your own pastries. By the way, there’s a Russian Deli on the same plaza where they make pretty decent salads and soups and sell various frozen meat dumplings. So you can turn this trip into visiting France and Russia with a stopover at Starbucks :)

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I'm an immigrant from Europe and I have struggled for a while with all those Korean and "French" bakeries in the area, which all use US-made ingredients, so their pastries taste accordingly and are not much different from your Kroger deli pastries. But people in Swiss Alpine are French! And they travel to France every year to restock their tools, spices and secret ingredients. So their pastries taste very much like what you would enjoy in France. Cafe itself is pretty small, so I usually use them for take-outs. Prices are not super low, but aren?t high either, especially for this exceptional quality. Average pastry will run you $3-4, but there?s a way to cheat your way through the prices by purchasing smaller ?trial size? $1 pastries. This way you can also figure out what you like the most and buy that kind in larger size. Another trick ? buy some pastries in Swiss Alpine and walk 20 yards to nearby Starbucks. Coffee is better in Starbucks and they never complain about you bringing your own pastries. By the way, there?s a Russian Deli on the same plaza where they make pretty decent salads and soups and sell various frozen meat dumplings. So you can turn this trip into visiting France and Russia with a stopover at Starbucks :)

Excellent desserts. This small cafe has a nice selection of desserts for your sweet tooth. I tried the napoleon and it was wonderful. They also serve lunch. The owner (I assume) is a really nice and polite lady.

Swiss Alpine no longer bakes their own baguettes--they sell Kroger baguettes at a higher price. All their prices have increased. This is very disappointing! Hope they get back on track, or they will lose customers...

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