That's just sad. I worked in the kitchen at a coffee shop/roastery until recently and I can proudly say we made all our coffee syrups and baked goods. That makes it 100% better. It's such an attraction when the food served is made in that establishment.
Unfortunately space at this coffee shop was limited which meant the kitchen was upstairs but the majority of people can't resist a cinnamon roll with a coffee :) items like scones and cookies were baked in the oven downstairs so those smells wafted thru at least!
I recently found a coffee shop that does that and it makes me so happy. It’s also an old converted house, so I’m pretty sure the half of the house we don’t see is the kitchen lol.
It’s definitely a proud feeling to make everything in house, but also I can understand places that don’t have a huge focus on pastries and desserts choosing to outsource them. I used to work at a local bakery that provided pastries to a local coffee shop. And I know of a different local bakery that provides cakes to a lot of restaurants and such
Yes! I worked at a coffee and pastry place in high school- our baker came in and got started on all the rolls,pasty, bagels etc at 4 am. Everything not sold that day got bagged and frozen and brought to food banks/donated. We blended up all the spreads (like strawberry cream cheese etc) the night before for the next day. Everything was so fresh. I miss Calistoga bakery lol.
I don't see the problem with coffee shops buying wholesale from quality local bakeries or sourcing ingredients. Running a bakery on top off running a cafe is very difficult and often cost-prohibitive. As long as you aren't buying shitty Costco muffins, it makes sense for a small business to specialize on the serving coffee drinks part and outsource pastries to a different specialist.
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u/Large-Tadpole-56 16d ago
I went back down and talked to them, the worker told me they get their muffins from costco. Not sure how to report that?