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A Baker's Wife Pastry Shop

4200 28th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55406

612-729-6898

Seward/ Longfellow/ Minnehaha | Get Directions  | 

Category: Restaurants | Bakery, Breakfast

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This inconspicuous, lowbrow, dead cheap little neighborhood bakery is actually run by a former pastry chef from the Plaza Hotel in New York--and the pastries are dazzling. The lemon bars are golden squares of French lemon tart, so full of butter they project a certain glowing luminescence and melt on the tongue, the crisp crust providing a sweet crunch of backbone for the rich filling. When you order this delirious bit of sunshine, the high school girl behind the counter picks it up with waxed paper and unceremoniously chucks it into a paper bag. Part of you wants to scream, "Quit! Would you chuck the Mona Lisa?" Part of you knows, yeah, they would. This place is just like that.

  • Cuisine(s): Bakery, Breakfast

    Hours: Sun 6:30am-3pm, Tue-Sat 6:30am-6pm

    Price: $

  • Payment Types: cash, check

    Features: Takeout

    Serving: Breakfast, Snack Food

  • Alcohol: None

    Reservations: Not Accepted

    Parking: Street

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  • 2011 | Best Doughnuts

    From the outside, A Baker's Wife appears harmless enough. Tucked away in a quiet, unassuming corner of south Minneapolis, you wouldn't think the tiny shop was cause for concern. But A Baker's Wife must be stopped. Their doughnuts are too good.... More >

  • 2008 | BEST BAKERY

    Few things in this world are incontrovertible. But here's one: A good neighborhood bakery can save lives. How? It's difficult to say, but it feels right to say it. If you stood outside the place peering in through the window, you wouldn't believe... More >

  • 2008 | BEST DOUGHNUTS

    The name comes from the 1930s French flick A Baker's Wife, which tells the tale of a baker who loses the ability to work after his beautiful wife flies their sugary coop. But there is nothing tragic about this inconspicuous south Minneapolis... More >

  • 2002 | BEST CROISSANTS

    Some people can generate a palpable physical rage over the Enron debacle. We can generate one over the infuriating fact that A Baker's Wife's is not located in our local neighborhood commercial node. It's simply impossible to overpraise the... More >

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  • Doughnut Safari 2002

    Doughnut Safari 2002

    By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, April 10, 2002

    [Editor's note: A correction ran concerning this story; see end of article.] Lone Doughnut Café 300 Second Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612.333.4195 Blackey's Bakery 639 22nd Ave. NE, Minneapolis; 612.789.5326 A Baker's Wife's Pastry Shop 4200 28... More >

  • The Coy and the Tarts

    The Coy and the Tarts

    By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, April 04, 2001

    A Baker's Wife's Pastry Shop 4200 28th Ave. S., Minneapolis; (612) 729-6898 Hours: 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 6:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Sunday All right, here's the deal: I'll tell you about a little, sort of dumpy-looking bakery that has ... More >

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  • JillianS1

    JillianS1

    | Wed, September 01, 2010

    A coworker recommended this bakery to me. He said it was the best, and you know what....he was RIGHT! Delicious fresh baked goods. I had the tea cake (i think) which was huge. Can't wait to go back and try something else.

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    citypagesbestof

    | Wed, May 06, 2009

    Few things in this world are incontrovertible. But here's one: A good neighborhood bakery can save lives. How? It's difficult to say, but it feels right to say it. If you stood outside the place peering in through the window, you wouldn't believe me. The view is mostly obstructed by a grandmother's collection of old signage, things like a woodcut of a sheep with the words "Thank Ewe!" painted across the wool. And passing by in your car, it would be easy to mistake the place for something more akin to one of those Wonder Bread thrift stores. You would certainly never guess that this jewel of a Minneapolis bakery is run by the former pastry chef of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, if only because of the prices. The buttery-crisp blueberry turnover, the caramel cake, the doughnut holes packed into a clear to-go cup and surrounded by the beaded moisture of the just-baked—any of these things can be yours for just outside of a dollar. And the perfect peasant loaves? Just outside of two dollars. As if they needed to indulge in any further kindness: The iced tea comes with ice cubes made of the same. And this is truly a neighborhood bakery. On any given Sunday morning you'll find kids still in their pajamas and neighbors exchanging another week's worth of hyper-local gossip. Is it saving lives? Okay, we'll cool it with the bluster. But it is.

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