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Isles Bun & Coffee Company
Tony Nelson 

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1424 W. 28th St. Minneapolis, MN 55408

612-870-4466 

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  • Bakery, Breakfast, Cafe, Coffeehouse
    $
  • Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Kid Friendly
    Breakfast
  • Street
Description

All children should be regularly brought to this Uptown spot, for five good reasons. First, all children should see how difficult it is to flatten yeast dough into a rectangle a yard long and then roll it up like a sweet, cinnamon-filled carpet. Second, they should see how easy it is to slice the long roll into individual portions. Third, they should see how warm and cute they are coming out of the oven. Fourth, they should smell, and memorize forever, the intoxicating perfume of sweet scratch baking. Fifth, and perhaps most important, children provide exceptionally good cover, and they rarely can finish one of the gigantic rolls by themselves.







  • 2010 | BEST SWEET ROLLS

    If you're in need of a new sweet-tooth obsession, Isle Bun & Coffee is the sugar crack you've been seeking. One trip to the little shop in Uptown and you'll be hooked. The cinnamon buns are as big as your head and come plain, dripping in caramel goodness, or slathered with cream cheese frosting. The coffee at Isles is also good and definitely recommended to wash down the sugar. Warning: Ingesting an entire cinnamon roll can lead to a bad case of the sugar shakes. We recommend starting... More »

  • 2009 | Best Caramel Roll

    First is the smell. Seldom do you get to experience a caramel roll before eating it--before even ordering it--but the time spent waiting in line at Isles Bun and Coffee Company is an integral part of the ingestion process. Then you get your caramel roll, with pecans or without (your choice), on a paper plate. Or, more likely, two paper plates, because just one is too puny to hold the immense mound of dough and caramel. The size matters, too, because when you're about halfway... More »

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    KristiM1 | Bloomington, MN | 5 Reviews

    | Thu, January 14, 2010

    obviously the best thing there are the puppy dog tails! so cheap, and as much frosting to top it off as you want

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Main Menu
Our Specialties
 
Cinnamon Buns
our famous cinnamon buns made fresh from scratch every day, topped with an unlimited amount of delicious cream cheese frosting.
 
Puppy Dog Tails
named by the nursery school children next door, our cinnamon twists are easy to eat and less intimidating- making them a customer favorite.
 
Carmel Sticky Buns
made with the same dough as our cinnamon buns, these buns are oozing with our special carmel sauce.
 
Caramel Pecan Buns
similar to our carmel sticky buns, we have added crushed pecans for an even more decadent treat.
 
Isles Cookies
our cookies are a third of a pound each before they are baked, making a moist, chewy treat. we sell a variety of superb cookies including: award winning chocolate chip, grandma's oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, orange bittersweet chocolate, sugar, ginger, and mary ann (double chocolate walnut).
 
Espresso Drinks And Coffee
with fair-trade organic coffee beans, trained baristas and a manual espresso machine, our drinks are as good as our cinnamon buns.
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