Solomon's Bakery

• Cuisine(s): Bakery, Deli, Jewish, Sandwiches
  Hours: Sun 9am-1pm, Mon-Sat 6am-5pm
  Price: $
  Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash
• Attire: casual
  Features: Catering, Delivery, Kid Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Snack Food
  Alcohol: None
• Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary
  Parking: Lot Available

Description

At 3 a.m., when most Orange Countians are halfway through their slumber, Solomon Dueñas leaves Aliso Viejo and begins the 15-minute commute he's made nearly every morning to his Jewish bakery since 1987. Glass displays at Solomon's are clean, highlighting all the favorites of the Jewish-pastry galaxy-stomach-stuffing babkas; fruity hamantaschen; crumbly rugelach available in chocolate, raspberry and apricot. Even better is a Dueñas original that he calls an apple-raisin bran, a block of caramelized flour so decadent that customers drive in from San Diego and even Washington state just for a sniff.