Village Baking Company & Cafe

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2025-03-17

This is a hard review to write. Village Baking company was a special place for me as a child, and was my first job in highschool. For decades had the highest quality pastries and was instrumental in starting me off on my journey of baking, pastry and food in general.. Service: 5/5 Food quality: 2/5 Price: a little on the high side for what we got Josephine was very kind and helpful, and patient as we slowly made our selections. The food items we ordered were: Apple Tart: 5/5 -- this was good, nicely textured tart shell, thinly sliced apples and flavor was great. Apricot Pocket and Raspberry Pocket: 5/5 -- Both were fresh, light flakey pastry and the just right amount of fruit filling. Blueberry Muffin: 5/5 -- fresh, moist inside of the muffin, nice crisp/crumbly streusel topping. Chocolate Chip Muffin: 4/5 -- yummy, semisweet chocolate chips and nice texture. A bit more dry than the blueberry. Cranberry Pecan Scone: 3/5 -- lovely fresh scone - although I had ordered an almond scone and had been looking forward to an almond scone for months! 😬 I didn't check the box until I got home and noticed it was the wrong flavor. The cranberry pecan scone was fresh, moist yet crumbly and the classic scone texture. It was good, just not what I had ordered. Almond Bear Claw: 1/5 -- this was a disappointment. The bear claw has no glaze on the outside of the pastry leaving it dry and not quit sweet enough. I cut into the pastry to see how the filling was. The almond paste inside the pastry was thick, and I was so excited to see that! However it was maybe only 20% pure almond paste and the rest was some kind of filler that was not almond paste. The almond flavor was almost non existent. The actual pastry dough was average quality. Similar to Panera or any other chain bakery.

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2025-01-19

What a gem in Modesto's McHenry Village. We come here for brunch. Their assortment of quiche is wonderful, and delicious, as is the coffee and tea. Josie, behind the counter listens. She is always pleasant and patience with each customer. Josie helped to make our experience at the Village Bakery a pleasant one.

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2025-03-02

I love this little bakery. It’s so good, I don’t live in town but every time I get a chance to, I stop by when I visit my GF. I have never been disappointed, it’s so good. I told my girlfriend that if we have a big wedding, they are forsure getting the business for the cake. Any birthday cake or occasion, they have my business. Will forever recommend them