Rae M.
Yelp
Shhhhh! Lean in close! I'm only sharing this review with my very close and personal friends, because this place right here is THE TRUTH!!! Picture a Panera Bread - only with DAILY FRESH BAKED GOODS, with a weekly revolving menu...AND MUCH-MUCH BETTER!!! One might say it's a Panera Bread ON FRESH STEROIDS!!
Black Market Bakers has some of the most delicious food/baked goods I've had in a while. Tucked away in an awkwardly located strip mall of sorts in Edgewater, sits an average sized bakery bursting at the seams with flavor. I've been cyber stalking BMB on Instagram for a while and I finally got a chance to stop by today. IG is where I find out the weekly menu (usually drops Thursday's) and the clever and witty banter of whoever runs their account. They boast everything from breakfast sandwiches and avocado toast, to cinnamon crumb cake and passionfruit white chocolate cruffin, to homemade oatmeal cream pies and focaccia bread, and homemade cinnamon rolls as big as my head!!! (no seriously, I literally put it up against my head...ha!)
Specialty coffees are offered, iced coffee, regular coffee as well, but for me, it's the pastries that really takes me over the edge. On my first and clearly not my last visit, I ordered a variety of items to share. I got the pecan bacon, gruyere, fried egg, on a croissant and also the ham, gruyere, fried egg on an English muffin. My mistake in not making sure the eggs would be cooked well done. I loathe runny eggs! For pastries, I ordered the oatmeal cream pies, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon crumb cakes, and the raspberry lime scones. DEE-LISH-OUS! (no, that's not a typo, just wanted you to feel how passionate I was about this food) Other than that runny egg debacle, we really enjoyed everything.
The food was fresh, the coffee was pipping hot, the staff was friendly and efficient, and the wait wasn't long at all! What's not to like about this place?!?! So now that my little secret is out, don't say I didn't warn you. You're going to want to order everything you see! HAVE SOME SELF CONTROL and just order 6 different things, like me. LOL! Don't forget, the menu changes weekly, so you may want to order everything. The holidays are quickly approaching and everyone knows, those calories don't count! (wink)
I'll be back, but in the meantime, I'll be on my tread, burning off these calories!