Butter Love Bakeshop

If you’re ever in the Outer Richmond, be sure to stop in here for some lovely, delicious baked goods. I stop in here probably 1-2 times a week it’s that good. The shop is so cute, their menu (and specials) vary, and the prices are super fair. It’s hard not to buy 1 (or 2) of everything anytime I stop in.

Oh wow what a hidden gem! I though this is a pie shop and didn't really take notice but when I passed by one morning I saw their pastries from their window and was immediately intrigued. Their croissants look legit. And guess what, they taste legit too! I had a ham and cheese croissant and absolutely devoured it because it was so good. Excellent layers with a rich, savory flavor. The chocolate scone was pretty good too. Butter Love has quality pastries at fantastic prices, and I definitely look forward to coming back whenever I'm in the area (or even make a detour)!

Whether or not this place has the best croissants in the city (possibly? but certainly gives Arsicault a run for their money) is not the point. The point is if you want a shatteringly crispy croissant with airy layers that taste like cold sticks of butter like the ones in Paris (and Copenhagen and London) and not the sad floppy horns that are the norm in the US, you’ll find them at Butter Love. You’ll also find a line that’s 1/20 shorter than Arsicault. Plus a really, really, really good chocolate croissant.

This place always has a line. It’s so popular in the Outer Richmond District. What’s great about this place is they always change up their pastry flavors. So do not expect to get the same pastry as you did the day before. Switching out their menu in an everyday bases isn’t what you see in an everyday bakery but that’s what keeps the charm in this place. I haven’t tried everything but I always get their CUPPIE. It’s a pastry shape like a cup with 2 or 3 different fruits.

Cute little neighborhood bakery with exceptionally bad coffee. I think it’s forgivable considering the quality of their baked goods though. We got a whole banquet of stuff that I won’t even get into. The highlights were definitely the pumpkin loaf, ube cupee(?), and the cookies. We did also get a ham and cheese something or another that was pretty disappointing - for the most part it was just dense, wet pastry that managed not to taste like anything at all. We showed up at 2pm and a lot of the items that looked good were sold out by the time we got there. Overall pretty good, and nothing was terrible by any means... except for the coffee. I can’t stress how bad that coffee is. Don’t get the coffee.