Balloon Roof Baking Company

This morning I made my first visit to the Balloon Roof Baking Company. I had intended to purchase some plain croissants, but when I walked in and saw the selection of pastries...things got out of hand. 😂 The viennoiserie - pastry made from laminated dough - is gorgeous, perfect, redolent of butter, and shatters into tiny shards when you bite into it. I was surprised, and delighted, to see that they render their cinnamon rolls in laminated dough, too - a creative idea that I had never seen deployed before. The staff were kind, and took pains to package my purchase in a way that I could easily transport it home. The pastries are not cheap (about $4 - $6 per piece for the ones I looked at and bought), but are definitely worth the prices charged. I picked up extra to share with neighbors, a

I came here after seeing it recommended on a Korean thread, and today was my first visit. I showed up as soon as I woke up, expecting a long wait, and there were already quite a few people there. I was a little disappointed that they didn’t have baguettes or pain au chocolat at the time, but that disappointment quickly disappeared once I tasted the bagels and sourdough bread—they were absolutely incredible. I usually bake bread at home, but this visit made me truly understand why people buy bread. The warmth and freshness were just amazing. I’ll definitely be coming back—10,000% 😊 As a Korean, I was especially sad that I couldn’t get the gochujang bread this time, so that’s at the top of my list for my next visit. Everyone here was so friendly, especially the young woman at the cashier

This place has the most, amazing bread I've ever tasted, consumed, ate, etc.... The Sourdough English Muffins...I can't even explain how delicious these muffins taste and melt in your mouth, OMG!!! Love the size, how fluffy and soft they are, but with a little crisp on the outside. Can't believe I spend 12.00 for 4, but they're that amazing. The Carmalized Onion Gruyere and Parmesan Black Pepper loaf bread... BOTH DELISH Herb Focaccia... DELISH All sweets.... DELISH I make a weekly trip to the Proctor market or Fife store over the weekend. Can't wait until their 6th Ave store opens!!!

Absolutely OUTSTANDING bakery!! My husband and I arrived a little later (11:30) so most items were sold out. I purchased a couple of chocolate chip cookies (Incredible) and their highly recommended sourdough muffins. I mentioned to the gentleman helping me that we drove from North Seattle and that next time I would arrive earlier. He said hold on and went to the back and brought out an entire loaf of bread for me to take home. I thanked him for his generosity and went out to my car. A minute later he came back out with a bag full of bagels cream cheese and more cookies! I scarfed down the bagels and cream cheese, they were so good. I have yet to try the bread and English muffins but I have no doubt they will be spectacular. Please try this place, you will not regret it!

Always delicious food, and everyone's sweet! If you haven't had canelés before, get a box. And the spiced brownie, and a savory focaccia, and definitely one of the cruffins... Basically, everything I've ever gotten here has been delicious.