Article: Pastry Police Redux; Neighborhood Bakeries That Do Pastries Right

I'VE BEEN GRIPING about bad pastries for weeks now. I'm fed up with coffeehouses that push dismal pastries on their sleepy customers--and judging from the response from Stranger readers, I'm not the only one. Here's a list of bakeries that care about the pastries they serve. I'd like to invite the pastry lovers who've written in to visit these shops and thank the bakers for getting up so early to keep our mornings sweet and buttery.

Cafe Besalu

5909 24th Ave NW, 789-1463

James Miller is Seattle's pastry conscience: No one makes morning pastries with more benevolent obsession than him. At his little Ballard cafe, look for stellar pain au chocolat, ham and cheese pastries, and little tarty ...

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