You too can watch Carolina Garcia making croissants.

Leonora Gourmet Bakery is a new French Bakery in Clarendon. It’s a small place (with no public seating) where you can watch Carolina Garcia and crew making croissants before your eyes. They do not use preservative or additives and make everything in small batches. So, don’t come looking for macarons, since this bakery doesn’t use artificial colors in their baking.

The bakery’s chocolate croissants are truly excellent, and the spinach/gruyère quiche I ordered to bring to a holiday gathering was a hit. The quiche would have been made with spinach and feta, but I asked for a cheese substitution. They also make two other quiche varieties,  smoked salmon/goat cheese, and Lorraine (bacon/gruyère). You can tell that the quiches are fresh from abakery with their chewy, bready, and tender crusts and luscious custard fillings.

You know you want a fresh baguette right about now.

Thier hours are 8:30 AM until 7:00 PM Tuesday-Friday,  8:30 AM until 6:00 PM Saturday, and  8:30 AM until 1 PM Sunday. They are closed on Mondays. People know to come at 9am and buy a ton of fresh pastries; if you arrive at the bakery late in the day, they may be out of some items (such as chocolate croissants). Even later in the day, something probably just came out of the oven, and nothing beats fresh baked French baked goods.

-JAY

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