Crystal
French Meadow Bakery Café

French Meadow Bakery Café

1662 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, United States, Crystal

French • Coffee • Healthy • American


"Not very good as it’s hyped up to be. We only came here since we had a gift card, restaurant is extremely loud and service is friendly but is generally still poor and slow. Food isn’t that good for the price point. A lot of attention goes to “organic and local meat/vegetables”. Typically, meat is local no matter where you go for an actual sit down restaurant- the furthest meat gets shipped in from would be Wisconsin/Dakotas/Iowa. All organic and natural restaurants add these buzz words to dock on 10 extra dollars. I would be more impressed by this restaurant if they had a rotating seasonal menu, but since visiting in summer 2020, the menu is exactly the same- just higher prices. My partner and I realized after ordering that our appetizer was pretty much just bland mashed potatoes on top of pizza crust. We requested hot sauce to add flavor. Turkey Rachel was good, and housemade ketchup is great! I don’t understand why places nowadays steer clear from the typical corn beef on Rubens, but whatever. We also ordered a Pear and beet salad with steak on top. Salad had absolutely no pears, and dressing tasted like complete sugar. Also, apparently adding steak to a salad means 5 small pieces with an $8 up charge. Anyways, unless you want to be surrounded by cake eaters that think they’re better than you for eating all organic and local produce at overpriced restaurants, pass on this place!"