Faria Bakery - Étlap

After reading so many good things about this bakery we decided to check it out. What a disappointment. The fare is incredibly overpriced for what you get $13 for a small loaf of bread?! The quality is seriously lacking: the almond croissant dripping with grease; the coffee cake too dense and slightly stale. But the kicker was the whole wheat bread. It looks nice but the crust was ridiculously hard and thick. Our very sharp bread knife could barely cut through it and when we were finally able to saw off a slice the flavor was blah. Will definitely not be back.

What a find! They don 't advertise it but the bakery has dark rye loaves that taste exactly, *exactly* as if they came out of a better quality bakery in Finland or Germany. I haven 't tasted that since I was on the other side of the world.I also have had the whole wheat loaves with sesame sprinkled on, and that 's my personal favorite. Again, biting into a hunk from a freshly baked loaf was like stepping into a time/space portal back into the best bakeries I can remember.Whenever I am in Sacramento I will pick up a loaf from Faria. There 's a German compliment for craft bread with a certain crust that applies here: sie backen durch , or they bake all the way through. If you love a fresh bake...

Edit: The rapid and direct response for the owner I received is more than I expected. This was a 1 star review (see below that I am changing to the 5 stars the owner deserves. We can’t always predict how employees will behave, but the efforts to educate and correct are appreciated.———————I stopped in to grab an easy lunch at the bakery today. As a disabled person with a service animal, the manager of this location was more disrespectful than anything I have experienced since having a service dog.Having been to their other locations, I know the service and food. I have had nothing but good experiences previously. Not only was I intrusively questioned about the validity of my service animal, b...