Sweet Spot

A couple of weekends ago, we found our way to Flour Bakery for the first time. They have two locations, South End and Fort Point. South End is the original one, but we never find ourselves in the South End. (Does that make us bad Bostonians? Everything about the area feels pretentious and, well, New Yorkish.)

Flour's other location, which we were told opened two years ago, is tucked away on Farnsworth Street, which is off Congress Street a couple of blocks past the Children's Museum. On that Sunday afternoon the area was pretty dead, but that meant there was no line in the bakery. I sampled a chocolate cupcake with chocolate buttercream icing that was light, almost fluffy. While it wasn't cheap (most of the pastries are $2.75), it was delicious, and generously sized as well (some of you may remember the brouhaha last year about tiny, dry, pricey cupcakes). The Mrs. had a sticky bun which she declared "awesome" and said she could have eaten another one immediately.

This weekend we went back. Unfortunately there were no cupcakes, but plenty of other goodies. I tried a raspberry-filled doughnut, which was much denser and chewier than a typical doughnut, but otherwise not so special, and then Flour's version of a granola bar. This was much more special: three distinct layers, from the bottom a base very much like coffee cake; a layer of "cranberry-apricot-apple jam" according to Flour's web site), and a layer of oats, honey, walnuts, and seeds. It was about four inches long, and very substantial. I wasn't hungry again until around 8 PM that day.

So it appears we have a new favorite bakery. The Mrs. said we should make going there a regular Sunday thing, and I'm inclined to agree with her, as long as we plan on going for a walk afterward to work off whatever goodies we've had.