Macrina Bakery
Seattle, WA 98121-1312
Phone: (206) 448-4032
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Battery Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 7am-7pm, Sun 8am-6pm
Editorial Review for Macrina Bakery – by Allison Austin
The Scene
Neighborhood locals stop in wearing sweats. Businessmen grab pastries and muffins for meetings. Smart tourists dawdle over slow, easy breakfasts of homemade bread pudding with fresh cream and berries before heading back down First Avenue. Somehow, while growing into the city's primary restaurant bread bakery, this small storefront cafe and retail spot still retains its understated, welcoming charm.
The Food
This is not a typical neighborhood coffee shop with muffins and scones shipped in from some anonymous source in the wee hours of the morning--this is a real scratch bakery. Breakfasts find Macrina at its best. Fresh-baked muffins, coffee cakes and pastries, paired with strong cups of joe, make it worth the effort to find spare time in the morning. Lunches consist of a daily selection of sandwiches, pastas, salads and soups--all are house-made, truly fresh and consistently delicious.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasMacrina bakes beautiful cakes and tarts every day, but it also does lovely (and delicious) wedding cakes and special-event cakes.
User Reviews for Macrina Bakery
08/01/2008 Posted by Malanna
My friend was in the US for the first time in 2 years, and I had heard amazing things about Macrina so we decided to have brunch there. Her food was good but my granola was HORRIBLE. The yogurt tasted bad and the granola was stale. They were out of the first 3 dishes we asked for and made no appologies or attempts to make us more comfortable with the other options on the menu. The worst part, and the reason for the 1 star, was the waitress. She was quite possibly the rudest and most un-interested person I've ever been served by. She ignored us for most of our meal, never asked how we liked it, left our water glasses empty, and didn't even ask me if I wanted milk or yogurt with my meal (I actually had to stop her from walking away to request one). I can see why some like this place, but I have no need or intention of ever going back when CJ's is just down the street and makes some of the best breakfast's I've had in the city.
Pros: good outside seating
Cons: won't serve you outside, rude wait staff, small
12/02/2007 Posted by kalaloch
I've been going to Macrina off-and-on since moving to the neighborhood 3 years ago. It's an easy walk. While the baked goods are good (if limited), the customer service is, well...lazy. No, worse than lazy; it's abysmal. The Macrina motto appears to be "We Don't Care - We Don't Have To". Must be nice. If you like to stand around being ignored by a group of folks with vapid smiles, Macrina is the place to go. If not, take a little stroll to the Pike Place Market, where you'll find a number of good bakeries staffed with people who don't look through you.
Pros: Nice, neighborhood setting.
Cons: Your neighbor is a Paris Hilton wannabe.
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