Mount Bakery

Location: 308 W Champion St
(360) 715-2195
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We went to Mount Bakery the other morning for our second breakfast visit. Sitting at one of three outside tables this time of year is sublime, they are in the shade in the morning, but on an 80 degree day, that is perfect. Mount Bakery's menu has fabulous breakfast options such as savory & sweet crepes, omelets, pastries, homemade granola, & french toast, ranging in price from about $5 for eggs and toast to around $15 for a fresh crab omelet. Since we usually go for breakfast, I don't remember everything they have for lunch, but at 10:00 am when we went, they were serving both lunch & breakfast. Mount Bakery is "slow food" which merely means that everything is made from local ingredients & is made on site from scratch. The service isn't super speedy, but "slow food" in no way reflects the wait for your meal. This particular morning we had a sweet nutella/banana crepe & a savory breakfast crepe - eggs, ham & cheese in a crepe with potatoes on the side. The crepes were wonderful. Maybe I'm not keeping up with restaurant inflation, but the $7 sweet crepe seemed a bit spendy for just bananas & chocolate. The breakfast crepe was much more substantial and was only a buck or two more. It included a side of "mixed" potatoes - both sweet potatoes & regular ones cut into wedges & roasted with herbs. A few potato pieces were undercooked, but other than that they were pretty tasty. The "jambon" or ham in the breakfast crepe was also particularly good. (they seem to have a slight french theme on the menu with many words written in french) We have also had the chocolate croissants, which, I am told by connoissuers that they are some of the best in the NW. Once I bite into the buttery chocolately-ness, my mind tends to go a little numb with delight, so I need to go try them again and focus a little more so I can recommend them myself. Last time we went they were out because they'd been open at 5am to show the tour de france. As far as breakfast pastries go, they have a limited selection of croissants & some scones. Being a bakery, this surprised us on our first visit, butthey do have a much larger selection of desserts like chocolate tortes, lemon tarts & cream puffs. There is also a fabulous sounding eggs benedict on the menu where instead of an english muffin, they pop the thing onto a savory belgian waffle. I'll let you know if I order that anytime soon. Overall, I would definitely recommend Mount Bakery as one of many nice places in town to enjoy a leisurely sit down breakfast.