Wooden Spoon Café & Bakery
Chocolate Croissant and Coconut Bread Pudding
Almond Croissant
Cherry Almond Danish
Raspberry Scone
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie, Peanut Butter Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Carrot Cake
Narrow and rustic with a location in Denver’s Lower Highland area, Wooden Spoon Café & Bakery is touted by many as one of the city’s best breakfast eateries and featuring a short menu of breakfast as well lunch classics made largely from local ingredients an early morning visit largely confirmed the rumors, all eight items selected not only well priced but also quite delicious.
Homey in décor with friendly service that never seems short on smiles, entry to Wooden Spoon is likely to find small crowds just minutes after opening and with several styles of baked goods offered the only question becomes whether to dine-in or opt for a to-go order, and exactly where to focus.
Truly a diverse selection, though homestyle Americana clearly is a focus, those opting to take a seat at Wooden Spoon are offered tables as well as a small bar along the window and with selections suggested warmed-to-order I could not help but pick the restaurant’s bread pudding to begin with, the day-old chocolate croissants further upgraded through the addition of chocolate chips as well as coconut, each bite dense with flavor and softly accented by vanilla custard.
Maintaining some semblance of lamination even when saturated it should come as no surprise that both the Almond Croissant and fruit-filled Danish were well constructed and crisp with a shattering shell overlying buttery insides, and moving on to a scone that balances pockets of fruit with those of butter the texture is certainly more “muffin” than “British,” but in my opinion all the better for it.
Excelling in the craftsmanship of three cookies, edges crisp while the center eats soft, chewy and lower in sugar than one may expect, those fancying Carrot Cake should put Wooden Spoon towards the top of their “short list” when searching for the best in the Mile High City, each bite awash with cinnamon and nutmeg with tangy notes added by smooth cream cheese frosting.
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