A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the opening of a new Miette shop in San Francisco's Marina district. Founded in 1991, Miette bakery is known for its charming cakes made with only the finest ingredients. With its pretty green walls and bright blue cake stands, the bakery is whimsical and beautiful. At the party, guests mingled with the owners while sipping on pink champagne and nibbling choquettes — a puffy, slightly sweet French dough ball. It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Have you been to Miette? What is your favorite local bakeshop like?
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Alessi
Adorable! I wish I owned a bakery like this.
1Was just at Miette on Saturday. Such a cute shop. I like this location better than the one in Hayes Valley and think they will do better in the Marina. It will be interesting to see if both Miette and Sweet Dish (directly across the street) will both survive.
2Forgot to mention: their gingersnaps are to-die-for.
3So sweet (pun intended). I love how Miette makes you feel like a kid again.
4We'll be in SF next week; I know where I'm going!
5it's so pretty there - i think that's part of what gets customers - aside from the heavenly aroma. the decor.
6So pretty!
7Walked by Miette this past weekend. It's so adorable and definitely had a lot of customers. Can't wait to try it -- I fell in love with choquettes when I was in Paris last year.
8Cute!
9Is there a mispelling or is choquettes the American word for French chouquettes?
10So cute!!
11The Marina is where fraternity boys and sorority girls live in a cluster so they can reinforce their sense of privilege together. The younger ones go to Chestnut Street, the next older ones (yuppies) to Union St and they move up the hill to Pacific Heights as they get old. When "they" say those areas are "really nice", they mean that there is no cultural diversity and that everyone looks just like them with small sharp facial features and blonde or black hair. They have “business clubs” called which make sure that they only do business with each other and don’t mix races or non-frat-house people into business deals.
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