Down At The Colombian Bakery
Philly's Latino bakeries just got the Daily News treatment, with a look at the Colombian Bakery:
It's a Saturday morning around 10 at the Colombian Bakery, and Angela Benitez could use another set of hands. Customers are lined up to the door in this tiny storefront, which serves authentic Colombian and Mexican breads and pastries to a largely Hispanic clientele. Benitez, a Colombian native, has worked at the bakery since it opened five years ago. And business is good. A tray of warm triangles of puffed pastry stuffed with cream cheese and guava makes it to the counter, but barely. With most items priced between $1 and $3, and the coffee as dark, strong and potent as you might imagine, breakfast hours are a busy time here. Benitez works efficiently, smiling brightly and calling most of her customers by name or amor ("love" in Spanish). The atmosphere is warm and convivial, and the customers seem to hail from all walks of life, from landscapers and contractors to business people sitting at tables in the back with their breakfasts reading Spanish-language newspapers amid all the hubbub. A happy toddler with a smear of guava jelly on her face wanders underfoot.
Only... the DN forgot to mention where the Bakery is. The Colombian Bakery is located at 4944 N. 5th St. Check it out.
Aroma of home [Daily News]
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