12 Must-Try Bakery Cafes in the Metro

Breaking Bread: 12 Must-Try Bakery Cafes in the Metro

by The Click List
Metro Manila has upped its bakery game with cafes and restaurants making their own freshly baked premium goods served in a welcoming ambiance. For the discerning bread lover who wants an experience beyond the traditional panaderia and usual bread shops that populate our cities, here is a list of 12 'modern' bakery-cafes you can try out for whenever your carb cravings may strike.

L.E.S. Bagels - A Mini Cafe and A Bakery in the Fort

L.E.S. Bagels: The Best Place for Bagels in Manila

by Marian Joy Hernandez

The team who brought us the New York-inspired pizza parlor, Nolita, and the midnight munchies haven, Borough, has, once again, blessed us with a new food concept; something that’s surely been absent from the Manila food map: a bagel shop.

L.E.S. Bagels

Called L.E.S. Bagels, as in Lower East Side, the new bagelry is a cross between a mini café and a bakery. Located at Tuscany Residences, along Upper McKinley Road in The Fort, the place occupies a small two-floor area, where customers can dine in at the second level or al fresco. The ground floor is entirely for taking orders and gawking at the magnificent spread of bagels, tubs of cream cheese variants, and a spectacular array of cookies, donuts, muffins and other baked goods. It’s small; roughly 30 people can dine in comfortably, so ordering for takeaway might be best.