The Buttery
It rolls its own pot pie crust, roasts its own red peppers and simmers the soup daily, seven till five, seven days a week on Soquel Avenue. That is what can be checked, and the rest of the record is thin.
Why go
The case runs pies, tarts, pastries and European-style bread, and the bakery does the celebration-cake trade for the town. What separates it from a counter that buys in is the list of things it says it does itself, and the bakery is specific about them: its own line is We roll out our own pot pie crust, make all our salad dressings from scratch, roast red peppers, and simmer our homemade soups daily.
Beyond that, we could not source a founding year, a baker or an ownership history, and this page will not invent one.
Order this / avoid
- Order: something out of the pastry case, and the pot pie if it is on. The crust is the claim.
- Avoid: turning up in the evening. The doors close at five every day.
What locals & experts say
- The Buttery, on what it does itself:
We roll out our own pot pie crust, make all our salad dressings from scratch, roast red peppers, and simmer our homemade soups daily.
1 - The record is thin here. The bakery's own page is the only source read this pass and it carries no outside judgment on the baking.
Good to know
- Timing: 7am to 5pm, seven days.
- Cakes: the wedding and celebration cake business is the half of the bakery you order ahead for.
- Getting there: Soquel Avenue east of downtown, on the way out toward the harbour.
Verdict
listed — A Soquel Avenue bakery and cafe open seven till five every day, rolling its own pot pie crust, roasting its own peppers and simmering soup daily. That is the whole of what can be checked: the only source we could read is the bakery's own page, which carries no founder, no date and no ownership history. Listed, honestly, until a Santa Cruz writer has been read on it.