Alice Street Bakery Café

the pastries here are the reason to show up before the lunch crowd hits. alice street bakery café sits on 10th street in oakland, close enough to downtown that it draws a mix of people moving through their mornings with purpose, but the place has held its own reputation in the neighborhood for a reason that has nothing to do with location. you're not coming here for something generic. the baked goods are what locals keep coming back for, and the café has built real standing around that without overselling it. oakland's 10th street corridor isn't glamorous, but it doesn't need to be when the food is actually good. get there early, before the pastry case starts looking sparse.