Bear and the Honey Bakery & Coffee Bar

thunderbird road isn't the first place most people think to look for a serious cup, but that's part of what makes bear and the honey worth the detour. this is a bakery and coffee bar doing both things at once, which sounds obvious until you're somewhere that gets neither right. here, the pastry side of the operation isn't an afterthought bolted onto the espresso bar, and the coffee isn't there just to justify the baked goods. you get the sense that both actually matter. the address puts you in the north phoenix stretch near 7th street, which means it's the kind of place locals have quietly claimed as a regular stop. start with whatever's in the pastry case alongside your coffee.