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Saint Honore Pastry Shop
993 Port Washington Blvd
Port Washington, New York 11050
(516) 767-2555
The value of a neighborhoods real estate can be determined by its bakeries. Saint Honore on Port Washington Blvd. in my new favorite Long Island Bakery. Ive have enjoyed more mousse then Sarah Palin from many bakeries on Long Island and can tell you that no matter what part of Long Island you live on, its worth taking a drive to Port Washington to delight in everything that St. Honore has to offer. From fresh baked breads, to delicate and delicous patries, to fancy cakes with enough fondant to film and episode of Ace of Cakes.
While Saint Honore’s nearest competition Baked to Perfection is a worthy opponent and creates there own decadent treats, there service and style need an update. Saint Honore delivers the goods and goes above and beyond with friendly service and help descriving the goods it sells. My biggest disapointment at Saint Honore is that they dont take credit or debit cards. I am finding one of the common themes among good eating establishments is they often play by there rules. For the most part that means CASH ONLY. It is a shame two because you could easily max out your credit card feeding a crave in your sweet tooth. There is an ATM acrosss the street and another in a nearby drug store if you have to take some cash out. the shop can also be a bit busy during the holiday times. Plan ahead. Avoid the line.
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There is Pizza, and there is Pizza. Salvatores Coal Oven Pizzeria in Port Washington offers up fresh, I mean fresh Brick oven roasted pizza. This is not that stuff served up by a guy named sal with sauce that comes from a bucket and low moisture skim milk mozzerella.
In a strip of stores on Shore Road in Port Washington there is a Brick Oven filled with Charcoal waiting to serve you lunch. I ordered a Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil individual pizza, that sized in at about 10″. ($6.25) I shared it with another person and it was more filling then I had expected. It was so good though I do wish I had had more. My pizza was made to order. The dough was pounded out fresh, and the 3 ingredients added. Then placed into the Brick oven to be fired and baked. About 5 minutes later my pizza came out, hot and ready with a few crusty burnt spots. Simplicity is one of the most common elements in all good food. One of the essentials of god cooking (and eating) are excellent fresh ingredients. This pizza was packed with fresh flavor. The smell of Basil creeped from the sides of the box as I went to open it and fresh crushed tomatoes sat on top of thin layers of fresh mozzarella cheese. In these few simple ingredients you can taste so much. The brick oven also adds its own signature flavor. You almost feel the smoke of the flaming oven in the crust.
This is high quality food. One of the best pizza I think i have ever had. Its the kind of pizza that reminds you how bad your local pizza place is.This is some of the best pizza this side of Long Island has to offer.
A few things worth mentioning. Credit, Forget it. This is a cash only establishment. There are also no slices sitting around. You get a fresh pie made for you or you suffer with your local low moisture pizza place around the corner. There are tabling for dining and other pasta dishes and the like aswell, but go and taste the pizza first.
Salvatores Pizzeria
124 Shore Road
Port Washington, NY 11050
516-883-8457
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Baked To Perfection is a small Bakery, cookie and pastry shop in the Port Washington area on north shore of Long Island. This main street shop is tucked amongst a chain of strip stores walking distance from the Train Station. They have a fresh assortment of breads, cakes, cookies, cupcakes and other usual pastries. I scanned the glass counter looking for my favorites. When i spotted a chocolate mousse there was no turning back. I asked a the young lady at the counter for more details and was answered quickly in a tone that was not rude but not exactly welcoming. Unlike Buttercooky which we visited about two weeks ago, there is no seating. Here you buy something delicious and you take it to go. I could also see alot of people grabbing something sweet for breakfast before a ride on the train or on the way home after a long day in the city.
The taste of this little chocolate mousse was delicate and light. The three separate layers of chocolate fill your mouth with a pleasure that makes any adult ready to skip dinner. The Buttercooky mousse I had tried was also good but a bit overwhelmingly sweet at times. The star of chocolate mousse should always be chocolate. There is an exceptional balance between the different types of chocolate flavor in each layer. Each of the three layers melts in your mouth as you taste them individually and only get better as they combine in trio.
I would stop in to try some of the other delights offered if I was in the area or walking around Port Washington on a nice spring or summer day. The customer experience and over all vibe of the bakery need to be brought up to date to match the sensual taste of their mouth watering chocolate mousse, if it hadn’t been suggested by some one I would have walked right by.
Price: $3-4
Baked To Perfection
91 Main St
Port Washington, New York, 11050
(516) 944-5642
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