Au Bon Pain has been recognized as one of America's healthiest restaurants by Health Magazine. It offers a host of baked goods, such as muffins, pastries and cookies. Lunch and dinner options include sandwiches, wraps and soups. The Cafe Smart Menu, ideal for special dietary needs, allows customers to customize their food options. Au Bon Pain also offers prepared foods for people on the go.
Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery is known for its signature sticky buns and friendly service. The Washington Street bakery is always busy, with lines out the door on most weekend mornings. An assortment of sandwiches, soups and salads is available for take-out alongside a vast array of pastries and hot and cold beverages. During the warmer months, patio seating is available.
The Last Drop Café is located on the trendy Harvard Avenue in the Historic District section of Claremont. It is a small New York City-style coffee shop, offering soups, salads and sandwiches in addition to the coffee drinks.
It prepares the usual coffee house drinks as well as fruit juices, tea and soft drinks. It also offers catering events for which it will bring large platters of almost anything from the menu. There are a few tables inside the small space, but most enjoy sitting at the tables that are set-up outside on the sidewalk. Others simply get orders to go. It's close to all of the colleges and dorms, making it popular with local students and professionals who work in the area.
Athan's Bakery specializes in gourmet, homemade bakery items. The delicate tastes and exquisite charm found here make this a very popular family bakery. Athan's has two locations and the Brookline venue has been a landmark in Washington Square since 1999.
From sweet to savory and everything in between, Kupel's Bake & Bagel is sure to have it, as they offer over twenty different flavors of bagel. This certified kosher bakery also makes challah breads and cream cheeses. Customers are sure to recognize the black and white mural outside the store and neon "bagels" sign in the window. In business in the same location since 1978, it's hard to think of the corner of Fuller and Harvard streets without thinking of bagels.
The Harvest Cafe is a quaint and welcoming restaurant on the Simsbury/Granby border that has a great variety of breakfast and lunch choices. A fun and relaxing atmosphere has made it a favorite for many. Whether looking for blueberry waffles for breakfast, or a "Harvest Quesadilla" for lunch, the Harvest Cafe is almost guaranteed to fill many a craving. The Harvest Cafe also doubles as the home for the local Cambridge Catering company.