With homemade specialty items like wedding and birthday cakes, Louie's Bakery serves up sweet goodies from a family-run business. Its facade may be modern, but once you step inside, you're taken back to a home complete with country-inspired tables and linens that make for a cozy dine. Louie's is also a restaurant with an admirably diverse menu: meat loaf, stuffed cabbage, baked ziti.
A family-owned company, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, features a large selection of specialty coffee drinks, and organic, whole leaf teas (for sale by the can, as well as pre-made), as well as baked goods. The bright and warm atmosphere is inviting, whether you're grabbing a quick cup on the go or enjoying it leisurely along with the free Wi-Fi. Naked brand drinks, sandwiches and sweets are also available.
The Mountain View branch of the Tapioca Express franchise offers the same great milk teas with pearls and Taiwanese snacks. They offer quick service in the casual atmosphere and bring in large crowds. The restaurant is open late and they offer free Wi-Fi.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is located in The Forum on Calle Barcelona in Carlsbad. It specializes in coffee and tea as well as other specialty drinks. It offers hot and iced coffee in flavors such as mocha, vanilla, hazelnut, white chocolate and caramel. Espressos are also an option, including espresso macchiato, americano, iced americano, caramel latte and cappuccino. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf also offers both hot and iced tea. Tea selections include, but are not limited to, jasmine, apricot ceylon, vanilla ceylon, tropical passion and swedish beauty. It also has non-coffee drinks, such as hot chocolate and ice blended fruit drinks.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf offers fresh coffee and espresso made by a friendly staff. The shop sells fresh muffins and Danishes (prepared fresh each day), hot cereal and sandwiches. The signature sandwiches are the Roast Beef Panini and Turkey Cranberry Sandwich. Parking is available in a free lot or on the street.
This refreshment shop serves drinks and snacks. Popular menu items include crispy chicken, tempura and pot stickers. Most of the ingredients in the menu's many tea drinks are imported from Taiwan. Tapioca Express outdoor seating and free Wi-Fi. The store is located on a recently remodeled shopping plaza two blocks south of Davis Street.