Leadbetter's Bake Shop

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About Leadbetter's Bake Shop

Leadbetter's Bake Shop is a solid pastry shop and casual breakfast or brunch spot in the Castro. It is known for its amazing, top-notch English muffins, which are large, delicious, and come in innovative flavors like caramelized onion, ginger apricot, cinnamon raisin, and plain. These muffins are used for their sandwiches. The Smoked Salmon sandwich on an everything English muffin is called incredible and the best, highly recommended. Reviews of the standard breakfast sandwich are mixed; it can be good but also plain or a bit disappointing, with notes that the bread was tough or the sausage tasted store-bought. Their baked goods are great, with the cinnamon rolls singled out as pretty damn good and probably the best. The blueberry banana bread is also perfect—dense, not too sweet, and moist. Other items like an apple turnover are also enjoyed. The staff is noted as super kind, gregarious, busy, and sweet. It is considered an awesome addition to the neighborhood.