Butchertown Grocery Bakery

This place is delicious. The hazelnut pain at chocolat almost made me cry. Sandwich not pictured because I destroyed every last bit. Don’t forget to get a fresh baguette to go!

Ordered off UberEats. We ordered the andes cruffin, pumpkin creme brûlée croissant, sausage biscuit with peppered jelly, bacon white cheddar croissant, apple snickerdoodle cookie, chocolate chunk cookie, and bourbon barrel sugar cookie.

Andes Cruffin: great size! The presentation first off is absolutely beautiful. Made us feel like we were in NYC or something. It was stuffed better than we expected. Downside is wife said it tastes a little TOO minty but overall good. 7/10

Pumpkin creme brûlée supreme: again, presentation flawless. It is STUFFED! It tastes like a pumpkin pie inside. The popcorn on exterior is delish. 9/10

Sausage biscuit pepper jelly: THIS IS SO GOOD! The biscuit is so soft and buttery. It could use a TAD bit more jelly on it but overall this was our fav. 9.5/10

Bacon white cheddar croissant: this was super disappointing. The bacon inside is rock hard, the thought was good but it just layers of bacon stacked inside a croissant so its hard to chew when the bacon is so hard. The cheese on top in the pics looked like it was more of a melted cheese but its a quarter slice of cheese and just put in microwave it looks like to melt it. It was super cold. It wasnt good. We were let down on this one. Could use maybe a sauce and maybe some actual cheese poured and not just a quarter slice thrown on top. Felt like an after thought. 3/10

Cookies: the apple snickerdoodle has 0 apple flavor. It tastes EXACTLY like a normal sugar cookie with sugar on top. Disappointed. But the sugar cookie is really good and soft. 6/10
The bourbon barrel cookie again, tastes just like a good sugar cookie. It is soft when warmed up. Probably one of my fav sugar cookies. 7.5/10
The chocolate chunk cookie was probably the biggest letdown. Its hard and not soft, the chocolate is a little more bitter. Im a cookie snob but this wasnt my fav. 6/10.

Overall we enjoyed the experience. It came in a great box and again presentation was super fancy and made us feel like we were on vacation which we LOVED. Would we do it again, we would but the only thing we feel we would for sure order again is the sausage biscuit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Favorite coffeeshop and bakery in Louisville! The food is incredible, the staff is always so friendly, and the atmosphere is great. If you haven't tried it yet you are missing out!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is the second time we’ve gone out of our way to visit Butchertown Grocery, and it is absolutely worth it! The first time I tried a few of their pastries - chocolate croissant, pumpkin chocolate muffin, apple spice special, and a pumpkin butter hand pie. The pumpkin chocolate muffin really stood out with a rich valrhona chocolate base! This time I went the savory route and tried The Wag with wagyu pastrami. INCREDIBLE!! Can’t wait to come back a third time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pastries

Not good service to accommodate us after 40 minutes of waiting for our food and they weren’t busy. Food was just Ok. We won’t be recommending or returning.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Every visit is delicious. Menu changes regularly and each new creation is amazing.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The breakfast sandwich was incredible. One of the best I’ve had. Would go back for pastries!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love the Vietnamese coffee here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a great place for some coffee and a bite. I only had a Vietnamese coffee and a sugar cookie, both of which were good. The service was great. DON'T TRUST ANY REVIEWS OR MENUS BEFORE 2020!!! The restaurant that this establishment spun off from didn't make it through the pandemic and the online reviews are getting confused. For instance, burgers, bloody Marys, etc. are no longer on the menu. The menus posted on Google (not photos) seem to be correct. Knowing what to expect, check this place out and enjoy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Such a cute place to stop in for breakfast and plenty of options for pastries and coffee

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Bakery

I am someone who has an ongoing list of bakeries I love in every city I’ve ever stayed overnight in. It’s extensive and covers nearly every state in the continental US. I am not exaggerating when I say this is my favorite I have ever been to in the US. We got a sweet and a savory option- the everything bagel style cream cheese croissant and the pumpkin smores croissant. The savory option somehow took the heaviest of grab and go breakfasts and made it so light. It was incredible! And then the sweet option I was CONVINCED would be way too sweet for me but we got it at the recommendation of the staff. It was a pain au chocolat with a whipped pumpkin filling and piped marshmallow cream on top. They managed to balance that with just the right blend that every bite had enough different flavors that nothing was ever too much but almost refreshingly cool and sweet.

I am quite literally planning another trip to Louisville just to come back to this bakery. Cannot recommend enough and TRUST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS!

Recommended dishes: Bakery

This is one of my favorite places in Louisville. I probably stop here multiple times a month. The coffee is amazing the food is amazing and everything is so fresh.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bakery

Thank you to Paxton and Ashley for getting us a new coffee after we spilled ours and for getting me a veggie Danwich. Also S/O to Tyus for making our food, it slapped!

Vegetarian options: Falafel Sandwich

Dietary restrictions: Veggie sausage is available

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The place is very cute and service was great. It can get crowded quickly. I got their seasonal banana chai with oat milk. It lacked coffee flavor. The cruffin is a cool idea and had great texture / flavor.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

My bicycling group IG @outsiderscycling502 recommended my husband and I try Butchertown Grocery Bakery for a date night. We are always looking for new places to go since we've been so many places over the last 20 years :)

I dropped by on a Monday to pick up a croissant. I love to get a plain croissant as my first taste of any bakery. I bought my 18 y/o chocolat au pain, and dh a Apple Butter Cruffin.

The croissant was delicious, not quite crunchy enough on the outside for my tastes, but an absolutely delicious croissant none-the-less. Unfortunately, with my recent visit to France, I am too picky for my own good. Do not let my outlandish expectations fool you, I will be getting 10 more. The only thing missing, that I didn't think to ask for, and wasn't offered as a purchase (ya know do you want fries with that?), butter and/or jam. Not their fault at all, I appreciate no pressure at the register, but I am also super forgetful. Next time, I'm getting butter and jam. My child wasn't impressed with the chocolat au pain, but again, we were just in France.

The Cruffin though. The CRUFFIN could probably support the whole bakery. OMGoodNESS. The outside is like a croissant rolled in cinnamon-sugar, but it's not overwhelmingly sweet. I didn't eat the apple butter, but DH thought it was the most amazing pastry he's had in forever. and it's HUGE. We ate half yesterday, and I had a few bites for breakfast this am, and there's still half left! Well worth the money.

Oh, I also got a Flat White (2 espresso shots & frothed milk), and it was delicious. There was a gorgeous goth woman barista who was absolutely killing the cafe side of things. I love watching people who are skilled at the trade work. It is magical. Very friendly, courteous.

It was busy, but a few seats were available inside, and all 10ish tables were available outside. It was about 10:30am.

Parking: It is typical of the area. Plenty of free street parking, but you may have to walk a block.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bakery