St Honore Bakery

03/22/08

Quaint, inexpensive, and delicious food for the price

by Bushytail at Citysearch

I have been there 2x, once with a friend and once with my husband. I LOVE the Quiche Lorraine. My husband had a spinach/cheese patry filled entree which he said he did not like because it tasted too healthy. So if healthy-tasting suits you, get it. He also had the turkey and cheese croissant and loved it. I also have had their Monsieur ___ (basically, melted ham and cheese). We also really loved the strawberry mille feulle dessert. This place gets crowded around lunch time so you occasionally have to grab a seat if you can. It draws in a mixture of people from young to older, from yuppies to blue collars, etc. It has this energetic vibe as people all around are engaged in ongoing and (seemlingly pleasant) conversations, inside and outside the restaurant. The cashiers are friendly and the food comes out in reasonable time.

Try it out!

• Pros: Food, dessert, ambience, crowd of people
• Cons: limited seating

09/23/07

Excellent treats, coffee, atmosphere

by lacorota at Citysearch

I haven't had a bad treat, salad, or sandwich here. The coffee is worthy of "writing home" about. However, I almost always expect a long line and table wait there. I avoid busy times.

Don't expect to get out of the joint for a bargain, but I promise the flavors and overall quality of the food is worth the price. Once, I ordered a salad, and they forgot my order, altogether. Although, it was a busy day and that was an anomoly out of the many visits I've made there.

In particular, I like the large, rectangular, community style table. Shared tables like that aren't uncommon in Europe, and I think it's a great way to bring folks together, as opposed to our typical American style of keeping isolated and gated from the mix of society. I've had some superb, impromptu discussions with total strangers at that table regarding all manner of topics -- usuallly praise on the food, and discussions about local politics or other current events.

• Pros: great flavors, light and cheery place
• Cons: expensive, frequent lines, full tables

04/11/07

Some highs, some lows...

by jenzhen at Citysearch

I'm just as crazy about the atmosphere and tartes au citron as the next St Honore patron, but there is definitely room for improvement at this establishment. I was seriously disappointed with their pain au chocolate, and the croissant, often used as the standard by which a bakery of this sort is measured, was average at best. Honestly??? I've had better croissant at El Globo, a chain of bakeries in Mexico, of all places!!! That said, the aforementioned tarte au citron is stunning, I raved for weeks about a baguette I sampled with prosciutto, brie, and roasted (or grilled?) Bartlett pears, and the minestrone soup and accompaning bread on another visit were lovely.

• Pros: bread, baguettes, tarte au citrone!!!, atmosphere
• Cons: croissant, pain au chocolat, parking

01/04/07

BEST pasteries in Portland

by rcohan at Citysearch

This is diffenitely a fave of mine on a sunday morning! The pasteries are like nothing else I have had before! Better get there early, it gets busy fast!

• Pros: Best pasteries anywhere!
• Cons: no seating, you will be standing there for 15 min with your plate in hand waiting to jump on someones table.

04/05/06

Incroyable!!!

by joverz at Citysearch

This Bakery is a majestic and amazing place to eat at... as you first walk through the door you notice the wonderfully fluffy yet crisp baguettes and the splendid mouth watering croisantes just waiting to be accepted into eager mouths. The baker is baking and you feel a sudden pull towards the mysterious ways he cooks the bread SO perfectly... as if you and the baker are one, making beautiful masterpieces of food in such a way that makes the heavens cry, because just one bite of this deliceous food can make the strongest man break down... I highly recommend visiting this mysteriously godlike bakery for all your satisfying needs.