Good Bakery in Mississauga-French Corner Bakery
I stumbled upon a good French bakery in Mississauga (Dundas just West of Erindale Station Road, south side in the plaza with the Royal Bank where Credit Valley Fruit used to be). It is called French Corner Bakery and Patisserie run and owned by a young couple-chef is European trained. For a short time it was called the Sphinx Bakery. Everything is made on the premise and very fresh. Breads were very tasty as were the danish and spice cake. Pastries and cakes looked delicious. They make soup, salads, and sandwiches for lunch as well which looked really good. I don't think it is well known yet. It is close to where I live and I look forward to trying it again. 1224 Dundas St. West.#114. 905-566-1919.
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Pastryrocks
Apr 19, 2013 12:10 PM
This is our favorite bakery/patisserie, great organic coffee, bread that has a chewy crust, but a nice soft inside with a slight sour flavour, not unlike sourdough bread. If you get there early enough you can get chocolate croissant, but that sometime means before nine am!
I made the walnut bread from here into French toast and it was the best French toast ever. I boiled some wild frozen blueberries in maple syrup until they burst and used this. Now the Macarons are really good, and they have chocolate, vanilla and all the rest, but they now are selling guava macarons, which are so good. Not really sweet and the guava filling is flavourful with a little sourness, REALLY outstanding, never seen guava macarons before.
I’m a fan of Americano coffee, I have a gold card from Starbucks and drink a long grande Americano, the long just means the coffee is made richer, and almost half a cup before water is added, but as you get down near the bottom of a Starbucks coffee, it becomes bitter, most often the long Americano is undrinkable near the bottom of the cup. Not here, the Americano coffee not only is richer with great crema, it does not become bitter, it remains rich in flavour, and it does not have a slight burnt flavour like Starbucks coffees do. And then it is organic, meaning no chemicals were used to grow this coffee!
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This may be Mississauga's best kept bakery secret! Really good pastries, nice bread and super cakes. Very friendly staff. Good lattes, too. I see lots of regular customers every time I go in. Very creative, they often try new items. It's a great place to have a latte and a pastry and hang out for a bit.
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Pastryrocks
Dec 12, 2012 05:24 PM
Went into French Corner Bakery & Patisserie today at 1224 Dundas St west, this is such a great place. Lots of good looking French pastries, baguettes, tarts, etc… I’m a big fan of bread, and since I’m not always able to eat wheat, I chose carefully what bread I eat. The baguettes here are the best in Mississauga. Now one could go to Loblaw’s and get a baguette, but the crust is always soft, the texture is not unlike wonder bread. Then of course there are the macaroons that are very good, we ate 4 chocolate macaroons, one of the best! The ganache in-between the macaroons is almost sinful, and then the shells are crispy and quite airy. Since this place is much closer for me than Butter Avenue, and the macaroons are just as good, maybe better, I found a new place for macaroons!
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re: salman
My favourite lattes, excellent pastries (wonderful croissants, mmm!) plus nice friendly staff. Good place to sit and have a snack or lunch. Good sandwiches BTW, fresh made, also paninis, etc. We have also tried their cakes, they were excellent. Please don't buy their multi grain bread, I love it and they run out fairly quickly! A special little place, gotta love it!
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I have been a fan of the french corner for the last couple of years what a lovely owner. He is one of the few decent french bakers in the GTA. He produces consistently excellent classics; the croissant, danish and baguettes are always done properly.
I did find another bakery in Mississauga today that BLEW ME AWAY! Its called sweets in the heartland centre a few doors down from california sandwiches. The pastries are IMHO better than thuet and patachou. I know that's a big claim..but this lady knows here stuff. You can find sweets and confections there you cant get anywhere else except Paris, NYC, maybe montreal.
Just goes to show you can find gastro bliss in the most unlikely places!›7 Replies-
re: urbanegastrojedi
Well, it's like comparing apples and oranges. I went over to Sweets this morning, and found mostly chocolate, candy, and mini-macarons. They also had gelato, crepes, waffles, and smoothies. There were no tarts, no French pastries other than 5 flavors of mousse, and no big assortment of breads like you'd find at French Corner Bakery. There were just a few cakes, and a small assortment of other baked goods (nothing exciting). I bought a cranberry/blueberry scone and a cinnamon bun, but couldn't take more than a bite of either. The raspberry mousse pastry was good though.
It seems that most of the exciting stuff on their menu is by special order, or for catering. Or maybe I just went on the wrong day.
Seeing as I'm more a lover of French pastry than confectionery, I won't be going back. And they definitely don't compare to Montreal. But I'm sure Sweets will appeal to some. And their decor was lovely.
However, this experience makes me appreciate the French Corner Bakery even more. Especially for their larger selection and their reasonable prices.-
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re: succeed
I have noticed the exact same thing as you did, succeed. It was on a Saturday afternoon around 2'ish. Even though it was pretty much empty, the staff wasn't as enthusiastic as they should be when a new customer was spending some minutes looking at the cakes display. The fact that the whole place smell like bleach turned me off instantly.
I was very disappointed and I won't be back. I have yet to try the French Corner Bakery.
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Thank you so much, mangoginger, for posting this recommendation. I took your advice, and gave them a try, and all I can say is that I'm hooked. I go in there at least twice a week now, and I buy a box of pastries each time. I love the freshness, and I love the presentation/design, and the original combinations (like white chocolate/passionfruit, and mango mousse with chocolate). I actually served a big platter of their pastries as the dessert for our big Thanksgiving meal, and everyone was wowed. We also love their fresh loaves of organic multi-grain bread and their mini baguettes. And I've introduced some friends to their muffuletta and Cajun chicken sandwiches for lunch. Yum !
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