elm street bakery and cafe

i've been enjoying the wonderful things being done at the elm street bakery for quite a while and i've been sharing them with you as well. months ago, i explained my family's love affair with the bakery and its great breads, pastries and baked goods. then, when they started adinnerservice not long ago, my wife and i had to check it out in its first week and we were very impressed.

it's not surprising that elm street bakery has become a go-to for us any time of the day. this past weekend, my wife and i had a chance to enjoy a great meal on a date night there.

as many of you know, i’ve been a big fan and proponent of elm street bakery for several years now. i’ve been particularly impressed with thedinnerservice chef brad rowell and his team have been putting out night after night for the last year and a half. so when we learned that brad would be leaving the bakery at the end of the year, we made sure to get in there at least one last time to enjoy his food at elm street. as with our last stop, the food and service was excellent.

i've been seeing the pictures and speaking with people about the "secret brunch" that elm street bakery has been running on sundays for the past few weeks. it's not a well kept secret by design and it's building a nice little buzz for the new features the bakery is offering on sunday mornings. after stopping in fordinneron saturday and speaking with chefs brad rowell and rj marvin, we knew we had to bring the whole family to check it out. everyone of us, from my wife & i, all the way to our two-year-old twins, loved the great dishes that are available only during the "secret brunch".

our favorite spot.. my wife and i moved here recently from maryland. elm street was recommended for a quick lunch. it was love at first bite. we have been back many times for lunch,dinneron the patio, and many selections of baked goods. when we have visitors this is our go-to spot for excellent quality gourmet selections. we especially appreciate the support of local sustainable farms and sources for meat and veggies etc. its a great vibe and highly recommended in my book. keep up the good work guys!

another incredibly successfuldinnerat elm street bakery. i'll obviously be back and share those experiences with you, but you should get down there. get the chicken - or the fideo - or a pizza - or anything else. it's worth the trip from wherever you are for one of the best dining experiences in western new york.

so when i heard a few weeks ago that elm street bakery had hired chef brad rowell, former sous chef at the park country club, to create an all newdinnerservice to go along with the amazing things chef luci levere had already been doing there, i couldn't wait to try it. this past weekend, my wife and i got to experience chef rowell's newdinnerservice and it was fantastic!

theirdinnerservice just started a couple days ago and even though there hasn’t been any big formal announcements, the restaurant was pretty full at 6:30pm. we opted to sit at their long wooden bar and watch the staff prepare meals right in front of us. it’s the best seat in the house. since nearly every dish on theirdinnermenu is cooked in their large wood fire oven, you’ll get to watch most of the action right in front of you. to handle the newdinnerservice, the restaurant increased their host and wait staff. considering they just began offering a completely new style of service only a couple of days prior, our service went very smoothly.

very good. i eat lunch here at least once a week and have been doing so since elm street bakery was open. i have never eatendinnerhere, nor have i gotten breakfast here.

as far as lunch goes, most of the time they have excellent and very tasty soups. particularly the curry or fennel type soups - or the butternut squash which is great. i will usually supplement a soup with a sandwich or salad, which is almost always excellent. the jambon sandwich, ham, butter on french bread is also consistently good. the appeal to me is the local and organic ingredients.

the two downsides are that the food is more expensive and that most of the lunch menu changes day by day. by the time i'm done lunch is usually $15. for some this might be way too expensive, but i'm happy to support local farms and dairies, and the food is definitely fresh. because the lunch menu changes there have been times when i was not interested in anything they decided to put on the lunch menu.

i love the elm street bakery!!!

alli and i really really love east aurora….there i said it. as city residents there's an unnecessary shame in admitting that you really like the suburbs, or at least certain aspects of the suburbs. no, were not planning on settling down and having 2.5 kids, but the small village of east aurora is incredibly cozy with several restaurants and shops that we really enjoy, add bars within walking distance and we're sold. this last saturday was our second visit to elm street bakery , the first was an impromptu visit based on curiosity after hearing all the buzz about the place. unfortunately, we haddinnerplans later in the day, so we limited our first trip to just two slices of their wood fire pizza but promised that we'd return the following week. after we finished our second meal there this weekend, alli and i realized we have found a new favorite place to eat. for starters, the inside of the building has been beautifully remodeled. while keeping the look of an log cabin/barn, the insi