Two Restaurants Roll Out Bakery Programs

Bakery: When carbs are innately a restaurant's bread and butter, then it makes sense to expound upon the idea with a supplemental bakery program. Such is the thinking at two restaurants rolling out bakery programs and augmenting their regular menus with pastries aplenty. Say hello to the sweet new wares coming atcha from Duran European Sandwiches and HotChocolate. 

(Pastry provisions at HotChocolate)

Bakery: Since opening its slicky, art-adorned doors last year, Duran European Sandwiches has been wowing the masses with lustrous sandwiches that are at once a feast for the eyes and mouth. The Austrian-inspired menu peddles petite sandwiches galore, each dainty sliver of bread strewn with gorgeous ingredients befitting an art gallery. It's all the masterwork of owner Tracy Miller, a woman who clearly knows her bread. Thus, she's broadening her bandwidth with a new breakfast and bakery program at Duran. Her offerings now include croissants, cupcakes, tarts, buns, tea cookies, muffins, and more. True to her restaurant's European ethos, products are wholesome and modest in size, so as to not bludgeon diners over the head with unruly portions. Expect tiny quiches, fresh bagel sandwiches, and European breakfast plates brimming with cottage cheese, hard-boiled eggs, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, La Fournette multi-grain toast, French ham, and fresh fruit.