Bogota Blogger

From my experience, Bogota has more bakeries per linear foot than anywhere else I have ever been. Bread (pan) is everywhere. Within two blocks of my house there are four bakeries, and if I want more, I can go two more blocks. And, when I go into one of these late in the day, they’re out of almost everything, so obviously they’re selling all the stuff they can bake. I guess everybody eats fresh bread every day, just about.

I usually go to AutoPan, which is a little chain bakery, because it’s on the next block from me. They make these really buttery little rolls with chocolate chips in them, and if I buy six, I eat six. I try not to buy more than six.

On my street (Quinta in Rosales), there’s also a PanPa’Ya! two blocks up, which is a slightly larger chain, and besides all the types of bread, they also cook breakfast and lunch and do lots of cakes. For cakes, though, I usually go to Joyce (across the street), which I believe is one of two branches in the city. This is a really gourmet-type dessert place, but prices are still great (I always buy dessert there when I’m invited to dinner at somebody’s house). And, on the next block in the other direction, there’s a EuroPan, which sells mostly French and Italian-type breads.

Even in the grocery store, I would never think of buying pre-packaged bread in a plastic bag (though they sell this), because every grocery store I have been in in Bogota has its own bakery and you can buy fresh bread and have it sliced there on the spot.

And, of course, my favorite French restaurant down the block, Michel, on Calle 69-A, is famous for their window full of pastries.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 19th, 2007 at 1:12 pm and is filed under Daily Life in Bogota, Restaurants/Cafes/Bars. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.