Hayes Valley, San Francisco · restaurant
A small, light-filled Hayes Valley bakery with a pastry case devoted to the baked goods of the Jewish diaspora. Salted chocolate and cinnamon-date babka, spinach-and-feta bourekas, and a Turkish coffee cream pie with a following of its own. The baking is meticulous, and the salted chocolate babka is widely considered among the city's best. By night, the space transforms into Loquat at Night, with an entirely different menu.
Moist lemon poppyseed layer cake from the pastry case, served with jam and frosting.
Flaky Sephardic pastry with house phyllo — fillings rotate between spiced potato and sage-ricotta.
Braided with dark chocolate and sea salt, among the best in SF
Signature dessert with a strong coffee custard and graham crust