Author: ENU

Bakesale Betty
5098 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
http://www.bakesalebetty.com/locations.php
Review date: August 2011

This bakery took over a small storefront in the Temescal and became all the rage almost instantly. Open very limited hours, with absolutely no signage, in a location where it isn’t easy to park at certain times, would normally be a recipe for disaster.

BB gets around this with a viral word-of-mouth that not only draws crowds in droves, they’ve even opened up a second store in Oakland’s Uptown. 

We’ve been meaning to try them forever, but were finally compelled to visit after Carlos tried one of their chicken pot pies at a party he attended. He raved about it, and when we set up a potluck dinner with a couple of friends, we went to Betty’s and got a couple of frozen pot pies.

These can be ordered in custom sizes ahead of time, but they always have the 10” pot pie in stock, pre-frozen. An hour or so of baking time, and you have a lovely browned chicken pot pie to serve.

I prefer my pot pies with a little more gravy inside, but can report that all four of us loved BB’s version. Big juicy chunks of chicken breast, tasty without being oversalted, wonderful pastry crust. For $15 for a pie, it’s a great deal.

We’ll be back – not only because we haven’t tried their pastries yet, but across the street, the Genova deli carries the superlative Pacific Gourmet boudin noir sausage that Carlos fell in love with at Bistro Jeanty/Yountville, back in March of this year. Yum on both counts!