Sells out first

Almond croissants are usually gone by 10:30 on weekends. Order ahead to hold one.

Pastries & breakfast

Croissants, morning buns and breakfast sandwiches, baked and built in our Fernwood kitchen from 4:30 every morning.

Ben and the kitchen team start before sunrise. Croissants are laminated the day before, baked fresh each morning, then driven to Cook Street and James Bay by 6:15.

Breakfast runs until 2 p.m. at Fernwood and Cook Street, and until 1 p.m. at James Bay, which has a smaller kitchen. Pastries are baked once a day. We'd rather sell out than serve yesterday's.

Want to be sure you get an almond croissant on a Saturday? Order ahead and we'll set yours aside.

Pastries from $3.75, breakfast from $5.50

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How we make it

01 Laminated the day before

Butter and dough are folded the afternoon before and rest overnight, so the layers bake up crisp.
02 Baked at 4:30

The ovens go on before the lights. The first trays reach the Fernwood case at 6:20.
03 Nothing sits overnight

What's left at close goes to a neighbourhood community kitchen the same evening.

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From the oven

Baked at Fernwood from 4:30 a.m. and driven to the other cafes by 6:15. When it's gone, it's gone.

Butter croissant

$4.25
Almond croissant N(Contains nuts)

$5.75

Twice-baked with almond cream.
Orange cardamom morning bun

$5.25
Muffin of the week

$4.50

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Chocolate rye cookie

$3.75
Banana loaf GF(Made without gluten ingredients)

$4.75

Made without gluten ingredients.
Oat and date bar V(Vegan)

$4.25

Breakfast & toast

Until 2 p.m. at Fernwood and Cook Street, until 1 p.m. at James Bay.

Egg and cheddar on a sesame bun

$9.75

Add bacon $2.50 or roasted mushrooms $2.00.
Ham and gruyere croissant

$9.50

Warmed to order.
Avocado toast V(Vegan)

$11.50

Sourdough, chili crisp, lemon, flaky salt.
Overnight oats V(Vegan) GF(Made without gluten ingredients)

$8.00

Oat milk, berries, toasted seeds.
Sourdough toast

$5.50

Butter and jam made by Ben's mother.

An egg, bacon and cheddar breakfast sandwich beside a takeaway coffee cup — Egg and cheddar on a sesame bun, with bacon. Until 2 p.m. at Fernwood and Cook Street.

Good to know

All questions

Do you have gluten-free food?

The banana loaf and overnight oats are made without gluten ingredients. They're made in a kitchen that uses wheat flour every day, so we can't call them safe for celiac disease.

Do you have vegan options?

Yes: the oat and date bar, avocado toast, overnight oats and the maple oat latte. Any drink can be made with oat, almond or soy milk.

Can I reserve pastries?

Order ahead and we'll hold them for you on the pickup shelf. For more than a dozen, use a catering pastry box so the kitchen can plan the bake.

Hold an almond croissant

Weekend pastries sell out by mid-morning. Order ahead and yours waits on the shelf, still warm if you're quick.

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Rather call? Fernwood picks up at (250) 555-0142 from 6:30 a.m.