| Note: menu offerings and prices may vary. | | | | of picadillo over rice. If you're really hungry, add a |
| Fresh baked bread in loaves or rounds and | | | | smoked sausage roll. Like it spicy but want it hot? |
| homemade empenadas baked in a stone hearth | | | | Then add a little Datil Do It pepper sauce, made |
| oven, spicy sausage wrapped in a flaky crust... need I | | | | locally and marketed nationwide. And no meal is |
| say more? | | | | complete without a loaf or round of that |
| The Spanish Bakery has been in business for more | | | | melt-in-your-mouth bread. The Kitchen also serves up |
| nearly 30 years, according to the little chalkboard that | | | | cookies and a soup of the day. |
| hangs from the stone building known as the Salcedo | | | | Patience is a virtue on busy days, as the line can get |
| Kitchen. I think I've been coming here for at least 10 | | | | quite long and the Kitchen's quarters are cramped. |
| of those years, and I've never been disappointed, | | | | The Kitchen is a popular stop for school groups and |
| except when they run out of bread around 2 pm or | | | | other large parties who call ahead. But rest assured, |
| when it rains, because they only have 2 picnic tables | | | | the wait is well worth it. If you don't like lines, |
| under cover. Of course, you can sit at one of the | | | | browse in the Whetstone Chocolate store just as |
| picnic tables under a tree and stay relatively dry if it's | | | | you enter the grounds and sample creamy fudge and |
| not a downpour. | | | | sugary pralines. That should get your appetite |
| Try an empanada stuffed with spicy beef and a bowl | | | | started! |