Bakery # 5: Vienna Bakery

Vienna Bakery

10207 63 Avenue

Tuesday to Friday 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturdays 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

780 489 4142

The marble cookie

A little history lesson on Vienna Bakery: Once located on the west end it was sold to Bridgett and Bernie, a couple from Germany, later they sold it to their son Brian. Brian, now the owner of the bakery, decided to bake strictly in the wholesale market. Little did he know that people would come banging on his doors in the middle of the night for him to open up a front of house for the public. People shouted, "we want your rye bread!!" and "without your poppyseed strudel I will wither and die!!" Finally, Brian listened and a couple of years ago opened a retail location once again and started to sell all the marvellous baked goods that makes Vienna Bakery one of my favourite bakeries in this city.

I can tell you about each and every pastry, bread and bun in this place. Why? I have tasted every single thing they sell here. Yes. Every single item; heavy rye, medium rye, light rye; whole wheat bread, white; Kaiser buns, German buns, rye buns, poppyseed buns; marble cookies, chocolate chip cookies; nut strudel, apple strudel......you name it. I've eaten it. Don't judge me. 

This place has all types of european pastries you will be begging to come back for and the owners don't pretend to be european, they really are.

My top three favourites from Vienna Bakery: poppyseed strudel (the one made with potato dough), medium rye, and the marble cookie. Although cookies are simple, inexpensive, and very abundant, I have not been able to master the marble cookie at home. It just melts in your mouth with the right hint of cocoa and vanilla. The medium rye is to die for with some butter, or cheese and meat, or even peanut butter and hazelnut spread (toasted of course). The poppyseed strudel is an addiction of mine, made with real potatoes and so soft and succulent.....dear strudel! I could describe everything in this bakery with intense detail, but I won't and let other pallets describe the goodness only found here.....okay only one more!

The B52 torte. The old owner Bernie used to make this for me. It is a 6 layer cake of which 3 layers are cake and 3 layers are buttercream and each layer is infused with a type of alcohol: Grand Marnier, Kahlua, and Baileys. You will have to phone and ask if they still make it as I have not ordered it in about a year, but if you get a chance to try it you will not be disappointed.