Where is the Best Bakery in Houston, Texas?
I am a Rice University Professor. Recently I held a meeting on the Ricecampus consisting of about 25 people from all over the country and a goodrepresentation from Southern California. We went to Pico’s in a small busfor dinner.You served us Parilla Mixta family style. The food, was excellentand fairly priced. The service was excellent and there was a a goodatmosphere. I found it interesting that the California visitors who are soproud of their California Mexican food, stated that they were trulysurprised that they had to come to Houston for the best Mexican food theyhad ever had. Thank you for adding to the success of my conference.Last month Pico’s catered a gathering of family and friends at my housewhere we were celebrating my wife’s and my Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.We had about 120 people present from all over the country and some fromother countries. You food was the highlight of the day. It was excellent.Yourdelivered the food and took care of every detail. W
Being a native New Yorker living in Houston, the one thing I consistently found myself missing was an Italian pastry shop. I grew up with rainbow cookies, black & whites, sfogliatelle, cannolis, macaroons…all sorts of wonderful desserts that just don’t seem to be offered down here in Houston (in spite of a large NY metro transplant crowd). Then I found Drew’s Pastry Place and it brought back memories of my childhood. His pastries and cookies are absolutely amazing (he just started making my favorite, rainbow cookies, and is perfecting his black & whites as we speak) and when I came in for the first time today he personally came out to greet me. It is an amazing family business with superb offerings. Not only does he do the cookies and pastries, he also does cakes (including wedding), pies, there is gelato available, all sorts of coffee and tea, and now a lunch hour as well with pizza and other things. My only gripe is that I live in Katy and he is located up on 249 and Louetta…but
