Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo)

Bakery in Berkeley. 6 sandwiches on the menu; the best scores 64.

Bakery · Berkeley, Alameda County

About

Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo) is a bakery in Berkeley, independently owned. The site read its menu and scored every sandwich on it as the menu lists it; what follows is the menu, drawn and scored, not a review.

Type
Bakery
Where
Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Ownership
Independent
On the menu
6 sandwiches; the best Sandwich Score is 64
Breads
fresh spelt baguette, epi 'bagel', thick-cut country or pan loaf
Worth a look
4 items with something notable
Menu
The menu this page was read from, read 2026-09 · Website
Logo
Logo: Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo), from its website
Directions
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Where it is

Particularly interesting

The sandwiches

  1. Avocado Toast 54 solid

    bread not stated, toasted: avocado; pickled onion; microgreens; aleppo; sesame.

    Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Microgreens, Aleppo Pepper.

  2. Baguette Sandwich 64 very good

    fresh spelt baguette, cold: smoked ham; butter; swiss.

  3. Epi 'Bagel' Sandwich 50 solid

    epi 'bagel', cold: roasted turkey (fra'mani); fromage blanc; tomato; greens.

    Worth a look: named producer: Roast Turkey; ingredient not in the pantry: Fromage Blanc.

  4. Pecan Butter & Jam 13 chaos

    bread not stated, toasted: house-made pecan butter; boysenberry jam.

    Worth a look: house-made: NEW:Pecan Butter; ingredient not in the pantry: Pecan Butter.

  5. Ricotta Toast 59 solid

    bread not stated, toasted: ricotta; orange zest; honey; pistachio.

  6. Smoked Trout 42 rough

    thick-cut country or pan loaf, toasted: creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spread.

    Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Smoked Trout.

What you can build

Extras
soft-boiled egg, prosciutto