Midtown Lunch

Over the summer Small Oven Bakery opened up in the back of Tutti Frutti, differentiating this spot from other froyo spots by selling cream puffs. I needed something sweet and it had been a while since I had a Beards Papa Cream Puff (and there are none in Philly). Small Oven bakes everything on premises, the main attractions being the standard “choux creme puffs” and the fancier “choux cakes.” When I arrived I found out they were all out of the fancy choux cake AND out of chocolate cream filling… I wiped my tears away and tried the other choux creme puffs.

The eclair option did a pretty good job of satisfying chocolate cravings. A vanilla cream puff is dipped in amazingly good quality chocolate. The eclair version costs $2.35. I also tried a mini pear ginger cupcake, which was almost dense and sophisticated enough to justify the $1 price tag for the 2 bite bit.

Regular creme puffs are an affordable after lunch treat at $2. The strawberry filling was light and far from cloying. It is obvious that all of the ingredients used by Small Oven are top notch.

Small Oven Bakery, 1315 Walnut St (@ 13th St), 215-546-9600