Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery

Entering Lucky’s is a little like crossing over into pastry land. There’s a long counter protected by glass that presents all of their daily offerings. I’m the kind of creature that searches each town I’m in for the best bakery, and Lucky’s is the best bakery in Boulder.
The almond croissant is world class. Get here early because they run out of the almond croissant on weekends. The Blue Cheese Gougere is savory and delicate. The coffee here is remarkably good. They always have a beautiful offering of Gluten free baked goods.
If you want delicious baked goods, Boulder style, this is the only place to visit.

I’ve been here many times and I’m constantly trying to give it just one more chance. When I go in I am stunned by how beautiful all the cakes and pastries are. The work there is very friendly. The prices are very high I have to say. I would be fine with everything except the pastries and cakes sadly look much better than they taste. I am a baker myself and everything sold there seems to be quite heavy and very dry. I also tried a croissant there and the egg wash was very heavy making it almost taste stale. The cream puffs are super heavy and almost damp, instead of being fluffy and light. The cake as well is very dry and lacks much flavor. The way it’s decorated is 10 out of 10 though. They’re stunning but I just wish they tasted as good as they should for that price.

Very pretty looking cakes

I went on a personal quest to find Boulder’s best croissant (not easy or fruitful in the fittest US city), but behold– it exists in its flaky French form along with dozens of other phenomenal trifles at Lucky’s bake house! You must try their savory, sweet, and paleo treats! All made with a strong dose of love, and they serve Rowdy Mermaid kombucha if you’re not in the coffee mood!

The bake house makes great ice-​cream and has lots of good choices for pastries, but sometimes the food can be a little dry. Great vibe

My husband bought home a few doughnuts from here today and I have to say they were pretty darn good! We were then riding or bikes in the afternoon and rode past so we stopped in for a kombucha which is on tap.
It’s a small bakery filled with lots of yummy looking treats and the smell is like heaven. The kombucha was good and they also had a small gelato bar too.

What can I say, we love this place! It’s so much fun to stop by on Sunday and grab a treat. They have delicious and very inventive cupcakes. The atmosphere is adorable and everyone is very friendly.

Charming, charming, charming. Crazy out-​of-​this-​world pastries. Coffee is good and if you bring in your own container, only a buck. Free wifi. And ICE CREAM.
The bakery is out in plain sight and, being a foodie, it calms me down to no end watching professionals at work. No males visible in the bakery. Which might explain the quiet efficiency and calm.
One of those places that make me long for my digestion in my teens. As much as I want to drop $ 50 and just make a morning of it, I would be paying for it for a week.
It’s not that I’m picky, I just have digestion issues.

We are not North Boulder people, so we need a good reason to leave our usual Boulder hangouts to go. A friend said that she loves something that is sold at Lucky’s Bakehouse, so we thought it would be a good idea to go and check it out and see if we could find some nice breakfast pastries.
When we walked in we were greeted right away, but we were needing some time to figure out what to get. Personally, the watermark for a great bakery for me is a croissant, pain au chocolat or any kind of laminated dough. The prices of the croissants were steep, $ 3.79 for a chocolate croissant??? Not that I think a pastry that takes hours of preparation and a skilled hand should be cheap, but if I can buy one in Paris for € 1.50, or a 4 pack of proof and bakes croissants from Trader Joe’s for $ 3.99, it better be an amazing croissant.
Sadly, this croissant was not amazing, and in a blind taste test, I bet I would prefer the aforementioned options, or even a warmed croissant from Starbucks Boulange. The dough was lacking that subtle yeasty taste, and you could tell it wasn’t properly handled because the lamination came apart. The egg wash on top was also a but heavy, it added a thick crunchy layer on top. The only decent part was the chocolate inside.
Beyond that, the prices just seem really high. $ 1.99 for 1 french macaron? The other items all ring in about the $ 4 price range, maybe I am just too cheap to eat in North Boulder, or maybe I expect something to be amazing when it is at a high-​end price point.

Hands down my favorite bakery in Boulder! They’re creativity, selection and quality is unmatched. I am constantly impressed with everything I order, especially the croissants (!), ice creams (malt shoppe!), key lime pie, chocolate chunk cookie (brown butter!), and buttery, fruity galettes. In fact, the sheer amount of delicious, rich butter they use is fabulous and shocking. The bakers and counter staff are always helpful and smiley, and I love the comfortable, sunny atmosphere. Apart from the array of magical flavors, the beauty and painstaking effort that goes into the cakes, tarts, pies, pastries and the like is inspiring. There is a lot of passion behind the scenes and its apparent. A Boulder mainstay, for years to come.

I’m usually not a big fan of Lucky’s baked goods, I find them to be overly sweet. Many items in the glass case are not marked or priced so thjis is not my favorite place… But the raspberry cloud cake I had from there yesterday was THE BEST CAKE I’VE EVER HAD. A rich, flavorful flourless almond cake with a crisp layer of merangue is topped with a sublime raspberry whipped cream. Magical!

If you are gluten free, this is as close to heaven as you are gonna get. Seriously. Just walk in the door and you will lose track of what you thought you wanted. They have so much more! Can’t get enough of this place!

We went into Lucky’s Bakehouse to pick up a birthday cake. We walked in and were impressed with the display of baked goods. The help there wasn’t very helpful and looked like they would rather be somewhere else. We asked about the different cakes and decided to purchase the Amelia cake. It looked very nice and paid $ 30.00 for it which we thought expensive for a 6″ round cake. This was the driest cake I ever had. It crumbled when it was cut into. The frosting was hard. I wonder how long it had been sitting there before we bought it?
I was expecting a cake that would at least be fresh and taste good for $ 30.00.
With my previous experience in a purchase of a Lucky’s Market desert which I returned before I was skeptical about buying another desert there. I won’t be buying anymore desert’s at Lucky’s.

Very cute little bakery! This was in the same plaza as Lucky’s Market and Lucky’s Café. Came in for breakfast, wouldn’t recommend for traditional breakfast since they’re mostly baked goods.
I tried the coffee cake, can’t remember the exact kind, but it may be the only kind of coffee cake there. There are so many choices, so there has to be at least one thing you will like. There are even loads of gluten-​free options!
The price is a bit higher than I’d like, but it is what it is.

Just walking in was a treat. What a gorgeous spot. I travel all over the country and eat out all the time so it was extra special to find a place that both my kids and I loved so much. My daughter wants to be a chef so the owner Jennifer gave her a tour!
My kids had the best pumpkin pie ever and I tried the quiche both with a crust to die for.
Since we got the red carpet tour I recommend their large assortment of gluten free, paleo, vegan offerings for alternative tastes.
Thanks to the friendly staff for making our stop on the road to grandma’s house so welcoming.

Luckys Bakehouse is as advertised, outstanding. The broad selection caters to the three major groups — eyes, smell, and tastebuds. Delicious all round.

This place is all sweets, so if you are looking for a baguette look else where.
I love their donuts and they are about half the price as Dizzy’s. You’ll find me here the morning after an argument with my wife, with flowers that bought from Luckys Market. It always seems to get me out of the «dog house.»
Everything I have had has been scrumptious, but I wish they would have more savory options as opposed to sweet.

Wowza!!! My sister in law ordered a cake from here for my niece’s graduation. It was HUGE!!! Four layers and it ALMOST looked too pretty to eat. It was an almond flour cake with cinnimon between the layers and espresso buttercream frosting with chocolate shavings. The cake was a little dry, but I think cake is just a vehicle for delivering frosting into my belly, so who cares?! The frosting delivered!!!
My sister in law said the ordering experience was good and the cake was ready on time, packaged securely for the ride home.

Over time, some aspects of the Bakehouse have changed. Slowly the closing time has gotten earlier and earlier. Not for lack of late customers, either, really.
The customer service can be friendly, efficient, and even generous at times. Other times when employees are distracted by their friends who are sitting at the tables, not so much.
Depending on who is working, the portion size of the granola with yogurt varies immensely. By the way, their homemade granola is delicious.
I often wonder who manages this place, & if they know what the employees do when they aren’t there.

Lucky’s has the best lemon poppy cupcake. Ever.
That’s pretty much the main thing I remember about this place.
The awesome lemon poppy cupcake. The HUGE lemon poppy cupcake.
And at only $ 2.99?! An amazing price for such a cupcake.
I didn’t even know that such cupcakes even existed! But, oh boy, they do.
Of course, Lucky’s has more than cupcakes. You can pick a beautiful cupcake (big or small), a mouth-​watering slice of cake (or an entire cake), muffins, cookies, cheddar bacon biscuits (say what!?), ice cream, donuts, etc. They don’t have bread, which is kind odd, but oh well. Everything looks amazing and they’re reasonably priced, considering the fact that they bake everything from sratch and use local, organic ingredients. And yes, you can find vegan and gluten-​free options here. I drooled over nearly everything. The bakehouse itself is also quite charming, and everyone seemed happy to be there. I guess you could say they were feeling pretty darn lucky. I know I felt that way when I ate that marvelous cupcake…