Alonso Baking and Foods

Alonso Baking and Foods is one of the vendors that we always purchase something from when we frequent the San Leandro Farmers Market. I believe they will be opening a storefront very soon if they haven’t already done so.
The baked goods we have tried here have tasted good to amazingly good! I rate the cookies and pastries I have tried 3 to 3.5 stars. Some of the items I’ve tried are their Snicker Doodle cookies, Bavarian Cone, Apple Cinnamon Cone, and Chocolate Croissant. All good and affordable just not outstanding!
What stands out to us our their scrumptious breads! We have 3 favorite kinds of breads which we purchase from them. Cranberry Pecan Bread, Jalapeño Bread, and their Monkey Bread are all 5 star incredibly delicious! That is saying something coming from me because I normally do not care for bread. Alonso’s is the exception. This bakery puts quality ingredients in their loaves to come up with something truly delicious! Bravo!

Tamales are the best! So good! and the tacos! By far one of the best places I’ve tried with amazing tamales! The red hot sauce is so good as well. I come here on Fridays on my lunch at the DTSJ farmers market. My coworkers love it!

The tamales are amazing and the fresh spinach and artichoke bread is amazing ! The tamales so light and moist and all around good. I’ve of the best I have had ! Farmers markets rock !

Review for stall at San Mateo Farmer’s Market, Saturday mornings. Friendly staff, good tasty products, organized. A special mention for the absolutely delicious tamales… mmmmm. Get them if they’re on offer.

I’ve never liked whole grain breads, but I liked the Multigrain one that Alonso sold at the Kaiser San Leandro Farmers Market. It was tasty and wholesome. I liked how they don’t put weird scientific ingredients in their products. Just good old-​fashioned stuff that a kindergartener would understand. The guy selling me the bread was helpful and not pushy. Needless to say, I will be buying from them again.

I absolutely can’t wait for downtown San Jose’s farmers market every friday just to get their vegan pumpkin bread and banana nut bread! They’re my guilty pleasure! Wish they had a local store I can stop by!

Incredibly delicious whole wheat and whole-​grain bread! They have other things that I have not tried, but plan to. Also, they will soon open a full fledged store, selling all sorts of baked goods, pies, cakes, and other stuff. I plan to be first in line on the day they open!!!

These friendly folks come to the San Leandro farmer’s market on Saturdays with an amazing, delicious selection of baked goods. My favorite is the foccacia — so good heated in the oven at 350 for a few minutes — but everything else we’ve tried has been equally awesome. On top of that, they’re always super nice and have a smile or a joke for everyone. What’s not to like? :)

My friend and I decided to go for a stroll at the Downtown San Jose Farmers Market and right towards the end I found Alonso’s stand. I like the fact that the guy wasn’t too pushy, I wasn’t really going to buy anything but all the bread looked soooo good! they didn’t have any gluten free but the no sugar, no oil, Cranberry Raisin Pecan Artisan Bread looked too good to pass. I bought a loaf for $ 5 and I went for a taste right away. since it had no sugar I didn’t really have high expectations but the cranberry raisins give it all the sweetness this bread needs! I can’t wait to try it in the morning with some fresh brewed coffee. nom nom :)

This is only a review for their multigrain bread. It’s awesome! After years of eating $ 3 a loaf whole grain breads from Trader Joe’s, I finally realized that I couldn’t keep eating bread without flavor. I’ve gotten hooked on the Alonso multigrain loaves that are sold at the Monterey Farmers Market. Not cheap, but worth every penny. It takes me back 30 years to when I used to occasionally eat fresh bread from a bakery in Maine.

I’ve been picking up some of their cheese breads at the farmer’s market in Castro Valley the last few Saturdays. Each thing I’ve tried has been very good. They have a very nice selection of tasty looking treats. The coconut macaroons are great and it’s never hard for the guy to convince me to buy some extras. I’m looking forward to trying more of their breads and sweets each week.

If you ever get a chance to go to Monterey’s Farmer’s Market on Alvarado Street in Monterey, CA on Tuesdays, Alonso’s has a stall in what the locals call Baker’s Alley. They offer a variety of baked goods to include Focacia bread, baguettes, monkey bread, banana but bread, pumpkin bread, and many more. My kids love the pesto focacia and I really enjoy the artichoke pesto and olive focacia. We have been buying from the stall at farmers market for over a year and so far everything we tried we absolutely love. The baked goods are always fresh, full of flavor, and reasonably priced.

If you are in Los Altos Village during the farmer’s market, stop by the Alonso Foods stall! These are nice, friendly and funny folks peddling delicious, delectable and sinfully good bread and baked goods!
I’m warning you now bread lovers, resistance is futile!
My family gave all thumbs up to the Milan Mushroom and Mozzarella Cheese bread —- YUM! YUM!
We also had a opportunity to sample their cheesecake. You just can’t go wrong!
NOTE: There are whole wheat options available for a lot of Alonso Foods breads.

the most amazing zucchini nut bread I have ever had!!!
I keep going back to San Mateo farmers market only to buy the absolutely delicious zucchini bread. I have not tried anything else from alonso yet

ARE THESE THE BEST TACOs IN THE BAY AREA?
I have tried thousands of tacos throughout the Bay Area/​California over the years. And I will say that (thankfully) we have moved a long way since the days when Taco Bell defined the standard in northern California. Now, many locales offer tasty, fresh, beef, chicken, fish, vegan, etc. for everyone with a mix of personalized ingredients.
I see these folks at the Farmer’s Market held each Saturday at the College of San Mateo. Not only do they offer wonderful breads at reasonable prices, but they also feature hot foods, predominantly tamales (and platos with sides like rice and veg) and tacos (beef chicken, etc.). The beef tacos are out of this world – as a measure of that statement consider that I arrive at the market about 10am after just consuming a large cup of coffee and a bagel and am usually conflicted as to whether to circle through all the vendors and buy what I need (maybe 1 hour) or go directly to the Alonso stand and grab a beef taco).
The tacos are served on a double corn tortilla, heated of course – open faced and with a bit of the heating oil still detectable. The beef is cooked through but not overdone and mellowed with a spice that contains bits of fresh cilantro. If you desire «spicy», that will be accommodated with a sauce that contains jalapenos to add a further warmth to the meal. This is all accomplished at a small grilling/​frying space heated with propane. The price? $ 2. Try to beat that…
I have also enjoyed the various tamales as well and find them to be a delicious and filling meal (just not after coffee and a bagel a few minutes before). Many people order the tamales to go and appear to take them home for a later lunch or dinner. Judging by the varied customer profiles, these are also a big hit, too.
Last, the young man and the lady who works the grill are always friendly and a pleasure to deal with. The man is knowledgeable about all the various breads and handles the business-​side without interruption of terrific service.
Its great to see a small business with hardworking people turn out great products. If you get a chance, support their business – you will not be disappointed

I just had a king pastry (a mini-​sized) galette des rois, basically puff pastry with frangiapane. They just started at the USF Farmer’s Market on Parker & McAllister. Sundays 10am — 2pm. This pastry is to die for. Especially if you love almond paste (marzipan, frangiapane, the whole lot). I can’t wait to try something else next week, but I will always dream of the King!

Alonso’s was at the Santana Row farmers market on Sunday morning when I picked up their Milan Mushroom and Mozzarella Cheese focaccia with whole wheat flour for $ 3.75. I passed them by the first time and almost didn’t go back… let me tell you, I am glad that I did. It was absolutely delicious! All I needed to do was put it in the oven at 350 for about 5 minutes to lightly toast the crust and melt the mozzarella cheese.
For the price, quality, and relative healthfulness of the food, Alonso’s is a great find at the farmers market on Santana Row.

Picked up a loaf of jalapeño and cheese french bread at the Farmers’ Market this Sunday because it looked similar to my favorite bread from Andersen’s. Close but no cigar. However, Andersen’s does set the bar very high for most bakeries.
I’ll give them 3 stars because I saw a couple of items that looked interesting; like their different types of foccacia breads and pastries.

Alonso Baking and Foods sells a variety of baked goods and ready to eat tamales at the San Mateo Farmer’s Market.
The tamales are sold refrigerated or warm and ready to eat for $ 2 each. I have tried both the spicy chicken and regular beef and though both were a bit bland. I think they would taste best if served with mole sauce.
The table of baked goods set up at the farmer’s market every week is quite long and comparable to the Brioche Bakery set-​up, albeit less densly arranged. All of the breads and baked goodies are very reasonably priced. An 8″ diameter focaccia pizza is $ 3.50 or 2 for $ 6.25. A larger rectangular size was only $ 5.50 or so.
I think the focaccia breads maybe taste better if they were chewier. For the best results, bake or toast for a few minutes until the bottom is cripsy.