Beaverton Bakery

This Beaverton Bakery location is now closed & replaced by the Petite Providence.
The Beaverton Bakery is now the Petite Providence. The Beaverton Bakery was one of my favorite go-​to locations. I give a 5 star rating in support of what used to be. Gates D&E are good friends of mine at PDX. Since this location is now closed, I will try out the new vendor & write a review in true Unilocal fashion!

this location is closed

Mmm, donuts! They have other things too, but fritters for a bargain price of $ 1.05 each are what got our attention. My boyfriend had an apple fritter, and I went with the raspberry fritter, which is really just an apple fritter with raspberry jam on top. The donuts were solid, especially for the price. They also have a nice selection of Harney & Sons Tea, including Earl Grey and Paris, two of my favorites. And they also have cookies, muffins, cake, and more.

Beaverton Bakery made the cake for our September 2012 wedding. We really enjoyed tasting with them and their fees for the cake itself, set up and delivery were very reasonable. We asked the bakery to decorate our cake with fresh flowers delivered the day before, and they did a really wonderful job. We tried cakes a lot of other places that were more expensive, and I am glad we went with Beaverton Bakery.

Super cool bakery for being in the airport. Everything from grab n go sandwiches to slices of cake. Yummy pastries, doughnuts and other goodies like bagels. A small but good low priced menu with breakfast, soup and sandwiches. Add in a friendly staff and plenty of seating for the size of this bakery makes Beaverton Bakery at PDX cool in its own way.

Another pleasant find at PDX (Portland International Airport). Specializing mostly in desserts, they do have made to order breakfast items and sandwiches. What really attracted me to this spot was a large table out front offered different loaves of bread for $ 2.50. According to the sign, it happens every Thursday, you can’t beat that.

Need a quick donut, roll or muffin after you land in Portland? Stop here.

I feel positioned properly to review this joint because as a Beaverton native and flight crewmember, I visit often.
In the dozens of times I’ve been, I wanted to give the airport leg only 2 stars but the management earned an extra for once running to my gate I was working out of to deliver my debit card they’d kept a few nights before. (Yep, my bad, too, I left it.) That gesture saved me from flying 3 days without money! So I am very grateful.
The treats, cakes, salads and sandwiches are almost all incredible. The cranberry turkey sandwich has their very own cranberry cream cheese concoction that will make you grab all the fresh ones to stuff in your bag-(assuming there’s room left, of course).
If you want to woo your flight crew, bring the sugar cookies. They are NUM-​EEE!
Now, the reason they’re not scoring quite high enough: Generally the customer service is stuck in their «ways». I love nothing more than I love food service employees that can think outside the box, or just minimally use common sense.
Tonight I grabbed a salad from the «discount pile» that is usually empty. After a few minutes of being ignored, one of the 2 employees approached me and then asked the other for help. Still not having been acknowledged, she explains to him that it’s past midnight so they’re supposed to throw it out. Then she says, «Is that okay with you?» I said I didn’t mind if it was past midnight. So then I was thinking, «So I’m getting charged for what they’d consider garbage if I didn’t purchase it?» Outstanding customer service would be to «pull it» aka give it to me. Not that I expect that, but that I would offer that myself knowing it’d make one happy customer and buff up my tip jar.
So, there’s usually a lack of acknowledgement when you’re waiting-​even if there’s 3 people back there and no one being waited on. There’s a required «would you like to add-​on» script, scripts just don’t work, aren’t fun, and require the customer to offer a rejection over something solicited. There are no healthy options or nutritional labels. It kind of leaves me passing it up for Elephants Delicassen just steps toward the other end of the food court. They have more options, including healthier ones, and the employees are absurdly friendly.

**Almond Croissant Review Only**
The truth is I’ve had more than 9 different almond croissants this past year in Portland. The non mentions have just been meh. There are a few more notable bakeries I’ve been meaning to try and the Beaverton Bakery was one of them. Having a human powered vehicle and not tons of public transportation play time to cross town for an almond croissant, I hesitated entering the Beav, Beavertron, aka that town with tons of beaver damns. Luckily they do have a shop inside Portland International Airport and I had some spare time before passing TSA for a lil crawssie. At first glance I was immediately hesitant with the obscene icing, but this thought was countered with the generous crowning of slivered almonds.
I sliced it with an airport approved plastic knife to find what looked like nothing inside. The first bite proved there were traces of marzipan indoors, but this didn’t last long. The croissant got boring quickly. I had a few bites from the middle, then tossed out the humdrum corners. The pastry seemed almost mass produced and a bit dry. The moral of the story: do not trust pastries with white icing.

OMG, I had no idea that I would be trying Beaverton Bakery in an airport. My prior attempts were thwarted by bakery’s hours. I was stoked to find that they had red velvet cupcake — my favorite! The cake was moist. The frosting was not too heavy and extremely sweet. It balanced well on the red velvet cake. This was one of the better red velvet cupcakes that I’ve had.

The best children’s birthday cakes I’ve experienced in Portland have been made by Beaverton Bakery. They really go above and beyond and some are creative masterpieces.
So I was thrilled to see them open a café at PDX as part of the Oregon Market. The airport continues to impress with new cafes from some of Portland’s old favorites.
The space is downright adorable and the staff is friendly. The main problem is that they are doing almost the same thing as Flying Elephants just down the way, and Flying Elephants is currently doing it better.
What was magical about our most recent visit is that they were holding an old fashioned cake walk down the middle of the hallway. An assortment of cakes was lined up on the table, you walk around until the music stops and BAM! someone wins a cake. Even the losers are rewarded with cookies and discounts on their purchases.
So Beaverton Bakery wins for pastries and enthusiasm, but I’ll still head down the road if I’m looking for a meal.