PJ Murphy’s Bakery

Ordered a 8inch round cake for birthday party. Fast, courteous staff and delivered the next day as expected. Bakery items appear yummy, and the locals are really into this neighborhood bakery. Had some good chats with old fellas on Saturday.
This bakery is located in a residential neighborhood and is more of a nicety for the locals then an amazing destination for anything.
Marble cake was good, not amazing or great. Very acceptable for a Minnesota event– tastes like cakes of my youth growing up in MN.
If you’ve had Woullets or anything in San Fran where you face melted off from the amazing taste, then this home-​spun bakery is not for you. You’ll get a solid, quality cake and yummy frosting that will satisfy most Minnesotans.

Best Hamburger Buns ever! You know the best sloppy Joes have the best buns as do the best turkey burgers, hamburgers, Portobello mushroom burgers… You get my drift! If the bun ain’t right, the whole thing will be wrong!
They also have insanely ridiculously fair priced bakery goodies. The Apple Fritters, twists, donuts, you name it, and its all delish!
I have not always been a fan of PJ Murphys. In fact, we started out on a VERY rocky road!
I have THEE worst luck with purchasing cakes for special occasions! Something always goes wrong! On the way over to pick up Ci’s HS Graduation cake, I reminded my ex hubs of the cake fiasco for Ci’s first birthday party and indicated I was a little nervous to pick up her graduation cake… That birthday cake pick up, 18 years ago, ended up with tears and an entire bakery feeling sorry for me! I did not want a repeat.
Well…Yep, you guessed it… My beautiful cake that was supposed to have Theater masks and ballerinas, in pretty pink and purple, etc… was a barely decorated, unrecognizable, no Happy Graduation written anywhere, too big for a covered box, horrible looking cake. I was in shock at first so I paid the $ 60 dollars or so but started asking questions as to what exactly was on the cake and indicated how ugly it was and NOT what I had ordered. At this point, Ci’s Dad bails on me and leaves me to contend to the situation on my own as usual. I SOO wished I had taken a pic but I was in shock. I then asked for my money back.
The counter girl, who also could not recognize what exactly had been drawn on the cake, calls a Manager. The Manager comes out, I also ask her if she can recognize what the few yellow lines were on the undecorated cake and she looks at the order form where it specifically said.“Girly Girl, Pink, Purple, ballet, theater masks” and immediately gives me my money back. This is why this place will get my future business and five stars! Handled like a Pro PJ Murphy’s!

Favorite bakery in St. Paul! great staff and service and some of the best donuts around! you won’t be disappointed if you stop in!

Omg!!! The blueberry bread here is so amazing!!! And ladies at the counter are so sweet and nice! I love it!!!

Such a cute bakery and great prices! I got the peanut butter cup cupcake (I’m such a sucker for peanut butter anything) and it was delicious and cheap! Everything else looked fantastic also.

For our wedding my husband and I decided that we wanted to do small centerpiece cakes at each table instead of flowers or candles.
PJ Murphy’s was very reasonably priced and the cakes and everything from this bakery are always good. When I met with them, they gave great recommendations and many different options. Each of the 22 cakes looked exactly how I wanted them to look and tasted great! I was very happy with my experience with PJ Murphy’s and to support a local small business.

I had to arrange a wedding and reception for a gay couple coming from out of state to be married. It was pretty uncomfortable taking responsibility for this momentous event in someone else’s life, especially when the couple had only been in Minnesota once before. But I had always gotten great stuff at PJ Murphy’s and Michelle (the owner) really came through for me! We needed two cakes (it’s too hard to explain), and not only were the cakes the best anyone had had in a long time, the prices were quite reasonable – far less than I was expecting. And the cakes were beautiful! One was a two layer dotted swiss looking cake, which almost looked too good to eat!
PJ Murphy’s also provided brownies for a little post-​wedding champagne event between the wedding and the reception. I strongly recommend them to anyone who needs a wedding cake! Plus they were very easy to work with, and had lots of good ideas.

Wonderful staff, service and pastry. We order every year cup cakes. They decorate them upon request sooo beautiful. The prices are very reasonable. We did this year a murder mystery party and they were able to decorate the cup cakes by adding yellow police caution tape, magnifying glasses and foot prints, adorable!!! A big hit for our kids.

I’m in love and I’m so thankful I found this place when I did. Now that certain hell has been unleashed on Minnesota and them gays can get married*, I know it will only be a matter of time until people will be marrying sea monkeys, flip flops and bakeries.
I already proposed to this one in preparation so if everyone could back up off muh lady, that’d be great.
It’s like a time warp here. I’m pretty sure the prices haven’t been this low anywhere since 1983.
That being said, however, the quality of the products being provided is nothing short of stellar. They sell bread (uncut loaves, rolls, French bread, etc), sweet loaves (banana, lemon poppy seed, pumpkin, raspberry, etc), donuts, bars, cakes, cookies and coffee all with a huge smile. This is truly one of those places where they make you feel welcome when you come in.
The raspberry loaf is something I probably shouldn’t be able to access so easily. It’s soft, perfectly sweet and laden with fresh raspberry pockets (they list all of their ingredients on each loaf – nothing weird goes into them). My favorite way to eat it is by unhinging my jaw and pretending I won’t turn into Honey Boo Boo’s mom if I can’t stop myself.
It’s a small, cheap, feel good, simple sort of bakery. You aren’t going to find any shaved truffle and honey ganache dipped cherry chicken fritters here.
But you know what? That’s okay; they do the basics and they do them exceedingly well. They also accept cards and have pretty ample street parking (they’re on a corner lot).
To give you a quick idea of how cheap they are, my girlfriend and I got out of there yesterday with a large cup of coffee, one donut, a raspberry tart and a raspberry loaf for a little over five bucks. My lawyer advises me to add that I cannot be held accountable if you pull a hip out in an attempt to rush here.
* Thank you, Minnesota. I didn’t think I could possibly love you any more… but I do.

Now that I’m in the neighborhood, I’ve frequented PJ Murphy’s more times than I care to admit. My love for their chocolate glazed donuts continues. They’re perfect in every way including the 80 cent price tag.
I’m excited to share the cupcakes I just bought for a work party. But not nearly as excited as I was to appease my morning sweet tooth by feasting on my donut and brownie breakfast

PJ Murphy’s is a great neighborhood bakery. Best donuts in the twin cities in my opinion — in particular, the buttercream filled raised donut. They do great bars, cookies and breads as well, and it’s just got a nice happy vibe.

Friendly, both in prices and service not to mention super yummy bars!

Ordered a cake from here. Loved it. It was not a «wedding cake» but that was it’s purpose. Chocolate Mousse filling is really good as is the whipper cream frosting. The woman who helped me was pretty nice and answered all of my questions. Everything turned out exactly as ordered. The price was reasonable.

I come by here quite often after dropping my kid off at school and the people there have always been great.
The prices are right, for sure. I usually get out of there with coffee and a doughnut or two for just a couple of bucks. A few years ago I bought a birthday cake that I had specific design requests for and they really hit it out of the park.
In addition to the doughnuts and coffee and cookies they also have a very wide selection of fresh baked bread in all flavors. The banana bread is certainly worth a taste.

I love this bakery. I used to live right by it and would drive past it on my way to work and back home. I moved out of state and have never found a comparable bakery in FL. I dream of the donuts– so so good! I have had the best experience with the workers there and the bakers work 24 – 7, literally. Its an amazing bakery and I am so happy the economic downfall has not hurt them! Oh my favorite donut, chocolate raised donut with about an inch of frosting in the middle– because go all the way if you are getting a donut in the first place!

I was so excited to hire PJ Murphy’s to do my wedding cake based on the great reviews. Unfortunately, they did not seem as excited upon meeting them. I encountered a rude coordinator who treated me as if I were a nuisance. I felt like I got pushed out the door, with samples in hand, I thought maybe the taste of the cakes would be worth it … NOPE! After consulting with another vendor about my experience, they described PJ’s as «unprofessional and rude» when encountering them at a recent event. If you are planning your wedding, save yourself an upset, and go to a different bakery.

Last Thursday I had to purchase some treats for my work and I finally decided to stop by this bakery on my way to work. The thing that I liked most about this place was the value that I got for the money I paid. I bought a Cake, Dozen donuts, a coffee cake and a bismark all for 28 dollars and this included tax. The lady who served me was quite professional and courteous. I wish there were more choices when it came to cakes however whatever they had was good. Will be visiting this place more in the future.

Oh yes, my sweet tooth has been satisfied. After finding out that my friend’s new home was just a hop skip and a jump from PJ Murphy’s, I knew I had to come check it out. First off, this place is donut heaven. Fried, sugared, frosted, filled, frittered… so many wonderful diet busting options. I went with the Maple frosted cinnamon donut. Do yourself a favor and take this puppy home, warm it up for about 20 seconds, take a bite, and close your eyes as all your troubles melt away. Oh, that was soooo good.
Beyond donuts, they also have many prettily decorated «present» cakes and a good variety of cookies and bars. I fell in love with their Monster Cookies, which are two chocolate chip (or M&M) cookies sandwiching a pink mound of frosting (the monster’s mouth) with white googly frosting eyes and green frosting horns on top. So cute! Very fun for both kids and adults like me who have a serious sugar addiction.
Everything is cheap here. My bill was just $ 2.60 for two items. Wow. I’m in love.
PJ Murphy’s may just be my favorite bakery find in the Twin Cities. I will be back ASAP.

Great bakery. My problem is I always go too late in the day to score the prime doughnuts — I usually have to choose from the B-​Squad doughnuts (sugar coated bismarks, for example). My daughter likes the place okay — I think I like it more because I remember bakeries before there was one in every Target, Lunds, Cub and gas station. Just doughnuts and coffee… that’s my kind of joint.

I don’t think the new Trader Joe’s will hurt this place whatsoever. I hope it actually gives them more business. I believe PJ’s supplies some restaurants, such as the delicious hamburger buns for The Nook. They have an amazing chocolate cupcake. I peeked at the work area once and it’s huge, so serious baking goes on here. They have all the staples, and they’re delicious. The smell as you walk in is as close as it gets to the imprinting of the bakeries I experienced growing up. The one area I never touched at Joe’s is the baked goods. Bread always felt hard, maybe it’s the type of bread, but I like it soft. They open early for the doughnut crowd, Homer would have no complaints. As far as competition in the neighborhood, the liquor store’s may have a problem.