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Rows of freshly baked chocolate croissants on bakery trays

Butter & Barley Bakery

Laminated by hand, leavened with barley, baked every morning for three bakeries across Los Angeles. Since 2012.

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We started with one oven in Old Pasadena and a loaf made with a quarter barley flour. Now three bakeries share one bakehouse, and the croissants still take three days.

3
bakeries: Pasadena, Culver City, Long Beach
81
layers of butter in every croissant
25%
barley flour in our country loaf
14
years of 4 AM starts

No. 01The case

What’s on the counter today.

Pastry, bread, sweets and coffee, baked every morning. Filter the full menu for vegan, nut-free or what’s in season.

The full menu, with filters

No. 03Custom cakes

Build your cake. See every choice.

Choose four things and see each one: the finished cake, a cut slice, the cream up close. Send it to our cake studio and we reply with a quote and a sketch.

  1. 01Size, from a 6-inch to two tiers
  2. 02Sponge: vanilla bean, brown butter honey, dark chocolate or matcha pistachio
  3. 03Cream: vanilla chantilly, Swiss buttercream, chocolate ganache or strawberry cream
  4. 04Topping: fresh berries, figs & honey, fresh flowers or chocolate drip
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A cream cake crowned with fresh berries
A cut chocolate layer cake

No. 04Locations

Three bakeries, one bakehouse.

Same croissant everywhere, a different room in each. Pick the one nearest you for hours, parking and pickup.

The Pasadena pastry case: croissants and cream puffs behind glass
The first bakery · since 2012

Pasadena

Where it started: arched windows on Colorado Blvd, the full brunch kitchen and the bread bar with a dozen loaves.

118 W Colorado BlvdHours

Visit Pasadena
Shelves of the day’s loaves at the Culver City bakehouse
The bakehouse · since 2017

Culver City

Every croissant for all three bakeries is laminated here. Watch through the glass, take a Saturday class, pick up catering.

8720 Washington BlvdHours

Visit Culver City
A croissant and coffee on a small table by the Long Beach window
The corner cafe · since 2022

Long Beach

A small corner on 4th Street with a walk-up window, a dog-friendly patio and the earliest coffee on the block.

2214 E 4th StHours

Visit Long Beach

No. 05Catering & corporate

Breakfast for the whole office.

Pastry boxes, all-hands spreads, client gift tins and cake tables, delivered from the bakehouse.

Plan an order

No. 07Gift cards

A croissant habit, gift-wrapped.

E-gift cards that work at all three bakeries and never expire. Sent in minutes.

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An autumn baking table with small pumpkins and pastries

No. 06Seasonal · Weekends · Oct–Nov

Apple Cider Donut Weekends

Fried every hour from 8 AM until they run out, with hot spiced cider at the counter. Expect a short line in Pasadena.

Everything this season

We’re hiring bakers, decorators and baristas.

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