Prato Bakery

Excellent food. Good price. Great service. I never regret randomly walked into this shop a few months ago. Then keep coming back for these little sandwiches I never bother to remember the name, love the ham! Two of them with a cup of coffee simply fulfill my breakfast on weekdays. The other day I took a chance to try their eggplant spread on top of cheese and bread with balsamic vinegar, zero disappointment! I had their hot coffee once and it was quite alright.

This was the second time coming in because the first time they were so unfriendly I had to walk out. This time was more pleasant but all the price tags were either wrong or we were scammed. Ended up spending $18 on 3 pastries when the labels said they were each around $3 ??!! Food was mediocre but they didn’t even warm it up.

I'm torn between three and four stars because on one hand, I feel like they totally jipped us on the pizza margherita foccacia, but on the other hand, their plain foccacia is totally worth it and really good. The pizza margherita caught my eye, and I saw a sign that said $2.90, so I thought why not? It's the perfect mid-afternoon snack. They were all already pre-cut, so one would assume that it would come out to $2.90, right? Wrong. I'm no mathemetician, but something just didn't add up if we paid $8 something for 2 plain foccacia squares (at $1.60 each) and one margherita. It turns out the guy counted the margherita as "two squares" so we actually ended up paying $5.80 a "square". It's just too bad we realized after we left the shop and already ate half the pizza. If I had known, I would have just gotten a slice of Benny Tudino's. But back to the plain foccacia. The two squares that we bought were enough to make a burger for two people for dinner one night, and two Italian sammies the next afternoon. I liked that it wasn't drenching in oil. That or maybe the paper bag soaked most of it up. Bottom line - stick to the plain foccacia, and you are good.

I visited from out of town and ordered the coffee with oat milk...the best I found along Washington Street. Robust and deep flavored. But I made the "mistake" of ordering the Brutti Buoni which is this cookie looking thing; one dip in the coffee and in my mouth, I was instantly hooked. Best mistake of my life! The delicate sweetness of the almond flavor combined with the earthiness of coffee made for the best combination, better than any biscotti or cantucci. I'm addicted! I hope they ship.