San Francisco bakery with Michelin cred opens this weekend in Concord
Life in Concord is about to get sweeter This Saturday bakers with a background in Michelin Guide restaurants will open their new shop in Concord The French Spot Related Articles Here comes Hanukkah events to celebrate the Jewish winter festival New Italian restaurant offers first-ever tableside show in Danville Try these hot chocolates to warm up this winter season Then a farmworker in Napa now he owns a label A Latino s journey for visibility in a challenging industry How to make bouillabaisse a French fishermen s feast The bakery is having its grand opening from a m - p m on Dec at Oak Grove Road in the Oak Grove Plaza The first hundred customers will receive a free pastry and there will be daylong discounts and mystery boxes of assorted desserts particular of which conceal gift cards The French Spot is an offshoot of a popular bakery of the same name in the Lower Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco It is owned by Vincent Attali and Maria Zapata who come with impressive credentials according to Diablo Magazine which covered the bakery s announcement way back in spring Diablo Magazine writes Zapata worked with chocolatier Jean-Marie Auboine in Las Vegas and was a pastry chef at Esin Restaurant and Bar and Social Bird Kitchen and Bar while Attali has worked at Las Vegas s three-Michelin-starred Jo l Robuchon and New York s Michelin-starred Daniel among other high-end restaurants and pastry shops At their new East Bay outpost the pair will be featuring the same popular grab-and-go single items croissants cinnamon buns laminated doughs sandwiches and pastries but with a larger focus on bread that includes baguettes sourdoughs country loaves and more The bakery is firing on all cylinders this week to get in shape for its debut We only got approved this afternoon and have two days to prepare hundreds of croissants pastries kouign-amann breads and desserts We will do our best to make it unforgettable the operators wrote this Thursday on Instagram We want to see a long line y all down the entire plaza We ll make your time worth it in sweets Details The French Spot will hold its grand opening a m - p m Dec at Oak Grove Road Suite G- in the Oak Grove Plaza thefrenchspotsf com instagram com thefrenchspot
