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pavers had to be cleaned from car oil stains,
and the approval for planters seemed to take
forever. Fortunately, the process was helped
along by Mayor Rosanne Foust. “She really
pushed hard for us,” Nguyen said.
The menu includes coffee, breads,
pastries, soups and sandwiches.
“Sandwiches make up one third of our core
business,” Nguyen told me. “They are really
unique.”
And ooh la la, the pastries! “We hired a
French pastry chef to design our pastries,”
Nguyen told me. “The French chef trained
our pastry chef.
“Everything is fresh here, with natural
ingredients. We have organic milk and
organic coffee.”
Also on tap are beer and wine, a menu
addition that Nguyen described as “the best
investment we’ve made.”
Nguyen is also proud of La Tartine’s efforts
to go green. “We use all recycled products here.”
One would think that the current
troublesome economy might affect business
at La Tartine, but Nguyen hasn’t seen any
indication of that happening. “There’s
been no drop-off,” she told me. “We are
reasonably priced, right in the middle.”
Of course, it helps to be right across the
way from the Century 20. With late hours
and live music on the weekends, La Tartine
captures moviegoers who need a bit more
great food and nightlife before heading home
for the evening.
La Tartine’s hours: Monday–Wednesday
7 a.m.–10 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m.–11 p.m.,
Friday–Saturday 7 a.m.–midnight, Sunday
7 a.m.–11 p.m. Call 650-298-8278 for more
information, or visit them on the Internet at
www.latartinebakery.com. And be sure to be
put on their e-mail list.
Above all, once you visit La Tartine, you will
soon become part of the family. “We’ve met
so many great people here,” Nguyen said
with a smile.
“We want people to know each other and
build relationships. We are family, and we
want everybody to be family.”
Right now, their advertising is, as Nguyen
put it, “by word of mouth.” You need to
visit them and help spread the word that
the stinky old beauty school has become a
shining gem in downtown.
“We believe in this place — our business
and Redwood City,” Nguyen said with a
definitely positive attitude. With that strong
belief in themselves and in the future of
Redwood City, and knowing that all good
things usually take more time than planned
on, Monique and Drew should have a bright
future ahead.
La Tartine Bakery
830 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: 650-298-8278
Fax: 650-298-8379
www.latartinebakery.com
monique@latartinebakery.com
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