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From Cronuts to Croissants

September 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Inside Palmy’s House-Baked Bakery Case

Palmy’s built its whole kitchen around one idea – real ingredients, nothing shipped in and passed off as fresh. The bakery case holds that same standard, right down to the croissants and cronuts sitting next to the coffee counter.

The Croissants

The Butter Croissant and the Chocolate Croissant keep things straightforward – no twist, no gimmick, just a croissant done the way a bakery Pacific Beach regulars trust would do it, correctly and without shortcuts.

The Cronuts

Four different cronuts round out the case – Ube, Chocolate, Oreo, and Maple – each one its own flavor rather than a single base cronut dressed up four different ways.

Why Four Different Cronuts

Offering four distinct versions instead of one default flavor is a bigger commitment than it looks – it means running four separate builds through the same case instead of leaning on one safe option. It’s the same philosophy that shapes the rest of the menu: more than one way to do the thing well, rather than one way done adequately.

Cinnamon Roll and Blueberry Lemon Danish

The Cinnamon Roll and the Blueberry Lemon Danish sit at the more traditional end of the case – the kind of pastries a regular can order without reading the description twice, built with the same house-baked standard as everything else on the counter.

A Case Built to Be Ordered Daily

None of the bakery items are built as a once-in-a-while treat. They’re priced and stocked to be part of a regular order, the same way the coffee or the breakfast menu is – not a special occasion item, just part of the counter.

House-Baked, Not Shipped In

That’s the real throughline behind house baked pastries Pacific Beach guests pick up alongside their coffee – every item in the case answers to the same real-ingredients standard as the rest of the kitchen, rather than getting treated as an afterthought stocked in from somewhere else.

Save room for something from the case. Order a croissant or a cronut next time you’re at Palmy’s, and taste what house-baked actually means here.