Lopez Bakery

If you woke up on a weekend morning and are craving a sort of brunch that’s not burning a hole in your wallet then this is your place. I always gravitate towards the tamales. The walk in South Slope is also nice — a break from the hustle and bustle of weekend brunchers in Park Slope.

Wandered in her by happenstance looking for brunch and WOW… Was not disappointed. My wife had the the chorizo Benedict, I ordered the breakfast burrito. Everything was fresh, tasty, presented beautifully. We got some awesome fluffy pancakes for the kid — that went over very well too. The décor looks like it’s in transition and reading other reviews it looks like they may in fact be recently transitioned to new ownership and still renovating portions of the interior. That doesn’t really matter to me so long as it’s clean and attended to. Would definitely come back here to sample some other stuff from the brunch menu.

Got veggie chili which was good and super reasonably priced. I also got spinach empanadas which are objectively bad. I’ll order again but will steer clear of the empanadas in the future.

Firstly I love their breakfast! Very affordable and reasonable! Great quality food, I love the French toast and sausage! But I really want to leave this review for their kindness! I forgot to order bacon and my boyfriend freaked out because he cannot have a plain breakfast! And I called to see if they could bring me some bacon and they did! I mean that was seriously so kind of them and brought it so fast that the food was still hot! Thank you guys for doing that!
I love breakfast here!

Hello South Slope! I’m one of the musicians you can see in the photos for this place.
It is with a lot of disappointment that I have to report how the Lopez establishment has wronged me and the rest of my band. I truly used to love this place. Our arrangement with them playing music was as a trade for store credit. (I was eating here all the time anyway!.) We use the credit about 10 or 20 dollars at a time for brunch, lunch, coffee, etc and had a decent amount of credit saved from months of playing there for their Saturday brunch. They have now suddenly decided the deal is no longer good and that they won’t honor the credit we’ve accumulated. They made this deal with musicians, exploited our talents, and then refused to continue fullfilling their payment.
This is stealing, exploiting, and artist abuse. I informed them that this community (That I’ve been apart of for many years) will not stand for it. Please join me. Go somewhere else.

We ordered a rosca de Reyes for the holidays… delicious. A small was enough to feed a group for a few days. I’m very happy. Will come back for breakfast.

Since the ownership changed this place has been a bit of a mixed bag. In terms of improvement I guess interior has changed for the better. They also tried to cater more to foodies and introduce specials so I can’t fault them for trying. However the actual quality of the specials have been between mediocre to awful. For example we ordered a pumpkin risotto and it was just a terrible mushy over-​sweetened mess. The items from the old menu for the most part work well. There have been some quality control issues, however. More than once I’ve gotten a very stale bread for the morning sandwich, wrong sandwich etc. All in all, this is still a good place to get morning coffee. Food — a bit of a gamble.
Edit: update. The restaurant is under old management it seems. All is well again!

I this place and the staff. I swear they have thismuch work to do to be perfect and efficient. I wish I could come in and fix the restaurant for optimization. I love this place, just some of the behaviors (though well intentioned) kill me.

I’ve had lunch and brunch here. Both were very good, I had a panini that was delicious. Even though brunch was good, it wasn’t anything particularly special, except the prices were decent. Good coffee and teas.

Friendly staff. Had a decaf americano and lindzer heart cookie. Both were great. Good place to meet a friend. Tables are cosy with lovely Spanish tiles. Looking forward to trying the tamales! I’ll be back!

We live down the block from here, and eat here often. We love the staff is Helpful and Friendly. There breads are amazing. My boyfriend has some dietary restrictions and they go out of their way to help him make the best choices. I’ve come home with Bags of good stuff from bread and pastries, to full meals and coffee’s with out breaking the bank.
We Love Lopez!!!

I used to go here a lot when they first opened because I work right around the corner from them. They used to have a discount for teachers, etc and their prices and services used to be good. Fast forward to a few months later, and the prices for the SAME items went UP and the quantity and quality of food went DOWN. Oh and of course the discount suddenly disappeared.
The last time I went was the final straw. They wanted to charge me $ 12 for a sandwich!!! And this suddenly didn’t include the side salad that had always come with it before for $ 8! Excuse me, but this isn’t the Trump Towers. Then to make matters even worse, the register guy had the audacity to make a snarky comment to me when I questioned him about the price. The staff is rude, unprofessional, and their business practices are really sketchy. I will NEVER go back to them.

Cheap delicious fresh bread. The rosemary loaf is really tasty and usually still warm. Most of their baked goods are delicious — tons of scones and muffins all freshly baked. The coffee is… so so, but then again I’m a bit of a coffee snob so take my opinion lightly if you aren’t picky. The lunch panini are tasty and relatively cheap. They have free wifi (it’s actually relatively fast wifi also).

I hate leaving poor reviews but… wow. I ordered a birthday cake to be delivered to my fiancé on April 1. I was out of town and searched Unilocal to help me find a place to do so. According to the reviews this place was great. 5 star reviews all over the place.
Everyone messes up once in a while so I’m hoping this was a one time thing.
For starters they wrote my credit card # down incorrectly (even after I asked if they were sure they had it.) I was quickly assured they did. Side note: I used the same card to have Pizzas delivered… they came and were paid for.
So, they showed up charged my Fiancé ($) and handed her a RANCID cake. Apparently, it was inedible. It’s was a BAD cake, like had spoiled or something. Just awful. All night everyone was shouting «Don’t eat the cake»
Two of her friends ended up running out and grabbing an ice cream cake to make up for it.
I will NEVER go here for anything again.
Sorry.

Loved their scone. Ham and cheese croissant wasn’t very good and took forever to come out. Bread looked very nice but didn’t get any.

Just wanted to say that since Lopez started serving brunch (and lunch and dinner!) I’ve been here every single weekend. So much better than the local diner and a really nice addition!

I was visiting from TX, and i really wanted a ham and cheese croissant so i went in. the croissant was flaky and buttery and soooo delicious! id recommend this place highly. They also have paninis that look amazing, although I did not try them. But I totally would.

Got a loaf of the rosmary bread (yum), café breve, and two pastries (double yum) for $ 6, can’t beat that! We had some of the pan de los muertos/​the sugared bread and a chocolate croissant that were really great. The staff was friendly, the place was cute, what more could I ask for?
I’ll be picking up my bread and snacks there from now on for sure.

When I leave this neighborhood, I will feel guilty for not going here more.
Lopez is just bigger than a hole in the wall. The young girl at the register is always pleasant and helpful. Their breads are amazing. Every time I bring a loaf home I’m reminded just how good Brooklyn can be. Their breads are cheap and just full of flavor. I’m not a huge bread person, but I could eat a baguette from here by myself.

My friend lives right around the corner from this little place and asked if I wanted to get a couple of tamales for lunch. Starving after Pilates class and craving decent Mexican food in New York, I said sure. So we walked into a tiny space that was positively crammed with amazing looking breads, pies, cakes, doughnuts, cookies, rolls, muffins, empanadas, pastries, and assorted other baked goods. «Tamales?» I asked my friend. «Trust me,» she said.
The smiling girl at the counter gave us a bag of tamales and we took them to my friend’s place. And you know what? They were some of the best tamales I’ve ever had. I grew up in the South, half my family are Texans, I spend a lot of time in Mexico, and I lived in LA for years. What I’m getting at is I know a good tamale when I have it – and these were really GOOD tamales.
Lopez Bakery is typical of the small businesses that make Brooklyn such a great place to live – it’s unassuming, a neighborhood staple, with some incredible products that pretty much no one who isn’t local will ever find out about. I almost didn’t write this review because I don’t want to ruin it for my friend and her neighbors. But this place really deserves to be raved about, so here it is: Lopez is awesome.