Beard Papa

This location is closed.

YUM! Been eating Beard Papa’s for years now. Solid dessert choice. I’ve never been disappointed.
Side note: I bought an iced coffee at this location and it turned my nice shopping day into the biggest hassle ever. The plastic cup it was served in was too weak. They over poured it so that when I tried to stick my straw in the cup, half the coffee came out with it. My hands got sticky. I even accidentally poured some of it on clothes I was looking at in a shop. I still carry the guilt knowing I ruined that nice, expensive, green cardigan but yet still booking it out of there before the employees noticed what I had done. Aaand the darn thing didn’t even taste that good.
But, with that said, the cream puffs are top notch so I still give it four stars.

Okay come on, seriously how can you NOT love cream puffs! I have visited a few different Beard Papa locations, but this is my favorite. The people here were super nice and it was right before closing, so we only ordered 4 cream puffs but they gave us like 8! What a nice surprise!

This location ROCKS! Why? Unlike a lot of the other locations, this location serves the strawberry filled cream puffs every day of the week. You heard me:

EVERY. DAY. OF. THE. WEEK.

This is a kiosk location in the Americana (near Brand). You can choose from an original puff, an éclair or a cookie crunch puff with either vanilla, chocolate or strawberry custard. I was disappointed by the limited selection — I really wanted to try the coffee filling. So, we shared a cookie crunch puff with vanilla custard. It was a pastry shell with some crumbles on the outside, which were not very crunchy, which was absolutely jammed with the vanilla custard. The custard is good — smooth (i.e., not overcooked) with a good, even vanilla flavor. I don’t know that I would drive out of my way to try this, but I enjoyed this cream puff if you are in the area and in the mood.

Vanilla cream puff. Always.
We were given three for the price of two because the two were smaller in size than usual.
When I actually start working out (which will happen soon, folks… soon), I plan on making Beard Papa’s a weekly staple.

One of the better food stands at The Americana. I have been going to the Americana now since it has opened and there has been a serious game of musical chairs at the various food stands. Beard Papas has been there since day 1 and is my favorite. It is very simple there but also offers a lot of choices. First you choose from the 3 – 4 fillings (with occasional seasonal varieties) along with 3 different cream puff shells… you can mix and match to your liking.
FILLINGS
Strawberry — 5 out of 5 — WOW! My favorite filling so far. The strawberry is creaming and rich without being over sweet. The strawberrys have a freshness to them that is amazing. It is a must try, but be warned the often sell out of this one so line up early.
Vanilla — 4.5 out of 5 — Best vanilla filling I’ve ever had in a cream puff. Nice vanilla flavored custard without being too strong. Very nice balance… not overly sweet which I liked.
Chocolate — 4.5 out of 5 — Great as well. It is a deep chocolate that is also well balanced. Great flavor and not to sugary.
Ice Cream — 3 out of 5 — The ice cream itself is very good. It is hagan daaz I believe, but is a little hard to eat inside the soft shells. The shell tends to fall apart as you chomp into the ice cream. Its still very good just hard to eat.
SHELLS
All the shells are equally great! They have a firmness to the outter shell that help keeps its form while the inside is flakey and soft. All very well done.
Éclair — basic shell covered in a nice chocolate. Again not overly sugary. It plays well with the Vanilla and the Chocolate fillings.
Powered Sugar — very nice as well. This is what I always get with the strawberry but also works well with the chocolate and vanilla.
OVERALL
I am a huge fan of well balanced desserts and these have the right amount of sweetness for me. This is a great stop for a late night snack or dessert for any occasion.

So delicious! They’re made fresh to order and the smell is irresistible. I love getting the original

I got a coupon from concierge for a free cream puff for my birthday. It was not my first cream puff from here, but the last time I had tried it was nearly 3 and a half years ago when the Americana first opened. For some reason I remember them being fairly smaller then. I chose the Original with Vanilla filling and it was so freaking delicious. I was surprised at how expensive they were at a little under 3 bucks each but it was definitely worth it considering how big it was. I am glad I got to try this place out, again, because I now have a new spot to eat from during lunch. If you’re in the mood for something sweet and over the crumbs/​pinkberry/​cheesecak/​coffeebean/​jamba phase, Beard Papa’s will definitely hit the spot.

Its funny how many ppl aren’t into cream puffs — me included. I am however a huge fan of beard papas since I first tried it a couple months ago in SF.
Light and crispy cream puff shell filled to order with the filling of your choice. I went with a regular strawberry and a Belgian chocolate.
Chocolate was good, but strawberry remains my fav. Its a very light filling w little pieces of strawberry inside. Not fresh strawberry, but still yum!
They also validate parking for the garage next door!

I’ve been wanted cream puffs for what seems like forever so after getting a mild workout from hauling my truckload of bags from shopping around, I assured myself this was the dessert I wanted to spill my calories on.
Oh boy I wish I didn’t.
I purchased the original with strawberry filling, a chocolate éclair and a vanilla éclair. The best had to be the double chocolate. The filling was smooth and chocolatey and satisfying. The strawberry was enhanced with artificial flavoring which totally destroyed my dreams of this strawberry cream. Finally last (and least) the vanilla éclair was extremely bland. I could only taste the chocolate coating. I broke off a bottom piece and still, there was no flavor. I then tasted a teaspoon size of the vanilla cream and still NO FLAVOR! I tossed it.
Papa, you’re not worth the calories or the money. Sorry to say but skip it!

Never been that much of a fan for cream puffs, but this place had some awesome cream puffs =) I tried their chocolate and vanilla cream puffs and it was delicious! The vanilla cream puff was the best though. I love how even if you take away the flavors (strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate), the bread is wonderful. It’s so soft, flaky on the outside, and has a subtle sweet taste to it.
Aside from the cream puff, I also ordered their Mango Surprise drink. It consists of ice-​cream and mango. It’s really sweet but really appetizing.
It’s too bad they don’t have one in the Sacramento area, so I guess when I come back to LA, then that’s when I’ll eat more cream puffs.
I would totally recommend this place to anyone.

Small selection of flavors compared to other locations.
Deeeeeliiiicious cream puffs! The filling is a whipped cream consistency so it’s not too sweet. Flavors come in fresh strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.

Well, This location Beard papa is not bad at all. One thing that disappoints me is that they don’t have green tea and coffee flavor crème puff unlike One in Sawtelle Blvd (West LA, Little Osaka).

SIMPLE. SWEET. FUN TO EAT.
those are just some words that describe me: D
no, but really… the creampuffs are sooo good. i had two yesterday… totally regret it today… but whatever, you only live once.
Sophie: I’d like to be a cream puff. A cream puff with apricots, or even a plain one. Lukewarm at the bakery. In the window.
Julien: A cream puff? As in cake?
Sophie: Of course! What else! A cream puff is a cream puff!
Julien: A cream puff… Yeah, of course, a cream puff! That’s brilliant!
i will love your beautiful soul if you know where this is from.

For those of you who has seen my other Beard Papa reviews knows that I’m totally in love with these delicious morsels of slightly crunchy, buttery yet flaky crust, and not to mention the heaven-​made vanilla cream puff of deliciousness… It’s so out of this world that I can literally down like 3 dozens if no one stops me… (or if my conscience doesn’t stop me…) But seriously, these things are so dangerous that perhaps if you bring this to a war-​torn country the situation may actually look up because how delicious they taste! People would probably forget the hate and love the puff instead!
Nuff said… had my usual original cream puff with my fiancée… (She love it even more than me so that’s pretty scary! — good thing we don’t own one of these franchises otherwise we’d be broke in a hour!) while enjoying the sights and sounds at the Americana. Then, on the window I noticed that they have a several new offerings… (Paris Brest, Puff with Ice Cream, etc.) So out of the norm I decided to try something new… So here’s the conversation while ordering…
Clerk: Hi what can I get for you?
Me: Hello, one regular original and one Pairs Breast…
Clerk: Excuse?
(oops! apparently I said it too fast and it was a female clerk! Yikes!)
Me: (I repeated slightly slower…) One original and one Pairs Breast please…
Clerk: Uh. ok, I got an original and a Paris Breast right?
Me: Yes thanks…(Not thinking at the moment but head filled with cream puff dreams!!!)
Clerk: (looked at me weird and said… $ 4.85 and pick up at the next window…)
Me: Thanks! =D (with a smile)
Then later I realized… oh… maybe I said it too fast! Paris Brest was what I was trying to say…(that was why I got the look from her…)
…
The «Brest» was much more crunchier and comes in a ring filled with yummy cream, was also super delicious… YUM-MIE!!!~~~~~MMMMMMMM~~~~~~~ (ok you with the dirty mind stop it! LOL!)
I would like some more Brests in the very near future… Can’t wait~~~~~~~~~~

What the Puff is going on here?
How could I, the guy who loves desserts more than anything else on earth, not have written a review on Beard Papa’s yet
Well, that’s probably because I had never been to one before until last week.
That’s right! Last week was the first time in my life that I have ever eaten at a Beard Papa’s.
The location of the BP I visited was the one located at the Americana at Brand shopping center in Glendale. This particular BP is just a small shack, located outdoors, right across from the entrance to the parking garage.
Since neither my girlfriend or I had been to a PB before, we decided to order three different flavored puffs, each with a different flavored filling.
These are the three puffs we tried
Plain puff with strawberry filling
Cookie puff with chocolate filling
Chocolate puff with vanilla filling
Both the cookie and chocolate puffs were amazing. The puffs themselves were light and fluffy, like little sweet clouds. The vanilla and chocolate fillings in theses puffs were both perfect. The plain puff was not as good as the other two. The puff itself was somewhat stale and the strawberry filling was way too sweet.
Both the prices and service at this BP were great. Once we placed our order, it only took about three minutes to receive our puffs. It was not more than $ 10 for all our treats, which I thought was a good price.
If your ever walking around the Americana at Brand and feel like a tasty treat then check out Beard Papa.
Their puffs are pretty puffing good.

I could care less about the cream puffs they are overhyped. The vanilla bean cream puff is probably my least favorite. If you’re going to buy a cream puff buy a chocolate éclair or get a caramel, coffee, or strawberry cream puff.
What you really should be getting at this Beard Papa location is a MANGO MILKBERRY! I am not lying when I tell you that I have dreams about this drink. I contemplate driving 1 ½ hours or maybe even 3 hours if there is traffic to get this drink. I keep checking google hoping that more Beard Papa locations have decided to offer this drink but they haven’t. So here I am sitting in Irvine daydreaming about Mango Milkberries all the way in Glendale. If you haven’t tried a Mango Milkberry it’s a milky drink with strawberries, mango, and little tapioca balls (not like boba in milk tea, but like the little clear tapioca when you order tapioca desserts at chinese restaurants). Combined in one big slurp it is like a happy fruity asian party in your mouth!

The only negative thing I can say about Beard Papa’s is that one puff is never enough and at $ 2.15+ for one, this addiction can get rather expensive.
That aside, this is a cute little stand also serves beverages. I enjoyed a vanilla bean puff and an iced tea.

This is a great place to catch dessert rather than doing a pricey 6 – 12 dollar dessert at any other restaurant at the Americana.
Cookie Puff with vanilla bean ice cream. a MUST HAVE!
MUST GO to their website and watch the story of beard papa and how he came to be! Very cute story because I have always wondered wtf. how and why is this bearded old man with a pipe a good logo for cream puffs?