Panaderia Mana

Living in Davis I’ve been craving pan dulce like my mom always brought home. Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking but this panaderia really holds up. Everything I got was incredibly fresh and authentic. Would strongly recommend.

the bread was pretty good, the only thing that is making knock off two stars is that fact that its way over priced (eight dollars for 5 pieces of bread) im used to getting twice that amount for the price i payed here

Everyone, listen up. This little bakery is deliciously wonderful. First of all thank you Unilocalers for posting. I’ve passed by this place tons of time and never knew.
The location is not much to look at. It’s in a non descript strip mall. It’s about a block away from where the churro truck parks. When I rolled into the lot on a Saturday mid-​afternoon, there was a fella selling oranges from his pickup. I passed on the oranges and beelined to the bakery.
The goodies are lined in a case. You take a round pizza tin and tongs from the front counter and go at it. The lovely woman at the counter was bilingual and very helpful. However the prices weren’t marked on the little chalkboard signs, so I had to ask. They have a huge variety of baked goods at reasonable (some may say cheap) prices. They also sell coffee and various bottled Mexican sodas/​fruit drinks. There is 1 little bistro size table and a couple of chairs, if you want to sit.
They take cash and credit card (50 cent surcharge).

This mexican bakery is so good! I’m so thankful it’s open it the wee hours of the morning so I can swing by before my early shift. There is a great variety and I love how everything is coming out of the oven nice and warm.

Love the bread! Every time I bite into it you can automatically taste the freshness!

I wasn’t particularly excited when my friend suggested going to this Mexican bakery in Woodland. The handful of times in my life when I’ve had Mexican baked goods, they were dry so I assumed Mexican pastries were suppose to be dry — so I wasn’t a fan. This Panaderia had a great selection, and the shop smelled amazing. First impressions, particularly when they were reinforced many times, can be hard to change, so I had my suspicion even as I piled baked goods onto the tray. Not until I tried all of the various goods (in order to increase the sample size) that I decided I’ve just had bad Mexican pastries in the past. This place is great! None of the pastries were dried! And they were just sweet enough.

Grab a tray and tongs at the front counter and pull your freshly baked goods out of the case that lines the wall. The prices and the names of stuff are not posted, but the baker is friendly and will tell you if you ask politely. If you go too early (like 6 am) they don’t have everything baked. I especially love the conchas and taco (a kind of rolled pan dulce). The jellyroll cake is also especially good.

Smells like HEAVEN everytime I walk in the door. Seriously I would live here if I could. The pan is always fresh and soft. They have cinnamon rolls too that are super good.

I’ve been going here for over five years to get my Mexican pastry fix. They have a wide assortment of pastries. It is self serve with tongs and pizza pans here. I always buy some rolls as well. They sell locally made tortillas at a better price than the grocery store. Most employees speak very little English but are very friendly and easy to deal with.

Oh how I love some good Pan Dulce unfortunately good Pan Dulce is hard to find compared to Mexico.
We hit this little place a couple of times and got an assortment of…
Conchas
Cuernitos
Elotes
Empanadas de Crema y Pina
Ojo de Buey
Galletas
Bolillo con Queso y Jalapeño
Overall a Solid 4 — 4.5 –Stars, my only complaint was the Bolillo con Queso y Jalapeño, while the bolillo was very good the amount or lack their of queso and jalapeño was disappointing.

A good mexican bakery that sells pan dulce is hard to find. Even in So Cal where I am from. So when I moved to Davis and found this little gem in Woodland, the next town over, I was impressed! They have a great selection of all the mexican bread you could think of, conchas, empanadas with different filling, puerquitos (little pigs) etc.
Their prices aren’t too bad either, 60 or 70 cents a piece. They also have other goodies like cinnamon rolls and and they sell flan by the half sheet. Also the people here are so nice, just beware, they mainly speak spanish so brush up on your espanol.
Don’t forget to take a calendar home with you for your cocina.
I love this bakery, and I will miss it when I move back to so cal.