Bobby Boy Bakeshop

 

Located at 1100 Reynolda Road in the Buena Vista neighborhood of Winston-Salem, Bobby Boy Bakeshop serves up baked good from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

 

In the few years that it’s been open, Bobby Boy has attained a loft reputation, a status reinforced by the line out the door that greeted me on arrival. Given that, I really wanted to love this place, but I will have to settle for liking it instead.

 

One area where Bobby Boy definitely did not disappoint was its selection. The bakery boasts several kinds of bread, several types of croissants and rolls, cookies, pastries, coffees, and more. If you have anything resembling a sweet tooth, you’re in for a hard decision here.

 

While everything here looks amazing, the high-ish prices may dampen some of that enthusiasm. Still, quality can override cost-consciousness.

 

For my first visit, I went with a vanilla honey raisin roll and picked up a pan au chocolat for my wife. The former was very sweet, but it wasn’t a one-dimensional sweetness. The latter packed in plenty of rich chocolatey flavor but lacked some of the buttery flakiness of croissants found elsewhere.

 

All told, Bobby Boy is definitely worth trying, but it may not blow you away.