Sweet Treats from Detroit's Mexicantown Bakery

A trip to Detroit usually means a trip to Mexican Town for a meal at El Comal and a bag full of Mexican baked goods. Mexicantown Bakery, located at 4300 West Vernor in the heart of Mexican Town, combines a fabulous selection of sweets and breads with a corner store grocery. When I step inside I feel six years old again with a store full of magical delights to choose from. I dash from display to display, and eventually, with regret, I make my selections. Regret because I know I can't, realistically, buy one of each treat, but I try to get at least one of my favorites and one new item each time.

Cases of Mexican baked goods line a wall of the popular Mexicantown Bakery in Detroit, while large colorful pinatas look down from above.

Grab a tray and a pair of tongs and load up. When you're ready, take your tray to the check-out counter and the cashier will ring you up.

Chilled items like flans and cakes are in chilled cases, and you'll have to ask one of the staff to help you with those. There isn't nearly enough space to display all of their goods, so make sure to peer over the counters to the breads and sweets hiding the cashiers.

Custard-topped breads.

Mexicantown Bakery also stocks many basic Mexican grocery items, which cost far less in the supermercados of Mexican town than they do in Ann Arbor grocery stores. Stock up on dried chilies and Mexican canned goods, japones enchilado, and your favorite Mexican sodas. And before the cashier finishes ringing everything up, grab a slice or two of Mexican flan to go.

Mexicantown Bakery
4300 West Vernor Highway
Detroit MI 48216
(313) 554-0001

Comments

[Dave]

I remember driving from Ann Arbor to Detroit to eat lunch at Xochimilco, and occasionally stopping at a Mexican bakery for a postlunch snack... mmmmm.

[Gail]

Thanks for this posting! I need to bring dessert for a Cinco de Mayo party at work downtown on Friday and am stopping at the bakery on my way. One correction: you have posted the phone number for the Mexicantown restaurant here. The bakery's phone number is 313-554-0001.

[shayne]

yes those custard topped breads are all over in Mexico City

[Kitchen Chick]

Gail: thanks for the phone number correction.