Big Al's Bakery and Deli

Bakery: Big Al's Bakery and Deli
Address: 6030 Main St, Oliver BC
Website: http://www.bigalsbakery.com/
Style: Canadian
Price: $-$$ 

The bakery in Oliver may not look like a dedicated bakery from the outside; after all, it is a deli as well and with the sign and window advertising everything from cooking to catering, I was expecting the actual bakery to be limited and just a side project, but despite the fairly extensive breakfast and lunch menu, Big Al's is indeed a real bakery with lots (and lots) of baked goods in addition to breads and cakes.

Their focus seems to be their nice, affordable selection of doughnuts with special mention needing to be made to their apple fritters. They look really good and will have to be tried next time.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the day for apple fritters... instead, I couldn't resist the almond danish (not their name; I'm not sure what it was called). This was really good with tons of slivered natural almonds on top of a slathering of icing with almond filling; this danish was soft and surprisingly flavourful. This tasted like a pro bakery.

Now I really want to try Al's apple fritters! O_O

Rating: ***1/2