Wheatberries Bakery

Bakery: Wheatberries Bakery
Address: 818 Gibsons Way, Gibsons, BC
Website: http://www.wheatberriesbakery.com/
Style: Canadian 
Price: $$$ 

If there's a Sunshine Coast bakery, it's Wheatberries; after all, they have locations in both Gibsons and Sechelt, which just doubles your chances of popping into one (they also operate a booth in the hospital), though having only visited the Gibsons location (which appears, at any rate, to be their main one), I can't say whether they all have the same baked goods or not.

Nevertheless, Wheatberries is really more of a bakery cafe with a large wooden seating area, an array of drinks and sweet and savoury items as well as light meals designed for eating on the spot. Of course, they also sell the typical bakery goodies with shelves of bread behind the counter, full-size pies scattered, and baskets of different flavours of scones. Yes, Wheatberries does seem a bit heavy on the scones, which aren't my favourite baked good, though they have a bit more in the way of cookies and a handful of squares and tarts. Mostly simple, old-fashioned Canadian baked goods. Items are labelled, but nothing is priced, which I always find a bit frustrating.

Going with one of the "fancier" items in-store, I picked out the apple and almond tart ($3.75). This was rather pretty with its crust of slivered almonds around the outside and the three slices of apple arranged on top the slightly chewy almond mass and shortbread shell. Kind of wish there was more fruit than those three slices of apple, but the overall taste was very good and I did like that added crunch with the tart shell and almonds. A nice place to pop into right on the highway.

Rating: ***