Andy's German Bakehaus [RIP]

Bakery: Andy's German Bakehaus 
Address: 935 Commercial Dr, Vancouver BC 
Website: facebook 
Style: German  
Price: $$-$$$ 

This fairly small German bakery on Commercial Drive doesn't seem to have much in terms of size: with their focus seeming to be on various types of, mostly rye, bread, the counter space doesn't have that much room left for the sweets. 

Despite this, Andy's does have a limited selection of probably the most famous examples of German baking; while that may not include Bienenstich or anything along those lines, they do have strudel, Black Forest cake, European-style cheesecake and poppy seed cake. Actually, it's pretty much everything listed on the blue sign outside on the sidewalk.

Naturally, the poppy seed cake (above average price; not expensive) had to be tried. The mass was filled with lots of poppy seed; it was moist and fresh so that it was easy to just take a forkful: mass and cake in one go. The cake itself wasn't too sweet, which was nice, and the dough on the bottom had good texture. A pretty good German classic - after so many years in business, Andy's does indeed know what they're doing! 

Rating: ***