Panidor [RIP]

Bakery: Panidor
Address: 3080 Main St, Vancouver BC 
Website: http://www.panidor.ca/ 
Style: French 
Price: $$

Another Vancouver bakery that closed in between me going to it and posting a review - what is going on, Vancouver!? Well, for the sake of me having done 75% of the job already, here is my review:

Panidor is one of the few bakeries along Main St, which given its retail development really should have more. It's a classic French patisserie and bakery/cafe that doesn't seem as pretentious or dauntingly fancy as other patisseries in the city; perhaps it's the reasonable prices/sizes and old-school selection. It is what it is. Of course, I also felt like it was strangely empty or too big for the amount of goods available, especially the dessert case which had a lot of bare space, and it always gets you wondering: does it sell out? Do they not sell enough? Did they used to have better business and there's no need to fill the whole place anymore? It seemed a bit... sad.

I tried the pistachio raspberry ganache tart ($5.99): quite a mouthful both in writing and on the plate. You could see the pastry chef making them and they appeared to be made with passion, so it's gotta be good, right? And it was. Rich, decadent chocolate ganache with a nice tartness courtesy of the raspberry. The pistachio, owing to its more subtle flavours, was a bit harder to detect; maybe I wouldn't have noticed it at all had it not been on the label. Tart shell was just the right texture and how I like it. Really good.

Rating: ***1/2