Price: $6
Back in July, I reported that Kendall Square would soon get a location of Bakey, the babka-forward bakery with locations in Boston, Brookline and Newton, and it finally opened in time for Valentine’s Day on Friday. On the menu are bagels, burekas, cookies and more, but I thought I should try what it’s known for – a treat sometimes described as “part bread, part cake”: I picked the cinnamon babka (there’s also chocolate, almond, pistachio and raspberry, as well as choco-banana pecan). At $6, it’s certainly a pricier pastry, but a delicious one. The croissantlike dough was well-laminated, with lots of flaky layers, and the babka had a just-crispy outer shell. It was sprinkled with cinnamon that created a sort of caramelized crust and added a nice textural element to break up the breadiness of the pastry, and the cinnamon filling interspersed between the layers provided strong flavor without being overpowering.
Bakey, 238 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge
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