Sticky Fingers Bakery
While in D.C., I forced my lovely host to take me to Sticky Fingers Bakery, a completely vegan bakery that I have been dreaming about for the last three years. It’s such a weird feeling to walk into a bakery and realize that I can have anything I want. My friends and I ordered four different things so I could try as many things as possible without being totally ridiculous.
The dark chocolate square of loveliness you see up there is a Little Devil: chocolate cake bisected by a sweet vanilla frosting, and topped off with a thin layer of chocolate ganache. It was good, but the cake part was a little dry.
The scone in the foreground was simply labeled as “scones” in the case, but after tasting it we realized that it was very much a cranberry orange scone. The orange flavor was wonderful, but unfortunately the texture was not up to par. My friend Katie tried to break the scone in pieces for us all to try, but ended up with a large pile of scone sand in front of her when it completely disintegrated.
We also took a gamble and ordered their breakfast sandwich. It’s an english muffin, a thin layer or a mustard-y nutritional yeast sauce, a couple veggie sausage patties and some material that vaguely looked like egg. It would have been better warmed, but it wasn’t bad. I think I liked it more than my counterparts, but then again, I haven’t had an egg or cheese or three years, and I haven’t had sausage for fourteen years. I’m used to the impostors.
The best thing we ordered, however, was a cinnamon bun.
A fresh tray of these lovely things came out as we were deciding what to order. They were so light, so soft, so perfectly spiced. The only improvement I can think of would be a cream cheese frosting instead of a regular glaze, but that’s my own personal preference.
If you’re ever in Washington DC, stop by Sticky Fingers. It’s pretty tasty.
Sticky Fingers is on my long list of “to visit” bakeries also, so I was hoping you would stop there and include pictures. Thanks!
I just made Tangerine Cinnamon Rolls 2days ago it was good but I didn’t have enogh icing. The Cinnamon bun looks good!! yum.
I love, love, love the Little Devils and the breakfast veggie egg sandwiches (next time, use the microwave for about a minute to heat up your sandwich–it’ll be much better). I am very fortunate to live a few blocks from Sticky Fingers, but since they aren’t open late, I really can’t get there much :(
Are you the same Sticky Bun resturant that Paula’s son’s came to visit? I would like to order some buns for a friend of mine as a thank you gift but want to be sure.
The buns looked delicious and if they are as healthy as they sound, I will get some for myself to. I have diabetes and have to be careful about what I eat.
Thank you,
Mickey
Next time you’re in DC, you MUST MUST MUST check out Soul Vegetarian Cafe (or, SoulVeg to us locals). Forget that it’s all vegan, some of the most delicious soul food I’ve ever had. And, on top of that, a great community establishment with absolutely wonderful staff that draws veggies and non-veggies alike. Their lasagna is absolutely to die for!
2606 Georgia Ave. NW – Washington, DC 20001
Peace!
If you should ever find yourself in Columbus, OH, you’d love Pattycake Vegan Bakery. It is to DIE FOR! There’s also a fancy-shmancy all vegan restaurant called Dragonfly Neo-V. I here it’s good, but I have yet to go there.
thanks for covering this