On the recommendation of a friend, we checked out Carlito's Bakery and Coffee Shop in Kitchener today. Its a Latin-American cafe in a strip plaza at Weber St. E and Montgomery (not an area I spend too much time in, so it took us a while to find the place- at first we drove right past it)
The inside is not terribly welcoming, a few lonely tables a rack of specialty groceries tucked in the back corner next to a tv blaring childrens programming.
The menu is in Spanish and baked goods on display dont have labels - just ask Carlos and Martha the friendly Colombian couple who own the place.
Today we gorged on chicharron, a flaky sugary pastry with a sticky sweet guava filling and chicken and beef empanadas. The empanadas were soft tender envelopes of hearty filling, onions, beef, boiled egg or chicken and peas.
Its out of the way for us, but I have a feeling we'll be back for more. Hopefully they stick around for awhile. I have this awful tendency to fall in love with a place only to watch it go out of business...
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