Aspen Leaf Bakery and Cafe

Adorable cafe in Florence with excellent food and a quirky atmosphere! It seems to be a combination cafe/antique shop. They have local art available for purchase and some really beautiful and affordable pottery mugs that I couldn't resist buying. All of the bakery items look incredible and many customers seemed to be regulars and were telling me the best baked goods to buy. I ordered the mushroom melt sandwich without cheese and with a side salad and it was wholesome and delicious! The bread is made in house and it was amazing. I loved the vegan options and realized that it had been years since I've had a sandwich that's not lost PB&J. I really enjoyed my lunch here and I would highly recommend this cafe to anyone!

The smell of this bakery was calling my name. And of course making the decision of what to get takes precision because it all looked good. I chose the blueberry turnover and so happy I did, my husband went with the brownie which was moist and tasty, back to the turnover, it had layers of flaky, fluffy dough lots of sweet blueberries dusted with powdered sugar..... I'm sure I'll be dreaming of this turnover. Service was good. We ended going next door for our coffee which was a great choice for our desserts

We had a chocolate chunk muffin and a bacon egg and cheese croissant. They were incredible. Very nice staff as well.

The service is slow and the chicken salad on a croissant was tasteless. Others at the table enjoyed their lunch.

What a great locally owned business! We met the owners daughter the night before after asking for great breakfast spots around Canon City. Loved hopping right over to Florence to this unique Cafe that is filled with other locally owned business owners making the cafe homing. It is truly one of a kind. The quiche was delicious and we even left with a lemon bar for the road that wasn't overly sweet which was perfect for us!

Sandwich was terrible. When I told the cashier she didn't offer a refund which was disappointing. The desserts were tasty though.

I had the southwest chicken sandwich, it was so good! Moist chicken and delicious bread. My sister had the broccoli cheddar soup and loved it.

Kristen (owner), her son and her granddaughter- as well as everyone at Aspen Leaf are committed to serving great meals and bakery items. This place is the communities heart and home kitchen where everyone gathers to enjoy wonderful cooking and lovely, caring staff. I always enjoy everything there- but today had her breakfast burrito with green chile and cheese- and was (once again) surprised by how much better something tastes- when it's made with love.

just meant to do dessert, but decided lunch was in order, and wow! two of our party ordered the southwestern chicken, so tender with delicous bread! 2 ordered cream of mushroom soup, YUM! desserts and coffee excellent ending for our meal! brought home some cracked wheat sesame seed bread. I'm a baker and this bread was perfection!

Came in for lunch. Had a chicken sandwich on focaccia. The chicken not entered on roll when they cut it, so 1/2 had lots more than the other. I felt like the bread seemed like a ciabatta instead of focaccia. It was probably a 3 1/2. Then, had coconut pie and I was wondering where the coconut was. It was just a smooth custard with coconut flavor. Would not get this again. I would return - it was more a 3 1/2 than a 3 rating. It was better than average.