Village Bakery & Cafe

Pretty good! Didn't blow my mind but was a nice spot to get some breakfast while visiting Athens. The savory food was okay. Expensive ($16 for toast with cheese and mushrooms) and underwhelming but not bad by any means, and $9 for a bagel with egg and cheese. We got the caprini toast and it didn't have the micro greens as it says on the menu, but no biggie. The bagel with egg and cheese was very bland, and it is a square of scrambled egg, not a fried egg. The baked goods were fantastic! The sticky date cake is crazy good! It weighs a million pounds and is so thick and just the perfect texture. We also got the lemon yogurt cookie which was soft and tangy, 10/10. They have a cool little retail space for various alcohols, non-alcoholic beverages, food, tea etc. I was happy to buy some local loose leaf tea, and there were a ton to choose from! Service was fine. The person who took our order was friendly, the food took a lot longer than expected but we had time to kill so it didn't bother us. I'd go back if I visit Athens again, I'd love to try the soup!

This place was so yummy!! Time of local products in their store section along with bakery items they make in house and a great breakfast and lunch menu. Plenty of indoor and outdoor covered seating too. You order at the counter and they bring it to you with a number. Everything we ordered was so delicious and my favorite was the homemade herb polenta on the side of the salad. Butternut squash soup came with a slice of their country bread and was so flavorful. This would be my go to place if I lived locally!

Hands down the best place to get food, be fed, &/or eat in all of Southeast Ohio. Frittatas & quiches are all-day fare. Their sweets are delicious & we'll balanced. Then there's the added bonus that Village Bakery & Cafe is a safe space!

I have been a customer for years, ordering whole quiches to cups of coffee, etc. I have never experienced what took place today Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 prior to their closing at 3pm, anywhere in my life. As an insulin dependent diabetic my blood sugar had gotten very low, my brain doesn't function as it should when this happens. I was trying to get myself functioning enough to order. The helper taking my order became hostile and then told me to leave. So beware!! (Fortunately I was able to go to the store almost next door and get some food in my system.)

Got the Veesh (Vegan Quiche) and the portion sizes lacked consistency. I got two slices and one was massive, meanwhile the other was very small. They didn't taste the greatest and they were over cooked and they certainly were not worth $8/ each. Only giving two start because my husband enjoyed his coffee. But the food was not good and was overpriced and it took 20 minutes for my small to go order. If you want coffee, maybe come here if you can stand the extreme political signs everywhere. If you want food though, definitely go somewhere else.

What a find. Great coffee and tons of food options. Every thing is locally sourced and delicious. Gift cards too.

Enjoyed a seriously decadent quiche with the most delicious crust this morning. The dark roast coffee is also excellent and the crumb muffin was stellar. Village Bakery is always worth a stop for a meal that's clearly prepared with lots of love and attention.

Village Bakery and Cafe was a sight I rather wouldn't have seen. The inside is quite nice with the business praising their Fair Trade and incredibly liberal views, but the food and service is where it's lacking. The display case with food does not have any indication of Gluten Free or Vegan options, just markings with the item name on it, of course you can ask but when the line is wrapping around the store due to the lack of staff or the poor selection of people working the register, it's really hard to be able to take your time without feeling like shit about it. We ordered our food, a Wake Up Call with foccocia, a hot latte, an iced vanilla chai, and a black pepper and onion bagel with cream cheese. The wake up call was advertised as having polenta, it did not, and the onion bagel did not taste like onion, or black pepper, it really tasted like cardboard. The foccocia served with the wake up call was not foccocia, it was a glorified english muffin. Lastly, we got our drinks almost 20 minutes after we ordered our food.Be prepared for tasteless and bland food.

The coffee is great. The food well I have been waiting about 40 min to get a simple order of the velush.i am In from out of the kitchen. No one has said anything to me even when I checked on it all they said was they are working on it. I have no complaints over the coffee or the food they are both very good. When I left they did give me a free cookie for making me wait. I am here visiting for a weekend I don't have a lot of time to spend hanging out village bakery and Cafe I have other places I need to be. That is why I don't think I ever will order food here again. I was very disappointed. I think from now on I will just go to donkey coffee. If you have a few hours to wait then this place is great for you. If you don't have a few hours to give up this is not such a good place.

Great experience. Excellent service. Wonderful food. Will definitely come back soon to this spot.