Small Oven Pastry Shop

An excellent almond croissant! Nice flaky bread, very nicely made, and less on the sweet side than other shops, but definitely sweet enough. This pastry didn't leave me with that sickening, greasy feeling like other shops. Service with a smile. Give it a try!Other pastries that looked intriguing: mortadella with pistachio, blueberry lemon, and something with mango. They have unusual ice cream flavors, too, and right next door is a very popular pork sandwich shop. This is all takeout, so be prepared for that. There's a little park right around the corner at 22nd and Ellsworth to sit and enjoy your treats.

I never sleep on small oven but I just had their soft serve and I wanted to cry tears of joy. WOW this was fantastic. The layers of corn puffs on topAnd bottom? Stunning. So amazingly good! Amazing service.

I came around 4 PM on Sunday to try their mixed berry and mascarpone swirl soft serve. I came late, and they were out of the mascarpone by that time, so I just got plain mixed berry. I'll be honest, I didn't like it, but not because it was bad- I thought it was very tart and needed some sweetness to cut the tartness, which the mascarpone would have done. That's not on them though- it's just my personal preference. Because I didn't eat much of the ice cream, I then went and got a hand pie, which I thought was absolutely delicious. I will certainly be back to try more soft serve flavors and pastries- I'll just be sure to get there early so they don't run out! Service was wonderful, and everyone was kind and friendly.

Nice day and wanted to take a walk and decided to stop for a sandwich at Porco's and grab some pastries at small oven. I got 2 snickerdoodle cookies and a Strawberry Rhubarb Handpie ( the last one for the day. Yay me!). It's a cute pastry shop. You can't go inside but ring the bell outside and the window will pop open and someone will take your order.

My review is mostly for their rotating soft serves that they were doing from summer thru fall and roll buns. The rotating soft serves were a fun experience. The consistency of the soft serves was good. All the flavors I tried were good, too however, I felt that the flavor could be stronger. I love that's their are selling soft serve instead of scoop ice cream. Their roll buns (cinnamon buns but without the cinnamon). I tried their banana foster and the chai. The chai was so good; wished I got more. I also tried their meatball pasty (I forgot the name) but it's basically reminiscent of hot pockets but with puff pastry. It was flavorful but it was ok.Hopefully, they keep doing the soft serves and more buns. I haven't tried their other pastries yet; hopefully in the future. Ps: Their porchetteria side is really good too!

Excellent sandwhiches and pastries!! we stopped by for lunch and were pleasantly surprised! The panini was perfect. Will be back to explore the rest of toe menu

tl;dr this bakery's bite-sized treats feel underwhelming and overpriced; stick to the magnificent pork sandwiches at its sister storefrontSmall Oven Pastry Shop and Porco's Porchetteria are contiguous storefronts owned and operated by Chad Durkin, a nationally-renowned pastry chef. Small Oven represents the confectionary complement of the operation; the bakery is best known for its rotating lineup of whimsical petit fours, but the team also crafts dessert bars, cookies, pastries, and coffees. Although Porco's is my preferred pork-sandwich purveyor in Philadelphia, I only just made it a point to try Small Oven.You can't miss Small Oven's baby blue facade against the drab Washington Street backdrop. Both the bakery and sandwich shop are takeout-only affairs -- for Small Over, ring the doorbell at the window to the left. The converted doorway has multiple shelves displaying the entire pastry lineup and a laminated beverage menu. The adjacent walls and nearby planters are outfitted with narrow wooden counters if you can't wait until home to enjoy your food.I was ordering a porchetta sandwich online, and I noticed that Porco's shared its ordering portal with Small Oven. Intrigued by the options, I added two Bite-sized Desserts to my order: the Pecan Passion Fruit Bombe and the Mocha Mousse. The bombe showcased the most lip-smackingly delicious passionfruit mousse that I may ever enjoy in this lifetime; however, it was brought down by a brittle, clashing chocolate shell. Meanwhile, the mocha mousse did feature semi-sweet flavors of coffee and chocolate but was too restrained to making a strong, single-bite impression; further, I would've preferred if it was denser.The packaging was impeccable. Both pastries were plated precisely on wafer cookies, which in turn were icing'ed down to mini cake boards and placed into a sturdy, cubical cardboard box. Even after being bagged with my heavy sandwich, the pastries remained picture-perfect. Each petit four ran $3.75 and represents 2-3 true bites. As far as those bites actually tasted, both pastries were good -- but not great. For the price, you almost certainly would get more bang for your buck from the remaining, normal-sized pastry lineup. If I ever order from Small Oven again, I will be sinking my teeth into one of the hefty dessert bars -- but only if I'm already at the store to indulge in a top-notch Porco's sandwich.

I tried two pastries (ham+gruyere croissant and a pain au chocolat) and an almond ricotta cookie with lemon glaze from this bakery. Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed with the pastries--they were flakey but dry and not as buttery and delicious as I expected. The almond ricotta cookie was soft and pretty large with a strong lemon flavor (I couldn't really taste any almond but I'm assuming the almond was the type of flour used maybe?). Anyway, not a pastry shop to go out of your way for but maybe the sandwiches are better!

Honestly very good! Interesting variety of pasteries, love that they're open late so I can go on my way home from work :) mortadella croissant, and dulce shortbread were favorites, cant wait to try more

This is an amazing little bake shop. Everything I've had has been delicious (as are the sammies from Porco's) but I keep coming back to that stupendous apple almond gallette. A must-order.