Holly B’s Bakery

D E L I C I O U S pastries– CINNAMON ROLLS are scrumptious. Pricey, but you have to expect that on a touristy island

My husband and I must have eaten here four times over the course of our weekend visit. I had savory croissants, cookies, cheesecake bars, and even butterhorns! Everything was delicious and fresh. There’s no mystery as to why this place is busy all the time. If you ever find yourself on Lopez Island, you have to try this place!

Pizza, pastries and great service… oh my! Loved Holly B’s Bakery. Put this on your MUST DO list for your Lopez Island trip.

My friend told me I had to go to Holly Bs and I may never forgive her!!! (I was doing so well on my diet!). Everything we tried here was amazingly, mouthwatering delicious. Almond butter horn, fresh hot cinnamon rolls, cherry bran muffin, cookies, baguettes (my kids ate almost an entire baguette for breakfast!) and raspberry brioche were staples on our recent visit to Lopez, but we also enjoyed the scones and the many savory treats as well. Friendly staff, even when it’s packed. Worth the wait!

They had some samples laid out. one was of their famous cinnamon roll; super stale.
Also Not very friendly. Asked for wifi password they said they don’t give it out, to go buy some coffee next door and the coffee shop will give it to me (what??) then the two attendants looked at each other and kind of shared a laugh. Not so friendly for supposedly the friendliest island.
I tried the gruyère cheese croissant which was good, but not overly exciting.

Found this place and tried the ham and gruyère croissant after reading other reviews. Amazing, and I don’t even like ham!
FYI They don’t take credit cards.

I thought of Holly B’s today and want to get myself up to Lopez!
The olive bread is out of this world, and I’m salivating just thinking about the vast array of sweet treats. You don’t know Lopez until you’ve experienced Holly B’s, a walk at iceberg point and an island bike ride.

I’ve been coming to Holly B’s for as long as I can remember and it’s THE place to start your morning on Lopez.
Going to Lopez without a cinnamon roll from Holly B’s is unheard of in our family. Not too gooey, not too dry but just right. They are filled with plump, sweet raisins and almonds. They are not too sweet either… they are the perfect, classic, cinnamon roll.
The ham and gruyère croissants are also quite good and the marionberry cheesecake bar I tried for the first time was excellent!
Be sure to bring plenty of cash because you can’t use your plastic at Holly B’s.

One of my coworkers, who frequents Lopez Island, said to me «you MUST go to Holly B’s while you’re up there.» She said it as if it’s an order, a life-​or-​death sort of situation… you will eat the baked goods at Holly B’s or you will DIE.
To be safe, we ate there once a day. YOU NEVER KNOW.
It started innocent enough — we were up on a Wednesday and we wanted to take home pastries for Thursday morning’s breakfast. He got a rhubarb and berry pastry, I got the cheese and salsa pastry. Thursday morning’s breakfast ruled. Friday morning, we figured that we needed to carb load for the hiking, so we went and got some more pastries to go with the coffee — in this case, a bran muffin filled with raisins and cherries for him, a cinnamon roll for me. I heard they were famous.
A note on the cinnamon roll — this was one of the best I’ve had. Instead of dousing the sweet, sticky bun with cream cheese frosting like everyone else does, they stuffed it full of raisins and almond slivers. The cinnamon and sugar formed an almost caramel glaze. It was light and not oily. I want to live on those.
Saturday morning, we wanted a bite before the Market — you don’t want to be around food while you’re hungry, right? The boyfriend got the chocolate croissant (SO GOOD) and I got the andouille sausage croissant. The difference, btw, in croissants alone was amazing — his was a sweeter pastry, mine was definitely more savory. (I kind of wanted a cinnamon roll again, but you know… the waist line and all that…)
Sunday we decided to hit them up before heading to wait in line for the ferry. We got one each of their rugelachs — one lemon, one raspberry. SO GOOD.
And now it’s Monday and I’m back here on the main land at work… and all I can think about is those pastries. I smell a road trip. (Or a longer stay on Lopez.)

A traditional first stop off the ferry. It feels like the heart of the Lopez Village, and a great place to run into folks you haven’t seen in ages. I’m partial to the almond butterhorns, the crumbly scones, and the savory croissants oozing with Gruyère.

I would have given this place 5 stars had it not been so crazy expensive. This is a terrific bakery with really amazing danishes. They use a lot of homegrown fruit in their baked goods (the strawberry danish is out of this world!!!) Peant butter cookies were terrific too. The only downside is the prices ($ 5.20 for a danish! 5.95 for a baguette… yikes!) Oh well, I would still go back for more even though they switched out my cinnamon bun with a day-​old cinnamon bun.

Every year my partner and I attend his family reunion on Lopez Island and every year the family begins Saturday morning with a trip to Holly Bs.
Holly Bs serves up homemade hot and fresh sweet and savory breads and pastries. And to keep it simple they only offer regular or decaf coffee.
Our staple is the ham and gruyère croissant followed by an almond butterhorn and washed down with an 8oz black cofffee while sitting outside on the family style benches and tables.
The croissant is buttery and flaky and filled with the right amount of cubed pieces of ham and melted gruyère. The butterhorn is sticky and sweet and densely loaded with butter and slivered almonds. The coffee is how I like it: hot, black, and strong. And the service is fast and friendly and efficient. Any place that rocks out to Bowie at 10a.m. is A-​Ok in my book.
Holly Bs has a cozy homey central meeting place feel to it and it really is. Sit here long enough and you’ll more than likely run into just about everyone who lives on the island.
Every year I look forwards to my annual visit to Holly B’s and it never disappoints.
So next time you’re on Lopez Island during the summer, stop by Holly B’s in the morning and then head on over to the Saturday market afterwards.
If only they had a location by the ferry terminal. What a wonderful spot that would be to wile away the hours while waiting for the ferry.

We were very impressed with this great bakery. Everyone was super friendly. We came back multiple days while we were on Lopez. Watch out, she is closed on Tuesdays so keep that in mind! We were highly disappointed Tuesday morning when we showed up!
Our gang tried cookies (chocolate chip, almond white chocolate), the almond butterhorns, fruit pastries — and the GREAT pizza for lunch. The pizza has a great thick crust. It goes quickly. They bake in the morning, so they don’t bake in the afternoon. So if they’re out — they’re out for the day.
They also sell day old products for a cheaper price. Seemed like the locals bought up most of it very quickly.

Surely the best bakery in the San Juans! After deliberating for several minutes I decided on a scrumptious fruit pastry, but I’m certain that the rest of their baked creations are just a good.

Definitely don’t miss Holly B’s if you are on Lopez. Grab some cinnamon rolls to go or enjoy a wide variety of her other pastries outside and people watch. My husband favors the chocolate croissants.
They don’t do espresso here but that’s available next door or across the street at Isobel’s.

If you are lucky enough to be on Lopez… and you don’t stop by this bakery, you are crazy. It is that simple, this place is friggin great! She (Holly) is closed during (ski season) the winter. So from April to sometime in fall DON’T miss this stop.