Esperanza Bakery

Have been going since it opened! Went throughout high school and now going to college I still pass by!

Fresh, delicious, cheap!

Like Mexican food in general it’s difficult to find good Pan Dulce that tastes like it does in Mexico…
I’m often in the area of USC «Fight On» and after seeing the previous review from «John B.» I knew this was a place I needed to come check out.
The place is small and so is the selection of pan dulce, they do have tables and chairs dedicated to people who wish to dine in, I’m not sure what the food menu consisted of since I was only interested in pan dulce, so I’ll breakdown below what I picked up.
Concha —
Get’s it name from a Sea Shell hence the design on top, I like the top to be slightly crunchy this wasn’t it was soft and flavor was just OK to me
Conos —
A cone shaped pan covered in sugar and filled with a vanilla cream custard, it was above average good
Rieles de Pina y Queso —
Basically a Danish, with plenty of Pina/​Pineapple but wish it had a little more Queso/​Cream Cheese mixture, good above average
4-​Stars
Mantecachs —
a Cream Cheese Muffin, the muffin itself was just a little dry, not too bad, all the cream cheese is what you see on the top
3-​Stars
Bolillo con Queso y Jalapeño —
The bolillo had a nice light crunch to the outside and soft inside real nice, unfortunately they are tight with the queso y jalapenos… cream cheese and jalapenos
could have been 5 but keepin’ it real at 3-​Stars
Capirotada —
Not a good photo but Yes, John this is what your banana upside down thing is called… So it’s basically a Mexican style bread pudding, everyone makes it differently with various fruits like raisins and nuts etc.
though banana’s is a first for me and it was definitely the best of what I had. 4-​Stars
My Heart still belongs to La Fama in East Los
AVG: — 3.5-Stars

They seemed a little flustered that this white boy could speak some Spanish. They fumbled a little. I think it threw ‘em. But they recovered and we had a cool conversation.
The chicken tostada was amazing. Wonderfully, deliciously, spectacularly good. I can’t wait to try the banana upside down thing. Hmm… maybe tomorrow… for breakfast?

Not Everyone knows this about me, but I love RICE. I really love rice. I can eat rice with every meal. O how I love rice. I went to the Bakery thinking that i would just get a Torta and be done with it, but I just had to ask the question. Do you have rice? The nice lady said yes and so began my relationship with the Bakery. I don’t have a clue on what they use to make this rice so good, but Dammit its good. I have had a torta from here and it was ok, but I always go back for the rice. I went there once and they had just ran out of rice. I gave the lady the sad face look and she told me to sit down. I sat in the corner with my head down and 10 min later she brought me out a tub of fresh made, steaming hot rice. If she would have told me to punch the Mayor in the throat, I would have asked her. How many times? The lady is the Queen of my rice life and I will fight for her Honor. The sweet bread is really good, but I really go there just for the Rice…