Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs

Love love LOVE their cream puffs here! I usually go to the Westfield location but happened to walk by this one during my lunch break yesterday. You can find a cheap sweet fix here for less than $ 5 a portion. I always stick with the original cream puff with some sort of fruity filling (I love their strawberry and mango flavors a lot! They are usually offered as the flavor of the day) since I’m not a huge fan of the vanilla or chocolate. Sometimes they have green tea if you’re lucky! If anyone else happens to know other unique flavors, please send them my way!
One original cream puff is 2.90, and you can get a chocolate covered one for about 50 cents more if you’re feeling extra sweet. Portion sizes here are decent and just the right amount of filling. They offer eclairs and vanilla slices here if you want something different, but trying their cream puffs here are a must at least once!

I love these cream puffs. If I had no self control, I would eat here daily, 2x a day, maybe even 3.

Drooling. I bought a dozen for my drive back to SD and I ate all of them. Sooooo good. I wish I bought more.

Like their chocolate Cookie Puff very much. Not a lot of people. Will try mocha flavor next time.

CREAM PUFFS ARE SO GOOD. I’ve never loved a cream puff until now.
I had my first cream puff from here yesterday, and I’ve already gone back again today for more. The delicious pastry is stuffed full to bursting of thick gooey cream. It will sploosh on your face, and it’ll be amazing.
They have a standard pastry, and cocoa & cookie variants, which you can stuff with whatever filling you’d like. The regular fillings are vanilla and chocolate, and there’s a special filling on weekly rotation. You can’t go wrong with any of them.
I also had their tiramisu, but it pales in comparison to the majestic cream puff.

This chain is sooo cool. I wish there was one in Michigan. Cream puffs should be so much more popular than they are now. For those who haven’t had one of these glorious snacks, it’s a pastry with a custard/​ice cream-​like filling. The chocolate one I had a hard chocolate coating and a chocolate custard oozing out when I bit into it. Yummmmm… $ 3 is a little pricey for one but it’s a must have in the Bay Area. They have multiple items/​variations on their menu as well as a huge variety of flavors. This location is right in the financial district adjacent to the Jewish Museum and the Yerba Buena Museum/​Garden. Whether you want to sit down and slowly savor it or grab one on the run to your destination, I must say it’s a recommendation for anyone with a sweet tooth!!!

Bread papa offers cream puff that comes in a giant size (bigger than my fist) with speciality flavors –green tea, mango, pumpkin, etc. It’s a cute idea and the end product is decent, but nothing amazing to me. I have to say I’ve had better. Perhaps it’s because the coffee flavored puff I got wasn’t all that different from other coffee pastries I got before; I bet their green tea would be something more unique.

I was so excited to try cream puffs for the first time after seeing all the mouthwatering pictures of the custard filled goodness. I finally got around to trying one and decided to get the plain cream puff with vanilla filling. It seems as if they had some premade already so immediately after I made my order, my puff was ready to go.
Taste: I won’t say that it was bad but there was something missing… There was definitely alot of yummy filling but I had expected it to be sweeter especially since the puff she’ll was less sweet. The filling seemed. grainy? I. Not quite sure how to put it but it was definitely not mindblowingly smooth and rich.
Service: quick, polite and straight to the point. There were no customers in to store at the time so the workers were chillin and joking with the deliveryman that had come by.

Beard Papa specializes in cream puffs of course, and this store on Yerba Buena Ln is quite a bit larger than the food stand in SF Westfield. By default they offer six or so different flavors but when you show up near closing like we did for a post-​movie snack they only have limited selections.
We got a vanilla and coffee-​flavored cream puff. Good-​sized puff pastry filled with goodness. Its very messy to eat! You’re biting into cream or pastry — definitely no room for air inside these puffs. The French Roast coffee they offer was bold and smooth — closer to a Strong Americano. Great for washing things down!

Our family stopped in here for a mid-​afternoon snack after going to an event at the Moscone Center. We stuck to the basics, each getting either a vanilla or chocolate cream puff, or an éclair. You can pick your filling — so there are lots of combinations of flavors to try. Everything was fresh tasting, and the fillings were very creamy and smooth.
Great place to drop in for an affordable treat.

TL;DR:
Forget macaroons, I’ll be damned if cream puffs aren’t the most innovative retro dessert of the decade. In fact it’s actually rather difficult to make them unpleasant, and luckily Beard Papa’s doesn’t try to.
***CREAM PUFF
Obviously the filling has to be inserted immediately before consumption, otherwise the flaky, soft, and yet somehow delicately crispy pastry ball becomes a soggy abomination. No problems in this department, though my pastry puff would have been superior had it come forth directly from the oven. There are a few different approaches for fillings, though pastry cream/​custard wins hands-​down over whipped cream or ice cream – good call, Papa. I was pleased by the decadent gooeyness that squirted forth into my mouth, yet I believe that the temperature should be slightly above freezing to maximize the efficacy of this carnal pleasure.
A simple, unplanned delight.

Not worth it and very overhyped.
The bread is very stale and cream is probably the only thing you look forward to.
Pretty much your standard cream puff with custard in the middle. No wow factor.

This was my second time at Beard Papa’s– just stumbled onto it at the shopping mall and then came to this location.
I’m not a huge pastry or donut fan, so you generally won’t find me buying much sweets in this category. But I have to say that if I’m going to go for it, I’m going to go big! This is absolutely the best cream puff I’ve ever had in my life! The texture of the baked dough is perfectly flaky on the outside and soft on the inside. The filling is rich and creamy but not too heavy or sweet. One cream puff is just the right amount to leave you satiated!
I wish I had a Beard Papa near me!

I love Beard Papas! I’ve only tried the cream puffs but they were fantastic! Huge fan of the Vanilla Cream ones. Tried the chocolate and they just didn’t taste as good.
Took them home and put them in the freezer for a little bit and the cream inside turned into almost an ice cream like consistency. Yum! Don’t leave them in too long though, it isn’t the same when the whole thing becomes frozen!
I pretty much came here to say, GO FOR THE VANILLA CREAM.

Treat Yo Self!
The classic Vanilla Crème Puff is still my true Beard Papa love.
The Pumpkin one was a nice seasonal treat though as the cream reminded me of pumpkin pie filling.
Eat your treats right away because no one likes a soggy cream puff.
AmIriiiiiight?

Oh man. I made the serious mistake of not getting a cream puff at Beard Papa’s. I’ve had one before at a different location, but I just wasn’t craving one this time. I decided to get the cheesecake stick instead. It was warm (as perhaps expected) but tasted like it had been sitting out for awhile. Overpriced, disappointing, and stale. On that note, everything in the window looked gross, the cream puffs. The staff members working that day were lifeless, and the place seemed like all the energy had been sucked out of it. Terrible experience here.

Super duper amazing cream puffs. If they had espresso coffee it would have been 5 stars… That and the fact that they don’t take Discover (thumb down)
The freshness can be tasted in every bite. No still cream puffs like in many other places. The éclair with vanilla (traditions) filling was my favorite. I really wanted to try the coffee and the pumpkins filling but today they only had vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.
I would have been ok w/​o the tiramisu stick (average at best)…

I was fairly disappointed with the puffs at the way they were sold. There was just something off-​putting about biting into a room temperature, slightly stale puff filled with cold cream. A puff that I might add, that’s not even close to being fully filled.
In my mind, I had anticipated either a warm puff with a warm gooey center or a cool treat served a la the style of something I would pick up from the basement of a Takashimaya or Isetan. Perhaps I am just completely spoiled by the famous french treat that has been perfected by the Japanese; I just can’t seem to enjoy any of them outside of Tokyo. I guess that would make me a cream puff snob. So be it! With that said, this is sadly one of the better cream puff experiences I have had stateside.

I have to say. I’m not really a cream puff kind of gal. I’d much prefer cake or a cupcake or a (chocolate) croissant or. more cake? But even I can tell when a dessert is freshly made, and I definitely appreciate both that and the fact that the custard cream inside isn’t deathly sweet.
Located just a few steps from Bluestem Brasserie, it’s a short walk from the crowded Market Street and surprisingly calm. There are a few tables situated inside the store, but more scattered outside. The mechanism is assembly line: choose a kind of cream puff, choose your filling, pay, and enjoy. Service was mediocre but efficient, and the prices are very reasonable.
Éclair cream puff with green tea custard filling:
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This may seem like a strange combination, but I really wanted to try the éclair cream puff and I really wanted to try the green tea filling. Throwing convention aside, I decided to cram the two together and hope that it would work. and it did! The chocolate on the outside was smooth and rich, which paired very well with the fragrant cream puff. The silky green tea custard inside seemed to engulf everything in a sea of matcha, and I was pleasantly surprised at how «right» the green tea tasted.
Vanilla cream puff with vanilla custard filling:
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My friend opted for tradition, and he did enjoy his cream puff as well, although he said that my green tea custard would be his first choice next time. I had a quick bite and thought that while I could still taste the freshness of the cream puff itself, it was a little one-​dimensional after enjoying my éclair one. I think the added layer of chocolate or another ingredient really makes a difference. I did like that the vanilla custard was also not overly sweet, so the entire thing wasn’t too heavy from start to finish.
If there were an option to have the cream puff heated up just a tad before pumping in the cool custard, I think I’d have trouble stopping myself from converting into a cream puff gal.

Nom nom nom, on m’avait prévenue que c’était gras mais que c’était bon, j’ai été séduite ! On m’avait dit de tester le Cream Puff classique (beignet rempli de crème, façon chou à la crème bien de chez nous), je n’ai pas réussi et j’ai craqué pour la version Cocoa Puff (yummy) et crème au thé vert (tueriiie).
Verdict: c’est gras, c’est crémeux, c’est dé-​li-​cieux ! Et cheap. Parfait pour une pause par un après-​midi froid. Je recommande, pour les gourmands !

Generally don’t crave cream puffs but if I do I’d probably pick Beard Papa’s… Actually I don’t even know any other place that specializes in just cream puffs?
I remember when I was younger I used to love going to BP whenever I made my way into DTSF. Now fast forward, working in DTSF, it’s still pretty much the same for me.
Ordered half a dozen of cream puffs for me and my 4 coworkers. I ended up eating 2 in 1 sitting, what the hell. I was trying to have some self control & only eat 1 but damn, might as well eat 2 since it’s already staring at me in the face.
HAHA anyways despite being a fatass, BP is really good for a cream puff. The shell is good and the cream texture is smooth and light. BP keeps things interesting by having daily special flavors depending on when you go. They always have the defaulted chocolate and vanilla flavors though. One day I’m gunna stump in when they have green tea and I’ll have a very happy soul.
Oh also, the puffs are made to order! So the puff is not creamed til you order ;)