Common Crumb Artisan Bakery

Had a really great experience here last week. Came in and was looking for some treats to take to a party. Was able to get a delicious assortment for about $ 30. They looked amazing and tasted even better. While I was there they informed me of a fun flavor idea contest they were running. Of course, I love to share ideas, so we entered a few… turns out they loved our suggestion and we won a free box of treats! Watch out for a new Thai Tea flavored macaroon hitting the cases soon… they are nom nom nom.

This place started out strong but pretty much fizzled out in a matter of weeks. The display is sloppy and the desserts are mislabled. That may or may not be related to the staff looking like they’d rather die then be at work in this place… the pastries look like they’re melting and the environment its just bleak and miserable. Huge disappointment :(

Common Crumb bakery is anything but common…
Pumpkin & Chocolate Cheesecake Macarons: good size and texture
Molasses Cookie: Full of flavor
Located inside Saranac Commons
(Also, their website is gorgeous. Well done!)

This is a cool place! Must see and taste the beautifully made pastry. It is an experience rarely found in Spokane. Enjoy!

Beautiful presentation !! What amazing food, and the girl at the counter was so sweet !!! Taste !! Omg amazing. We had the ham and cheese croissant, and grabbed 4 macaroons. Whoa, big and perfect. I felt like I was in Paris !!! Def go check it out !!!

I passed by this place a few weekends ago when exploring downtown. It was evening and they were closed. But I could see all of these different varieties of beautiful macarons and they made me drool. I went back yesterday to try them. Meh! I tried three different varieties: mocha, green tea, and banana (half dipped in chocolate). The only one with a pronounced flavor close to its name was the mocha — and even that one was only for two bites. All three were overwhelmed by too much sugar in the filling and thus their flavors did not shine through. This is really disappointing when you’re paying $ 2.50 a piece. I can buy a dozen at Trader Joe’s for about $ 5 total that are about the same size and far tastier — even though they were frozen. I’ve heard their other offerings are amazing. I will give something else there a try next time I am in the area, but their macarons are 2 stars at best.

My sweetheart has been searching locally for the perfect French éclair since he moved to Spokane 11 years ago. The search is finally over! Couple of weeks ago we happened into Common Crumb and had to give their eclairs a try. They were VERY tasty. However, thought my sweetheart, with just a few tweaks, they could be exactly what he was looking for. So, when we were finished, we stopped by the counter and he made his suggestions.
Imagine our delight and surprise when we stopped in this week and discovered that they had implemented his suggestions. The eclairs – VERY good to begin with, are now even more FABULOUS.

Let’s begin with our drive to a Hipster Coffee House for a Ethiopian Pour Over… but they had no pastries, as they had a blowout 3^rd year celebration the night before and slept in, missing the delivery truck. We read on the wrappings of their day old pastries a branding sticker, «Common Crumb» and decided to Unilocal it up directly…
WOW! This place delivers a Bouchon level product. Totally unprepared for the entire experience. The charmingly knowledgable and Paris-​model-​pretty counter server was considered in her appropriate responses to my overly caffeinated enthusiasm for my selections.
This gem of a bakery makes several signature, got-​to-​go-​back selections. They have this Rum Canele de Bordeaux that «is made in copper molds with bees wax coating», that I will be exiting off of interstate 90 to eat every time I pass through this city, in both directions!
We purchased a baguette with some select blue cheese along with at least 6 other specialty pastry items. Not one of the items we selected left us saying, «I’ve had better»
I love extemporaneous sprinkles of goodness along life’s way. This place offers up some of those yummy sprinkles!

Really? This is what Spokane wants to get excited about? I ordered several croissants, macaroons and a couple other pastries. It wasn’t even as good as a grocery store bakery. The service was lousy and the cleanliness was questionable. Is Spokane hurting THAT much for culture? Does making things over price equate quality in their eyes? Perhaps that’s the angle they were going for. Don’t waste your money.

sinfully delicious macarons and super buttery, crispy, crunchy perfection croissants! stopped by to just check out the bread selections and indulged in far too many guilty pleasures — the pistachio macarons are spot on! lavender was a refreshing taste as well. it’s a shame i have to go to work and can’t eat every meal here. it’s also a shame that i can never control my love for carbs. sin! sin! sin! in the best way possible!

Absolutely wonderful bakery with kind employees. Wonderful yummies! It’s hard to find another bakery who can compare.

Walk into the Commons on Main Street in Spokane and it’s like going through a portal straight to Portland. Keep walking to the back and in moments you are transported to Paris! The Common Crumb is no common bakery, it is a slice of Rue de Exquisite! Beautiful pastries that reach out and say «mon cheri, how can you resist!» Well I can’t, and YOU shouldn’t.

I had an apple turnover and some other dessert I couldn’t pronounce.
It was ok, a bit over priced for what I had.
I will try them again though.

Let me telll you about Common Crumb. I ordered two things for lunch: a veggie sandwich and a triple chocolate 5-​spice cookie. The sandwich earned one star and the cookie was a 5!
I was seriously disappointed with the sandwich which was so greasy that I had to use a napkin to hold it. The fat content must have been from the combination of the flavored aioli plus the buttered and toasted bread. The caramelized onions overpowered the other veggies in the sandwich and what I thought was going to be a light, healthy meal landed like a grease bomb.
Now let me tell you about the cookie. It was moist and just soft enough. Just the aroma told me it was going to be rich and full of wonderful flavors. I cut it into 4 pieces and shared it with my lunch companions. Every morsel was a flavor party on the tongue.
I will be going back to try some of the beautifully-​presented pastries and bread.

I went to common crumb yesterday for the first time and got a variety of treats for a party and everyone loved them! The service was great, the treats were tasty and fresh, and I liked the atmosphere of the commons. Highly recommended!

Excellent little bakery in an odd shared space.
It is not cheap, but fairly priced for what it is. This is some high-​level work.
The meyer lemon tart was out of this world, with each element — the crust, the curd, and the marshmallow meringue — an absolute work of art. We also thoroughly enjoyed the macarons and meyer lemon éclair. The little financier cookies are delectable — I could sit down with a pot of coffee and eat a hundred.

Being at CC makes me wonder if this is what a bakery in France or Italy would look like. I cannot pinpoint what it is about this place that keeps me wanting to come back.
Their breads and pastries are definitely a reason; I got my hands on a rustic outside spongy inside whole wheat loaf for 5.00. As well as an eggnog truffle, orange Danish, and a Cannele de Bordeaux. Delicious especially that orange Danish for 2.50. I highly recommend that. They also have had their sourdough to sample with butter and salt and baklava that when you bite into it liquified sugar just drops out.
Maybe it’s their staff? The manager and one of their bakers/​pastry chefs have been very welcoming. My first time in they both, at different occasions, asked me if I had any questions which I asked lots I think.
Maybe it’s the hype of a brand spanking new bakery in town inside the new Saranac commons off of cool Main Ave in the middle of other great businesses?
Ultimately it’s all of the above the next best thing to shopping here for my bread or baked good fix would be to work in such an excellent bakery! Highly recommend all to come by and visit Common Crumbs Bakery.

When a man happens across a baguette, and he knows it will be a good baguette, and he has a mind to indulge himself with just a small bite on his homeward journey to remind himself of how a proper baguette should taste, and the crunch of the crust and texture of the bread take him back to his formative years sojourning in the South of France, such that he desires nothing more than to extend that experience one more instant, one more bite, steadily decreasing the length of the baguette, he has known an uncommon happiness.