Fran’s Pastry Shoppe

Best bacon egg and cheese in the world!!! So this little bakery also makes breakfast sandwiches, and they are made to order one by one! Sometimes you’ll have a short line but you can call ahead if your rushed, but trust me! They are worth the wait (average wait is 7 minutes). Honestly this is the best bacon egg and cheese I’ve ever had and I work in early mornings in Nyc a lot and tried some of what New Yorkers called the best in the world.
The main reason is for their success is Fran’s hard rolls, they are amazing! Then with the two fried large eggs, cheese and a little butter on a slightly grilled roll, it’s mind blowing! But wait there’s more… Try the BE&C on one of their bagels! The bagels are so fresh and they are kept in the counter with their donuts thus the bagels get a subtle sweetness to them, a perfect accent to a historically salty item. They also add a little butter and grill it slightly. It really is an art! And to watch the staff make each sandwich is quite entertaining.
They only serve breakfast sandwiches til 11am but sell bakery items all day. Including their famous hard rolls!

upon arrival, the sweet stench of sweaty Jewish balls lingered throughout the establishment. As soon as I greeted the owner I realized I was talking to an asshole and my STD chances instantly rose. Fran (girls name) dresses like a mentally challenged albino hooker. Just being in the bakery gives off an awkward vibe, you know… like mom and dad are fighting at the dinner table and the kids are still trying to eat dinner… i don’t know something like that. The reason that I went there in the first place was to see the sexy ass blonde everyone always talks about however she was not present. My advice to Fran; clean and shave your balls and try to keep it away from the desserts.

DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY !!! I spent over $ 18.00 on cookies. They were STALE, hard & dry. In fact. They were so stale, the texture of the fruit filling was like plastic. I also bought a cake. It was more frosting then cake. There was a taste of Crisco or lard, not buttercream. For these type of prices, the product should be top notch. I expect the cookies to be freshly made & not taste like they were sitting in the case for a week. I also think that there should be more cake then frosting & the frosting made with real butter. The Danish did not fair any better. They were dried out & tasteless. It’s a good thing there a other bakeries to shop at.

I am a fan of the hard roles. I get 12 every Sunday. Owner is a cool guy. The HS girls that keep it running care about the customer experience without knowing it. I’m not a fan of his treat products and couldn’t do five stars because of it. Fried eggs on a hard role is a top notch.

Cute little place but looks were deceiving. My fiancé and I picked up a stuffed bread and some pastries to take home and everything tasted old or like they didn’t care.
Bread was bland and stuffing had no flavor (even though it was broccoli and sausage). There were also some burnt bits on the bottom like they didn’t clean the oven before it was baked.
Our éclair shell was dry and tasted like it was made a week ago. Filling was good but had weird after taste. Same for the small cream puff shells. The filling in those is some weird non dairy whipped topping or something, it’s disgusting and they were
barely filled.
The small lobster tails we picked up were very hard and the filling inside although it had some lemon flavor was not very good.
We also had two of their cream twists (one vanilla and one chocolate). The vanilla filled one was pretty good but the chocolate filled one tasted like week old pudding.
The young lady that waited on us was very polite and patient as we looked through the selection. There was another young lady there however that was rude and pushy to this first girl so it made picking items out awkward. I felt bad for the first young lady who was doing a great job until the other girl came over to «help».
We won’t be going back.

Best rolls in the area and great inexpensive breakfast sandwiches

Pastries were awful. Stale cookies. Based on the reviews, I should have considered a sandwich instead.

Excellent place for an egg and cheese. The apple fritters are great too.

Eww. I had their banana cream pie again because my boyfriend surprised me with it. Again, the whipped cream had a weird aftertaste and the bananas on the bottom of the pudding and on top of the crust were brown! The crust had no flavor to it either.

This place is fantastic. They have the best breakfast sandwiches and the pastries are great too.

Driving on our way home for Christmas, we stopped off here accidentally trying to find a gas station. It was the best surprise! It was Christmas Eve morning and the place was packed!
They make some amazing breakfast sandwiches. From all the people in there, you could tell it was a neighborhood favorite.
We also picked up some pastries (a yummy raspberry twist), a cherry pie, and some multi-​grain dinner rolls. Our family was raving about the pie and rolls at dinner that evening.
I wish I could have purchased everything in this little place.
The service was friendly and expedient. I wish I had a Fran’s in Charleston!