Sassafras Bakery

I’ve only dealt with Sassafras Bakery once so far, and though it was a mixed experience I gotta say the 2 pies I ordered were beautiful and so delicious that they blew my mind. I ordered the Chocolate Chess Pie and the Salted Ohio Maple Syrup pie for Thanksgiving. My family and I had never had these kind of pies before so we were super curious, and Sassafras Bakery and Worthington as a whole was so adorable that we felt confident placing an order with them even though we live over an hour away. On their website it said you could place your order via email so I sent a friendly message only to receive a 3 word response. So I then emailed my order and heard nothing back from them for 4 days, and since this was to reserve our desserts for a busy holiday I emailed again asking if I could just receive a quick confirmation. Again, I received a short email with no friendly tone at all, just a cold «I’m out of town so you’ll have to wait». 5 days later I then received my confirmation receipt and the very first «thank you» for placing my order. Needless to say I was rubbed a little wrong, but it’s so easy to read attitude into emails or texts that I decided to continue with my order and pick it up right before Thanksgiving. Boy, I sure am glad I did… these pies were an absolute hit! Everyone loved both kinds, and they were so unique and unlike anything I would have found in my tiny town. The chocolate chess pie reminded me of an ooey-​gooey brownie with a flaky crust/​shell on top, and the maple syrup pie was so creamy and sweet… I wish I had a piece of both right now! The prices were also great in my opinion for such quality homemade pies, and the girls working the register inside the store were super nice so that definitely made up for the cold emails. Overall, I would highly recommend the desserts at Sassafras Bakery, and I already know that I want to try some quiche and apple pie next time!

I tried to patronize this place a few times and was only successful once. The hours are odd as it is a bakery and they opening time is after the time I would be looking to stop at a bakery. I tried to stop for lunch once and it was 2:00 and the doors were locked. I will say there food is really good and I love the atmosphere. The hours just don’t make it possible for me to enjoy this shop. It is a shame because it is a spot that really fills a needed niche in old Worthington.

Don’t let the size of the shop fool you into thinking they don’t have good food. The bakery serves coffee from Café Brioso. For those of you who don’t know, this is a local roaster in Columbus. The bakery serves a number of savory and sweet dishes including pies, cinnamon rolls and cookies.
My favorites are the triple ginger cookies and the oatmeal crème pies. I have loved Little Debbie’s oatmeal crème pies since I was a kid. The ones at Sassafras Bakery remind me of the Little Debbie’s but bigger in size and flavor. They take two huge oatmeal cookies and put a nice thick layer of vanilla frosting in between. The triple ginger cookies are chewy but have just a little bit of crunch on the top due to the crystallized sugar they put on top.
The cinnamon rolls are a family favorite but they’re only available on Saturdays and only while their supplies last!

I don’t think this place gets enough love! Sassafras is a cute shop that’s located on High Street in Worthington. I’m not sure if the store has a private parking lot. I’ve always parked on High Street and walked to the store.
There are two main reasons why I love Sassafras — the food and the prices. While I wouldn’t consider Sassafras cheap, I think the prices are lower than many other bakeries in Columbus, especially when you factor in the size. A giant donut muffin will only set you back $ 3 and it is honestly enough to share with someone else (even though I never do.)
My favorite items here are the pies, quiche, and donut muffins. My favorite quiche is the goat cheese, sweet potato and spinach. I’m not sure if it’s seasonal, but I loved every bite. The bacon and fontina is my other favorite. They give you the option of regular crust or walnut crumble crust on the pies. The peach and cherry pies are fantastic with the walnut crumble. I’ve been disappointed by a few things, but you usually can’t go wrong. They offer warm cinnamon rolls on Saturday — I’ve never had one but they smell great!

Truly one of the best bakeries we’ve ever been to. We sampled several items and there was nothing short of blissful. Get the donut muffin now, thank me later.

Such a cute bakery café. The kids and I stopped in today after pouring candles at The Candle Lab. They sampled the lavender lemonade and sugar cookies and I enjoyed a free cup of decaf. (Cookie happy hour from 3 – 5 pm. Genius)
The shop is cute, sunny, very pleasant and the baked goods all looked great. No nut free gluten free selections today, but that isn’t out of the ordinary. The lemonade was exceptional and the coffee, very tasty.

Every trip to Sassafras has been a wonderful experience. The obvious important point: the food is all delicious (or at least all the kinds I’ve tried). The pies are flavorful, and their crusts are flaky. The muffins are huge and phenomenal (the donut muffin in particular is a tasty blend of donut flavor and muffin texture). The quiches may be the very best thing, merging that perfect crust with well-​executed savory fare. Take it all together, and you have the makings of a wonderful brunch: a slice of the bacon-​fontina quiche, a cookie or a blondie, and a cup of coffee (also available in-​house).
The food quality alone would be enough to recommend at least one visit. The bright interior space and the warm welcomes of the bakery staff make Sassafras an easy favorite. If you’re in or around Worthington, this is a stop you’ll be glad to make again and again.

Next month I am hosting the very first Death Café in the United States in Columbus, OH. The concept of the Death Café is simple… it is a pop-​up event where strangers get together to talk about death and have tea and yummy food. It was important to me to have treats that taste good, but I also liked the idea of keeping with the death theme.
AJ was recommended to me by a fellow baker whom I happen to know personally. Personal recommendations are always good. I called her and asked if she was able to produce ‘death themed’ cookies. She said she hadn’t before, but that she would look into what she could do. She got back to me and told me what she could offer. It was important for my event that the food looked good AND tasted good. Completely on her own, AJ came up with cute tombstone designs that I absolutely love. I never thought a tombstone could be ‘cute’!
It fits the theme perfectly. Even though the event is not until next month, I pre-​ordered 2 dozen cookies, so that I could see what they would look like and taste them. Prior to this experience, I had never had Sassafras products. Well, the cookies turned out wonderful and everyone that got one said they were yummy. I am now a huge fan.
I do not usually take the time to write reviews, but I felt compelled to share the story of how accommodating AJ was with my odd request. I will be using Sassafras for all future Death Café cookie orders!

Donut muffin!!!

I love this place for something sweet in the afternoons for a little break from the office (it doesn’t help that I work right next door!) I’ve never been disappointed with any treat I’ve had there, but I have to say I always go back to their iced sugar cookies. I consider myself an icing snob and theirs is tops! My only complaint is that I wish they were open every day of the week, although I’m sure my bathroom scale feels otherwise!

I was searching for an exceptional bakery for pies for the holidays as well as general hand crafted bakery items.
My partner and I went on a Saturday to this wonderful little neighborhood bakery and sampled the apple pie, a seasonal pear pie, and hand crafted cinnamon rolls offered only on Saturdays. We were so amazed at the flavor and quality of each of these unforgettable bakery items. We ordered two pies for Thanksgiving. Beware, they are a bit pricey, but well worth it! They are definitely above average in quality and taste. So if that’s what your looking for, look no further!
Delicious and beautifully made deserts!

Happy hour weekdays from 3 — 5. Free milk with cookie purchase.
I’ve only tried the sweets so can’t say whether or not the savory items or soups are good. I’m sure they are — I just don’t have any personal experience with them.
Brownies are on the cakey side and I was given the choice of an end or middle piece. Because they realize people have preferences. If given the choice of the chocolate chip or chocolate chip chunk cookie I choose the latter. It has walnuts which adds a little bit of crunch.
After my dog finished radiation treatments for a tumor, I worked with AJ for a custom cookie order. It was several dozen Corgi sugar cutout cookies. They were delicious. And super cute.

Oh how I wanted to run with the cool kids in the 5 star review crowd but sadly, it was not to be. It could be that we’ve tried to go here five different times and every time, it was closed when hours stated it should be open or within half an hour of closing. My hubby was so over trying to go here but I said one more time and what do you know, there was actually an open sign!
As for the goods… well, there weren’t many. A few less than appealing cookie choices (maybe 2 flavors?) and an offer for pie slices. That’s fine… pie is what we came for so I’ll overlook it since the Farmers Market just thinned out. As the girl was behind the counter telling the lady in front of us that they constantly sell out of everything pretty early, I couldn’t help but wonder ‘then why the heck don’t you make more???” Obviously there’s enough demand. Then another girl asked if we’d like a slice of apple pie and did we want the regular apple pie (on top with pieces already cut out) or did we want the apple caramel walnut (I think). Caramel? Yes please! Then when we said that she said, «oh no, that’s only a whole pie.» Uhh, then why did you just offer us a slice of it??? Then the guy behind us got a slice of pie and asked for it ala mode since there were pints of Jeni’s ice cream behind us and I remember reading early reviews of people getting pie ala mode but she said they only sell the pints, they don’t do pie ala mode. Okay, so you sell ice cream… the best in the city to go with your supposed epic pie but you no longer do ala mode?! I was getting a look from the hubby like «SEE!!!» We sat down and the lady brought the pie over. Mine was all broken into a heap but it’s all going to the same place so whatever.
We both took our first bite and sat there kind of trying to read the others face. We went in for another bite and I broke the silence…“mine’s better.” He replied with «way better.» I don’t know, I guess people are wowed by chunky sugar baked into the top of pie crust but I prefer an apple pie that tastes better than store bought and I lean toward the spicy side. (Cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc) This had very little spice at all. I guess I was just underwhelmed and felt, yet again, a little « Unilocal duped.»
We finished the pie but for almost $ 10 for two slices of pie, I will make two whole pies myself and leave the rest for the people who truly love this place.

The hours say that they open at 7:30 on Saturdays when the actually open at 8. I was here at 7:30 to get one of their sticky buns. Quiches are delicious!

Very nice people running the bakery. The lemon pie was tart as it should be. Actual chunks of lemon peel in there. The donut muffin, while not life changing as they said it would be, was good. The cinnamon roll was also hyped up to us. It was ok. They keep it warm in a steamer, which is nice, but there was nothing spectacular about it. Slight above Grands I would unfortunately say. Nice effort, but sort of average desserts.

Sassafras Bakery’s five-​star streak continues!
Ever since I stopped eating wheat, I’ve been struggling to figure out how to honestly review a place that primarily focuses on something I can’t eat. So hang in there with me while I figure it out…
Sassafras has a lovely selection of goodies that other reviewers rave over. None of them were GF, so unfortunately, I had to pass. But my dietary restriction isn’t their fault, so no marks against them. They did, however, have a selection of homemade, chewy granola bars to choose from! I chose one with cherries, and it was delicious! Sassafras also carries Brioso coffee and Snowville milk! Can’t go wrong with either of those.
The lady working was absolutely lovely, and I wanted her to join my cute optometrist in my pocket. She was so kind to me, and she kept my coffee mug continuously filled.
The store itself is adorable. It’s pretty small, but I cozied right up and made myself at home. No matter if you eat wheat or not, I think you’ll have a great time at Sassafras.
Tip: they purposefully don’t have wifi. So this isn’t gonna be your newest work spot.

Me and my wife have driven by this bakery multiple times and today was the first day we stopped and we were glad we did! Upon walking in we were greeted and we walked back to the display case that made our mouths start watering. My eyes and taste buds gravitated towards the roasted red pepper and goat cheese scone, while my wife’s sweet tooth fancied an apple pistachio ginger blondie. The scone was perfect with the sweet peppers and cheese holding it together I was in heaven. Her blondie was light with ginger kissing the tongue. Upon leaving we heard some one order a glorious slice of apple pie with a scoop of jenni’s salted caramel!!! I am in love. I felt happy when we entered sassafras and that is how I would describe this place… Happy

I stopped in here this morning and was greeted by the owner and her friend (who waited on me). And the ladies were sooo nice! The pies and cookies looked just scrumpious! I had a piece of apple while I was there and it might have been the best piece of pie that I’ve ever had (next to mom’s of course!) And they use real silverware and tableware too. None of this plastic stuff! They’ll be seeing a lot more of me in the future!

I’m not a huge fan of eggplant, but the ratatouille tart was a-​mazing. A lovely savory treat with a salty, flaky crust that melts in your mouth.
And the elderberry hand pies? I crave them constantly.
Also just tried the apricot granola bar last week. Mmmm…
Though a tad bit on the pricey side, all of the treats I’ve tried have been well worth the splurge.

I love AJ’s baking creations. I go to Worthington Farmers Market every Saturday morning and her stand is the first stand I go to! These are some of my FAVORITE things — Kitchen Sink Granola Bars, Sugar cookies (bunnies, carrots & pastel glitter eggs), Caramelized Onion Brie Scones with fresh thyme, Ratatouille Tarts and Oatmeal Pies. BTW, AJ does accept credit cards!