Gabriel’s Bakery

Today I visited Gabriel’s Bakery at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market for their cinnamon roll! It was below freezing outside when I arrived but the market was hoppin’! Luckily the line wasn’t too long and I when I reached the counter I saw just how BIG this roll is! I tore into it back at home, and found this to be a very bread-y cinnamon roll. All of the flavors were solid, and the brioche was a bit dense but tasty, but the cinnamon flavor was very much in the background. Mostly it tasted like a large bagel with frosting and slight cinnamon flavor. I would say I liked it, but I didn’t love it. There wasn’t any gooey craziness, and the center of the roll tasted like any other part of the roll. I believe Gabriel’s mostly makes bagels and bread loaves- which makes sense.

Favorite part: The bread was pretty tasty!

Least favorite part: Not enough cinnamon, and the frosting was too sweet.

*Rating are according to my preferences, scaled from 1-10

Overall Sweetness rating: 6

Moistness rating: 7

Frosting rating: 5

Cinnamon/spiciness rating: 4

Dough rating: 7

Freshness rating: 8

Heart/center rating: 5

Cafe experience rating: 8

Overall rating: 6.25 / 10