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Stephanie's Bakery 
 based on 19 member reviews
4879 Voltaire St, San Diego California
92107
619-221-0285
Type: Bakery, Vegan, American, Take-out
Info: Small bakery and cafe offers vegan baked goods, organic coffee, and light lunch food. Seating inside and on sidewalk. Accepts credit cards. Open daily 7-8. Price: Moderate.
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| "Total Foodgasm!!!!"
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Posted on: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
Review: Ridiculously good! OMG, orgasmic black forest strudel! Both the savories and the sweets are amazing (I usually get one of each). Ask them to heat up your strudel...that makes such a huge difference!!!!
I also tried the banana chocolate cake on my last visit and it was delish! $6 bucks per slice was kinda painful though. But worth it.
Wish I lived closer to OB...
P.S. They sometimes offer day-old strudels at a discounted price. I tried one the last time I was there (stupid recession!!) and after asking them to heat it up, I thought it tasted fine.
Pros: Vegan Strudel from Heaven! * Amazing cakes * Unique offerings
Cons: Funky hours * Steep prices * |
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| "Oh My God"
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My Rating |
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69 |
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Posted on: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
Review: We LOVE Stephanie's Bakery. We have to come here every time we are in San Diego. It's actually the first place we go. We arrive for an early lunch to have some strudel followed by a pizza. Amazing pizza! All gooey and crispy from the oven. We load up on frozen strudels to take home to LA. They are all awesome, sweet or savory, but I particularly love the black forest and samosa. We had their chocolate chocolate cake once and it was good too. If Maria helps us, we've been known to get some lovely samples from her. Yummy.
Pros: strudel * pizza * did I say strudel already?
Cons: too far away! * * |
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| "I've died and gone to Vegan Heaven!!"
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9 |
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Posted on: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
Review: If this place was closer to me I would be in there daily! The BEST Vegan Pizza, err, the best PIZZA ever! Vegan or no, this pizza is delicious!! The first time I tried it was at a festival in Balboa Park... "WHAT!?!?!" I practically made out with this slice of Vegan Pepperoni!! Seriously... how do they get the cheese to be so cheesy and creamy and delicious?!?!?! THEN... they gave away FREE black forest strudels at the end of the day... "Oh my friggin' gosh!" Delicious!! It might actually be a sin to eat it... in some very strict religions, in the south. Stephanie, where have you been my whole life? I've since been into the teeny little shop in OB... what I wouldn't give for a location near me in North County.... I don't think they have ANY intention of expanding and opening another store... to my dismay. The pesto pizza... YUM! I think I've tried every single one of the strudels. Spinach is definitely the best savory. Sweet... hmmm... it's a toss up... they are all so good! Oh, and the CAKES!!! MY GOD!! I'm yet to try the sandwiches... I may literally die if I do....
Pros: Pizza * Strudels * LOVE
Cons: Can take a while to make the pizza * * |
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| "Sticky Fingers of the West Coast(?)"
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54 |
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Posted on: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
Review: This place is so good and the staff was so friendly. I felt like they really put love into their food. I have probably only had strudel once in my life and I am pretty sure it was a disgusting grocery store kind with icing on top at that. Their strudels are amazing (they have both sweet and savory - I had two slices of savory strudel when I was there) and have inspired me to add strudel to my baked goods repertoire. I also got a slice of mango \"cheesecake\" to go which was the most amazing vegan cheesecake I have ever had. The strudel is a bit pricey at $3 per slice, but it is worth it! I also had an amazing chai latte while I was here. I look forward to going here again the next time I am in San Diego. They have pizzas but we didn't try any. We walked past Stephanie's mid-afternoon on the way to People's Co-Op up the street for lunch and the place was full of people eating or waiting for pizzas which looked delicious. Also, they are now open every day from 7 am to 8 pm and they do catering too. They were finishing up a wedding cake in the back when we went in for breakfast.
Pros: amazing vegan baked goods * *
Cons: strudel a bit pricey (but worth it) * * |
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| "May have turned me vegan!"
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Posted on: Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
Review: i was just a vegetarian when i first came in here but after eating their vegan pizza (they occasionally have gluten free too!!!) im sure that i could survive off only those for the rest of eternity! Sooo good, they use a great soy/tofu cheese which tastes as good or better then real cheese.
Great cakes too, also some times gluten free super great staff, try a cupcake and a cup of organic coffee to go with all the other goodies
Pros: Vegan Pizza * Gluten Free * Sandwitches
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| "Don't miss the sandwiches!"
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My Rating |
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304 |
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Posted on: Saturday, September 20, 2008 |
Review: The Sandwiches, which are only printed on the menu are HUGE and awesome. We had the Hot Salami and the Hogi and traded halves. Both were outstanding! I suggest going with a friend and doing the same. We also couldn't resist the black forest strudel, which we inhaled, while waiting for the sammys!
Pros: sandwiches * everything *
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| "hmmm..."
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My Rating |
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Posted on: Friday, September 12, 2008 |
Review: food seems appetizing, but the service is horrible. been there twice and each time i've walked in, they aren't as engaging. never asked if i needed help, just looked at me. perhaps it's cause i was asian? don't know.... didn't feel welcomed at all, which turned me off from purchasing. i'm sure it's good for the vegans, but not for those just trying to see what the food's like.
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• wow, i am 100% sure it was not because you are asian.. response by shanarvm
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| "best vegan pizza ever"
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7 |
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Posted on: Sunday, August 24, 2008 |
Review: this place is so good. the waitresses are great, the strudel is great, and the pizza is amazing. if you are vegan and you miss going out for pizza (and, hey, what vegan doesn't, deep down?), stephanie's is unbelievable. it doesn't taste like a replica of non-vegan pizza, but has a texture and taste to itself. the crust is crisp and delicious. the soy cheese generally starts out a little runny and will take more time to cool down and solidify than it will take for you to eat it. not really a problem, and it congeals the perfect amount in the fridge if you have leftovers (something which has rarely happened to me). the biggest problem is that stephanie's runs totally irregular hours. they change their schedule so often that there have been three or four times when i've attempted to go and found them closed when they were scheduled to be open, including once on my birthday -- major bummer. this is partially because they seem to change hours so frequently. at one point they had one schedule on their menu, another on their door, and another on their website. i don't know if this has changed since i haven't lived in san diego for any length of time for over a year and a half, but it was a pretty serious problem, though if it's closed you can head over to ob co-op, which has an excellent and dirt cheap deli. despite this problem, stephanie's is so good that i am willing to forgive it entirely.
oh yeah, and they also offer cow's cheese on the pizza, even though everything else is vegan and their vegan cheese has pleased everyone i've ever eaten there with. what's up with that?
Pros: pizza! * delicious *
Cons: inaccurate schedule * * |
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• Just got off the phone with them, new owners NOTHING dairy in the place, 100% vegan! Yea!. response by Veganmacrochick
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Posted on: Friday, July 25, 2008 |
Review: I want to marry Stephanie.
had savory strudel for lunch & sweet strudel for breakfast-- both AMAZINGLY tasty. kids had vegan pizza & I stole a slice- gave me faith in vegan soy cheese again!
Pros: amazingly yummy * good location *
Cons: limited hours! * sloooooooooooooow * not a lot of seating |
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• the original owner sold the business. alas, no stephanie... response by shanarvm
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| "DEEElicious!!"
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Posted on: Friday, June 20, 2008 |
Review: I ordered a peaches and cream cake(all organic and vegan of course) for a party of 30 people. It was fabulous, everyone loved it and I am the only vegan but it was my party :)
Pros: friendly * great pizza * custom orders
Cons: only open Fri-Sun * * |
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| "Flaky"
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Posted on: Monday, May 12, 2008 |
Review: My sister and I went there yesterday. I was starving and had wanted to try the goodies for so long I was excited to hear they have pizza too. We got there at about 2pm and ordered a cheese pizza with artichokes & got some other goodies. The brownie was disappointing. I'm a big brownie lover and it was more cake like and too fluffy. My sister got a brownie tart with cream on it and it was an odd combo. My brother-in-law said it had too much salt in the cream. The Tollhouse cookie bar was really great though. Unfortunately we sat on the bench inside the very hot bakery waiting for our pizza for nearly an hour. The flaky blonde girl who took our order was standing at the counter almost that entire time and never came to tell us if our pizza was ready. I waited until the other woman was done talking to some customers and asked about our pizza. She said it was right there on top of the oven and had been waiting for "quite a while". My sister said she seemed nice but was shocked that the woman did not apologize to us for making us wait. I was absolutely famished and had just spent my first Mother's Day without my mom (who died last Feb.) and I hadn't eaten all day. I was really mad. If that's the kind of flaky service Stephanie's Bakery offers then even the Tollhouse cookie bars won't get me to go back there. Plus, once we finally drove all the way back to La Mesa to eat our pizza it was rather gross. The cheese is too salty and cream-cheese like, and the pizza is as greasy as the kind we had in Junior High School that had to be toweled off. Not worth it at all!!!
Pros: Location * Prices *
Cons: Bad Service * Gross Pizza * Yucky Brownies |
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| "Yummy!"
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17 |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
Review: We tried just about every flavor of studel! Probably ate WAY too much - but it was well worth it! We had a wonderful breakfast in a beautiful place!
Pros: Fresh, home-made baked goods! * *
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| "I'm in love"
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Posted on: Friday, January 25, 2008 |
Review: this place was more than i ever expected. the vegan pizza is delicious and out-shined only by the strudels. not to mention the people behind the counter were incredibly nice. AND if thats not enough, its right down the road from the dog beach! i cant wait to go back.
Pros: great food * great service * great location
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| "I finally had my first vegan pizza"
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Posted on: Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
Review: The hardest thing for me to say goodbye to since I have been vegan has been pizza. Fortunately for me while in San Diego I stumbled upon Stephanie's. At first I couldn't believe that everything they served was vegan. I mean we had a meat lover's pizza. Ironic? It was fantastic. I would recommend this gem to anyone. I
Pros: Amazing Pizza * Friendly Service * Extensive selection of pastries
Cons: $10 credit card minimum * * |
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| "go stephanie go"
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Posted on: Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
Review: Ireally loved the strudels!! we tried the black forest, broccoli, mushrooms and spinach. spinach was my favourite at all, with lot of tofu ricotta. i would come back to san diego just to go there. my friend (not vegan) was really impressed, especially about the black forest. the staff is really nice and cool!
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| "vegan heaven"
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Posted on: Friday, July 13, 2007 |
Review: I cant say enough good things about the food here, if you're in the area you have to go! The struedals are excellent and the other desserts are just as good. The cinnamon rolls on Sundays are to die for! The staff is very friendly. We had only planned on going once during our san diego vacation, but went back again before we left because the food was so good! I can't wait to make another trip to San Diego!
Pros: food * staff *
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| "Vegan Yum!"
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Posted on: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
Review: I love the vegan strudels, esp. the spinach. My mom gets a vegan birthday cake for me every year. This year it was the most amazing German Chocolate Cake. The huge coconut flakes were so sweet and chewy.
Pros: great vegan selection * very yummy * Close to People's Co-Op
Cons: too far from OC * * |
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| "YUMMY!!!!"
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10 |
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Posted on: Friday, May 25, 2007 |
Review: We live in LA and consider driving down to San Diego just for the Stroudel!!!! It is sooo delish with lots of great sweet and savory flavors. This is something that vegans NEVER get to eat -- it always has diary in it so this is an absolutey unique treat.
Pros: great variety of food * unique food *
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Posted on: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
Review: Was here in April 2007. We had heard about this place, so on our way to San Diego, we made a detour and came here. The cafe was much smaller than how I had imagined. It's tiny but cute, and it smelled yummy. The glass case displayed a range of sweet and savory stroudels at $3 per piece in addition to other baked goods. My husband and I ordered a variety of the stroudels to try. What I liked about them was the crusty shell, though the jam preserve inside was so-so. The savory potato one was tasty though when I re-heated it at home. Ocean Beach seemed like a really relaxed place to hang out, and I would definitely return to try a lunch food or beverage the next time we visit SD again.
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| "Nice bakery by the beach"
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Posted on: Friday, April 20, 2007 |
Review: This is a cute little place within walking distance of the beach. Extremely friendly service with a wide array of items, including multiple delicious fruit pastries, muffins and drinks (from coffee to Mexican hot chocolate to chai latte). The prices are reasonable and the location is great. Only wish they had some outdoor seating!
Pros: Diverse menu * Quality food *
Cons: Lack of seating * * |
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Posted on: Saturday, January 20, 2007 |
Review: I live down the street; I am not a vegetarian or a vegan. I do not discriminate against foods of any kind, I'll try anything once. I have had a mushroom struedel as well as a blueberry, they were good. But today I stopped in and tried the "hot salami sandwich", I even ordered it fully vegan to give it a shot. Umm, YUM!!!! I couldn't believe how much I liked it, even the vegan cheese which I've never had before. It was $6, but it was HUGE. I ate half there and took the other half home for dinner. Too bad my meat eating boyfriend got to it first and loved it too! Next time I have a craving for a warm meaty marinara and cheese covered sandwich on a hot crispy baguette, I know exactly where I'm going. It was great, and even better, I don't feel so guilty about having given in to an old comfort food craving. I was full and satisfied, but did not feel heavy or weighed down at all. I can't wait to get a pizza craving now so I can go try their pizza. I'm so excited to have this new option for my unhealthy cravings. Plus it's true, the staff is always sweet, smiley and bubbly. So nice. Yay Stephanies!
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| "best Vegan pizza ever"
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Posted on: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
Review: Stephanie's has the best vegan pizza i have ever had. All their pastries are amazing. What really makes this place nice is their staff, especially the owner. She is always there and is very welcoming and always happy the be there. We go here alot, it's nice to have a great filling meal and have some dessert after. we can eat a big meal for 2 with $20. Their patios are also very nice and cool on those hot days, and inside is always nice and warm from the kitchen for those cooler days. I would definately recommend.
Pros: great welcoming staff * Pizza! * nice patio
Cons: nothing! * * |
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