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Back To Eden Bakery

  • Bakery Bakery
  • Vegan
    ( 53 reviews )
Contact 503-477-5022
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2217 NE Alberta St (at Alberta District), Portland, Oregon, USA, 97211

Small-batch bakery in the Alberta neighborhood which is known for its arts community. Makes desserts, pastries, and a few salads. Serves organic fair-trade coffee. Vegan and gluten-free with soy-free and sugar-free options. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-9:00pm.

Reviews (53)

First Review by HM

Yum - Edit

Tried a few savory dishes and extremely happy with the taste. Even the salad was delicious. Took home a few treats for the family and no one was disappointed. Will visit again and again.


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Delicious desserts without excess sugar - Edit

I had the Oatmeal Whoopie pie and Stone berry crumble pie. Both were amazing. Everything was not too sweet and quite satisfying. Though I didn't eat most of the cream in the Whoopie pie because I don't like that kind of cream but the cookie was so freaking delicious and softly baked.


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Best vegan bakery! - Edit

Tiny, but amazing little vegan bakery. Soft serve is incredible! I was visiting town for 4 days, and even though there are so many places for vegans, I went back a second time. The baked goods are incredible too! I wanted one of each, but that was impossible. I tried about 5 different items and all were amazing.

Pros: Great assortment of baked goods, Soft-serve!! Enough said!


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Vegan Heaven - Edit

We got a banana split and a Oregon trail Sunday and a peanut butter crunch bar. All amaaaaazing! Thank you thank you thank you from my taste buds ;) I would for sure go back the service was great and the food was even better!

Pros: vegan Ice cream! , all vegan, good service


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The Gold Standard in Vegan Bakeries - Edit

In a city with several excellent vegan bakeries, Back to Eden is my favorite. The service is always helpful and friendly, and the food is delicious. While some of items change seasonally, they have a fairly consistent line of baked goods including pies, cookies, cupcakes, pastries and other goodies.

For my taste, the standouts are the pies, the Lemon Cream in particular. The lemon filling and cream topping are the perfect mix of sweet and tangy. The chocolate cream pie is rich but not too heavy, and the crusts are just about perfect. Other favorites are the Toffee Bars and Cinnamon Rolls. The soft serve and sundaes are also excellent.

If there's one item where they could use some improvement it's the cookies. The flavor is solid but the texture is could be improved. But that's a minor quibble in a bakery that hits the mark with pretty much everything else. I've only sampled a couple of the savory items and those were also quite good, so it's a great stop for a light lunch.

I usually reserve a five star rating for a place that's near flawless, but Back to Eden gets it right in so many ways that it's easy to overlook the few areas where they fall just a little short of excellent.

Pros: Delicious food, Friendly Service


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Great ice cream, friendly staff - Edit

The highlight of our visit to back to eden was the woman behind the counter. I wish I had written down her name, but she was super friendly and gave us tips for places to go in town.
We got ice cream, a banana split and a sundae. Both were great! We shared a little Boston cream pie that was just ok. I would love to come back and try more of their bakery items.


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SE Division - awesome funkiness - Edit

Visiting Portland, we were new to the concept of food trucks congregated together. That is where we found Back to Eden Bakery. I'm glad we didn't go to their main location, because we would have missed the eclectic experience of the SE Division location. We visited this location on three different occasions during our stay in Portland.

My spouse and I both loved their savory tarts. We especially enjoyed the Spinach and Mushroom tart and Tomato with Cashew Cream. They were both amazing and filling. On the sweet side, I enjoyed the coconut cream pies, both chocolate and lemon. My spouse loved the chocolate peanut butter toffee bar. On one trip, I took advantage of their ice cream and enjoyed a shake for the first time in over five years.

This location provided outdoor seating for all the food trucks, so you could end up sharing a table with anyone. Every time we went, the place was crowded, but always with good-natured folks.

Pros: Great food, Good selection, Great service

Cons: Ordering system - not great


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Not just a bakery! - Edit

We've been here once and plan to go again. In addition to bakery items, they have a full ice cream bar with sundaes and warm meals. We only got ice cream (for there) and bakery items (to go). The ice cream was fabulous. The whole place is 100% vegan. The bakery items were a little gritty, as to be expected since they were gluten-free. We look forward to having sundaes and hot food there.

This bakery is right in the heart of Alberta Street--a long street with quaint little shops on both sides. This means that parking is challenging. They also barely have any seating, just a few small tables inside.

Pros: All vegan, Consistently known around the world, Amazing ice cream!

Cons: Pricey, Parking, Small seating area


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friendly place great food - Edit

We had a couple of the salads there, some potato soup and some ice cream. The salads were ok but the soup was very good. Soft serve vegan ice cream is still a rare treat for me so it was fun and tasty. The baked goods all looked awesome.

Pros: friendly people, good food


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YUMMY!! - Edit

Cute bakery with lots to offer. I had a nice lunch of tomato soup and a savory sundried tomato scone. For dessert I had the blueberry lavender cheesecake which was delish! The area is super cute too to walk your lunch off and come back for their soft serve ice cream!


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