Scratch Kitchen

Just north of downtown, this two-year-old bakery/sandwich shop evokes a gentler time, with cafe tables on the garden patio, tables inside touched with dappled light, and baked goods at the heart of it all. Whether a breakfast toast with avocado and pancetta, a lunchtime quiche, or a takeout pastry (oh, those flourless chocolate cakes that look like flowers), everything tastes as one would hope from a place named Scratch. The Victorian house has been lovingly restored and painted in bakery colors of pomegranate, pistachio, and lemon.