{"id":499992,"date":"2026-01-07T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499992\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:17:09","slug":"pile-on-the-pastries-at-center-citys-adorable-carbs-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499992\/","title":{"rendered":"Pile on the Pastries at Center City\u2019s Adorable Carbs Counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Prolific Philly restaurateur <a href=\"https:\/\/philly.eater.com\/22321374\/ellen-yin-fork-lets-talk-philly-sisterly-love-food-fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellen Yin<\/a> got into the bakery game when she opened <a href=\"https:\/\/philly.eater.com\/venue\/921960\/the-bread-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Bread Room<\/a> in Center City this fall under her High Street Hospitality Group, right next door to its American restaurant of the same name. Chef Christine McKeough and head baker Kyle Wood churn out more than 20 types of pastries with pan-Asian touches \u2014 think yuzu, candied ginger, cardamom \u2014 alongside sandwiches and a fun variety of breads, like caraway rye, epi sesame baguettes, and cherry buckwheat loaves, in the small counter-service space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">The espresso and lattes are fun, with their own nods to the bakery\u2019s menu of Asian pastries. My croissant milk cortado ($5) was what Sabrina Carpenter should\u2019ve been singing about: short and sweet. I followed that with the black sesame latte ($6), which paired well with my cookie, a balance of subtle sweetness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">There aren\u2019t too many seating options \u2014 some counter window seating and a couple of tables \u2014 so plan ahead. Otherwise, just order <a href=\"https:\/\/ws-api.toasttab.com\/online\/the-bread-room-834-chestnut-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> or take everything to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">At night, the space is used as <a href=\"https:\/\/thebreadroomphl.com\/#classes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bakery workshop<\/a>, hosting classes like pizza-making for children, how to laminate bread, introductions to sourdough, and even private group lessons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1 masaseg\">The critically acclaimed team behind <a href=\"https:\/\/highsthospitality.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Street Hospitality<\/a> brings Center City a bakery by day and a place for culinary classes and events by night. Located around the corner from its sit-down sibling <a href=\"https:\/\/highsthospitality.com\/portfolio_page\/high-street-on-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Street<\/a>, the walk-up case is stacked with 20 options made daily by pastry chef Kate Hughes and her team. Think: smoked vanilla bay leaf kouign amann, almond yuzu bostock, rotating \u201cpop tarts,\u201d and crullers. Luscious loaves sold by their weight join made-to-order items like a hoagie muffuletta on sesame focaccia and a black lime chicken salad on ciabatta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prolific Philly restaurateur Ellen Yin got into the bakery game when she opened the Bread Room in Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,141333,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-499992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dining-report","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115856372150853040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}