Dominique Ansel Bakery at The Grove

Dominique Ansel Bakery

The Grove

15 minutes before opening. 3 hour wait.

Opening day, the staff all came out, along with Dominque Ansel himself.

2.5 hours later, can finally see the front!

And now... in the closer half of the line.

Kinda cool.

The legendary cronut. First flavor for the LA location: white peach muscovado.

Line moves a little slow.

Cookie shots are after 3pm only. Cakes.

Cakes.

So. Many. Croissants.

Finishing touches on an ice cream s'mores.

Porchetta sandwich was very decent.

Ice cream s'mores. How had I not heard of this before?!?!

White peach muscovado is this month's flavor. So good.

Where the magic happens.

That's a lot of convection ovens.

Christmas tree.

The Gumbo Pot.

Really disgusting alligator gumbo.

Plain, almond, and chocolate croissants.

Not the best I've had, but decent enough.

Trying Terraforming Mars agian.

Curry House on Sawtelle went cafeteria-style?

Stone bowl curry.

Opening day for Dominique Ansel Bakery in Los Angeles. Ridiculous 3+ hour wait, but to finally get a try at the original cronut-- clearly superior to all others. Every month at every location the flavor is unique, no repeats-- white peach muscovado is the opening one here at The Grove. Yum! And a complete surprise to me was the ice cream s'mores... how had I not had one of these before?

Porchetta sandwich was also a surprise (clearly I had not studied the menu beforehand!), although the verdict was about the same as the s'mores: good, even very good, but not amazing. Ditto for the croissants, which are good, but not quite tops. Assessment: excellent, but I don't know if I would wait 3+ hours again. *grins*

I do need to make at least one follow-up visit for the cakes, tho... and maybe a proper meal at 189, the restaurant?

Other fooding during the day included a teribble alligator gumbo from the Farmers Market next door, and a rather ordinary stone bowl curry from the newly redone Curry House on Sawtelle.