Rustica Bakery Cafe - Edina

Could do with a little more cosyness, a few armchairs or couches would be good. But service, food, and coffee is great!

Rustica Balery is a delightful bakery. I have been to their Minneapolis bakery a few times, and just moved near the Edina location. I tried a few items: the honey lavender latte was nice, as well as the pastry I got, and a quiche. They have a wide variety of seasonal coffees and pastries. A few things keeping this review from 5 stars- I was underwhelmed by the coffee. It was just okay. And next is the quiche. Don't get me wrong, it was tasty, but I was shocked when I opened to see how small it was with the dressed greens. (Pictures below, smaller than my hand for a slice)For 12$, I'll stick to the quiche from down the road. The dressed greens were wet in olive oil, no lemon, salt or pepper. Instead of it being fresh, it just tasted like heavily saturated olive oil spinach. The Edina location staff were friendly and quick. Ambience is wonderful, nice lighting and tall windows! Overall I will go back, but probably will stick to a pastry.

The pastries were awesome, if a little expensive. However, the hot chocolate was flavorless and disappointing. The place is clean, but very echoey.

Great atmosphere and staff was great to us. Espresso comes with a small glass of sparkling water which is a perfect European blend.

The bakery items and chai are delicious here! I stopped in around 1:00 on a Saturday and there was plenty of seating and no wait.