The Swiss Bakery

We were not disappointed. Pasteleria Suiza has the coat of arms of Geneva, a Swiss canton in the French-speaking area, on the front. The bakery offered a wide variety of pastries, both refrigerated and not, and it was really hard to pick which ones to get. Sev and I each got two. I don't even know what to call some of these, but trust me, they were excellent. Other than the food, the best part is the bakery is right next to Parque Espana, a very pretty park with two nice dog parks where you can watch dogs play.

When you enter you pick up a large metal tray and some clamps to pick up the pastries. And when you're done, the food is wrapped in this newspaper-like paper with French cartoons and string and has a charming old-timey feel.

We went back multiple times over the two weeks we spent in Mexico City, and each time I got something new. Sev seemed to like sticking to the same kind of pastry, a cherry pie—we even bought a large cherry pie to eat over the course of several days. They also offer a large variety of chocolates and cold desserts.

The price is a little high for Mexico—the full-sized cherry pie cost 380 pesos, or about $19 USD, and the smaller items ranged from $2-$4, but the quality is proportionally high and we thought it was completely worth it. Especially compared to places like El Globo, a chain pastry shop on our block where half the things are stale. Pasteleria Suiza is an easy five snacks, and I would definitely recommend it to our readers.