Wild Love Bakehouse (Knoxville, TN)

 1625 N Central St, Knoxville, TN 37917

 

Wild Love Bakehouseis a hipster coffee shop on the outskirts of downtown Knoxville. In addition to (hot) drinks it serves a host of homemade pastries and cookies.

 

The display looks like a nice French bakery. The pastries are expensive but big and of very high quality. 

 

The enormous Croissant ($3.75) is buttery and very crispy on the outside (seems a US thing), while the Kouign Amann ($3.75), caramelized sugar and croissant dough, is crispy and sweet. The Pain au Chocolat ($4.50) has real dark chocolate in it, while the Almond Croissant ($4.50) is the only pastry to slightly disappoint (almond paste is a bit underwhelming).

 

VERDICT: 89/100

Very good pastries that are big but expensive.