Take a break from sugar bombs like cupcakes and donuts and discover the simple pleasures of a well-balanced cinnamon roll. Learn about my top Los Angeles cinnamon rolls, which are all fairly different, listed in alphabetical order.
Huckleberry, 1014 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, 310 451 2311
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Huckleberry co-owner Zoe Nathan comes from the Tartine Bakery school, so it’s no surprise her cinnamon roll ($3.75) resembles her mentors’ legendary morning buns. Still, Nathan makes the baked good her own, utilizing a dense, sticky pastry, a modest cinnamon infusion and almost every millimeter coated with granulated sugar, including the hollow center.
La Grande Orange Café, 260 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, 626 356 4444,
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This is by far the most expensive cinnamon roll on the list because the only way to get one is to order the Dixie Pan-Fried Chicken ($19). The dinner-only roll comes with two boneless chicken breasts, a generous pile of buttery mashed potatoes and al dente green beans. The snail-shaped delight is the softest and flakiest of the bunch, sticky but subtly sweet. Be warned: you won’t be able to get through the chicken before you attack the warm, pull-apart roll.
Little Flower Candy Co., 1422 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, 626 304 4800
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Christine Moore may be best known for her sea salt caramels, but at her bakery & café on Pasadena’s western fringe, you’ll also find a scintillating cinnamon roll ($2.50). The inner flap of Little Flower’s flaky, pull-apart pastry is coated with cinnamon paste and bits of pecan. The middle definitely offers the top bites. It’s a sugary core that’s rife with cinnamon, sugar and heap of pecans.
If you have a favorite cinnamon that I didn’t include, please let me know below in the comments.
Blog Comments
Artsmart
June 15, 2016 at 11:04 PM
THE best cinnamon rolls>? Belles Café!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Large, pillowy with yeast flavor the best. Not swimming in bad frosting! Enjoy with GREAT coffees. REPEAT: BEST CINNAMON ROLLS ANYWHERE!
Joshua Lurie
June 16, 2016 at 8:07 PM
Artsmart, Thanks for the Belle rec, and for reading.