Paris Bakery
271 Bonifacio Place, Monterey, (831) 646-1620 1234 Broadway Ave., Seaside, (831) 394-7798 parisbakery.us
Sharing meals and food is said to be a soft power of diplomacy and rulers and electees have been flexing food as power since the naissance of government – democratic or otherwise. Roman senators handed out leftover bread for votes and once upon a time in feudal Europe and communist Southeast Asia, class was marked by the quality of flour or rice you were allotted. Paris Bakery consolidated power around food as well, with delicate fruit tarts, a variety of croissants, baguettes, quiches and fresh-made sandwiches. It’s not the strong-armed kind of power, it’s the soft, filling and tasty, convincing kind of power.