Exceptional ingredients and finessed technique took Ad Astra from a garage to a local baking empire.
Ron Mendoza knows how to craft a good bite – and one that makes people come back for more. He landed his first kitchen job in Long Beach out o…
Ad Astra is set to open a second location, this one in Carmel Valley’s Mid Valley Shopping Center.
The scribes of old speak of coffee as if the very elements yielded to its steaming, deep brown liquor.
Ron Mendoza and his team at Ad Astra Bread Co. refuse to be bound by convention. Although convention demands they dole out pumpkin spice—being…
PASTRY CASE… Great news for local carb lovers – Ad Astra’s Alvarado Street cafe and bakery is now open. Go for the beautiful pastries, stick a…
There’s a sandwich board on Alvarado Street that declares WE ARE OPEN, but at 9am on Wednesday it’s not really needed—the way customers are in…
“We’re making some right now.”
You’ve heard it before, life is unfair.