Pembroke Bakery & Cafe

Was excited to visit Pembroke Bakery and now I have I will not return. I ordered soup, a half sandwich, a cookie and tea, this cost just shy of $10. I would not be upset about the price, but the serving of soup was skimpy and it was barely warm.  The multigrain sourdough bread I choose for my half sandwich was dry, very, very dry, and the selection of toppings was poor. I choose greens, sliced tomato, cucumber, and peppers, that was all that was appropriate for a sandwich. I didn't choose meat or cheese because I am vegan.  For a cafe selling itself on being vegan I expected a better choice of veggies for sandwiches, Subway has a much larger selection to choose from.  The vegan cherry, oatmeal cookie was amazingly good, it compensated a little for the cold soup and dry sandwich.  My friend ordered the soup, hers was cold as well, she selected a slice of wheat sourdough bread and it was  extremely dry, her meal was salvaged by the chickpea salad which she said was delicious.
We went on a Sunday a little after noon, they open at noon, it was obvious the two workers had arrived at noon. Service was horribly slow, my friend ordered a rice bowl but was told she couldn't have one because the rice had to cook.
A cafe with so much potential.....but alas with lack of attention to detail it makes for an unsatisfying dining experience.

They got it right!
Not a knock of anything-Great location, newer business, model.. Starbucks would get killed if they tried to compete with them!

They make their own chocolate chip cookies, brownies fresh out of the ovens in back. The brownies where still in the cooking pan when I got one. They also feature other coffee house homemade baked goods.

Do not be afraid of the words like gluten free and dairy free. The food here does not taste like cardboard, soaked in skim milk?

The location is "perfect", Located in a Fort Wayne Museum of arts building. It will ensure a lot of woman who have "nothing to do" will visit. Also being located one floor below the Fort Wayne dance collective. This will help fill the place with people looking for Pembroke's vegetarian offerings.

The owners have run this shop for about nine months. And has received rave reviews from others.  Their background is equally impressive. Starting in the farmers markets and catering services, they learned to survive. And this place is their end result.

I second the "First to Review" Pembroke, "Yay for local, vegan and organic!" I love the place, location, and concept. What I ate (peas & rice dish and cup of salmorejo, cold tomato soup) wasn't exceptional, and customer service interaction was odd (staff were deeply engaged in conversations with other customers and ignored me - I felt like I crashed their party?!) but I will defintely give it another shot.