Bars Bakery's Turtle Bar: 100 Favorite Dishes, No. 64

By Shauna Younge Thu., Mar. 10 2011 at 7:56 AM

Categories: 100 Favorite Dishes of 2011, The Sweet Life

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Shauna Younge for City Pages

You can visit the bar, even on your lunch break.

Even though Bars Bakery hasn't even been open six months, the little Selby Avenue shop has made itself heard over the din of the ever-expanding cupcake competition. By specializing in freshly baked bars of every variety, owner Sandi Younkin and her daughter Kara offer the kind of homemade comfort food that your granny used to make.

While the apple crostadas, caramel rolls, and croissants create the most amazing smell, it's the company's turtle bar that really sets it apart from the herd.

photo by Michelle Leon for City Pages

Step up to the bar, and place your order.

The turtle bar is five inches of everything you need in a dessert. It's flavorful, texture-riffic, and nostalgic goodness that reminds us of bake sales and brown bag lunches made by mom. This fudgy brownie bar is sweet without being cavity-inducingly sugary. And because no turtle treat is complete without pecans, Bars sprinkles each one liberally with nuts. A generous drizzle of caramel sauce adds the finishing touch, and still amazingly manages not to be too sweet.

BARS Bakery
612 Selby Ave, St. Paul
612.224.8300
BARS Bakery website

Hungry for more? The dishes in our countdown thus far are linked below:
No. 65: PIzzeria Lola's Lady Zaza Pizza
No. 66: In Season's fried oysters
No. 67: Cave Vin's steak frites
No. 68: Everest on Grand's cabbage and potatoes
No. 69: Christos's saganaki
No. 70: Surly Coffee Bender
No. 71: Quang's bun tom xao
No. 72: YoYo Donuts' maple bacon doughnut
No. 73: Cupcake's mini cupcakes
No. 74: Willy D's ribs
No. 75: Salsa a la Salsa's Fried Chocolate Truffles
No. 76: Anodyne's Artichoke Melt
No. 77: Origami's steamed duck
No. 78: B.T. McElrath's Salty Dog bar
No. 79: Mozza Mia's house-made limoncello
No. 80: Salty Tart Bakery's pastry cream-filled brioche
No. 81: Little Szechuan's bamboo tips with chili sauce
No. 82: Oceanaire's Jumbo Lump Crab Cake
No. 83: Aperitif's Nonni's Meatballs
No. 84: Christos's Saganaki
No. 85: Seven Stars' Sesame Bagel
No. 86: Hell's Kitchen Lemon Ricotta Hotcakes
No. 87: Blackbird banh mi
No. 88: Tank Goodness chocolate chip cookies
No. 89: Sole Cafe's gal bee
No. 90: Porter & Frye's El Pelon
No. 91: Coffee News' fish and chips
No. 92: Bread & Chocolate's Fabulous Fudge Bar
No. 93: People's Organic Panna Cotta
No. 94: Sea Salt Eatery Crawdad Po' Boy
No. 95: Fuji Ya's Tofu Don
No. 96: Ike's Food and Cocktails The Weekender Bloody Mary
No. 97: Punch's Toto pizza
No. 98: Stockholm Pie Company's peanut butter fudge cream pie
No. 99: Dogwood Coffee Co.'s macchiato
No. 100: Al's Breakfast buttermilk pancakes

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