Brennan's Bakery - Unpleasant!

Brennan's Bakery
4917 Northwest 34th Street

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This little bakery used to be called the Northwood Bakery.  I'd driven by it several times, but never actually saw it open for business.  Lately, however, I've noticed the place has been open.  After a mid-day swim at the Y, I decided to stop in to see what they had to offer.  I was hoping for a nice loaf of bread or maybe a sandwich and something sweet.   
 
Upon entering, I noticed that there were slim pickins on the shelves and display cases.  It also looked old and sad.  It reminded me of an old timey, slightly dirty, nothing fancy bakery that my Grandfather might have taken me to in New Jersey when I was a little kid. 

I figured I'd try one of their subs.  Instead of traditional sub rolls, they had these large sheets of flat bread that they'd cut up to somewhat resemble a sub roll.  Having seen nothing like this before (I don't mean that in a good way), I immediately grew skeptical.  The guy who made the sub was friendly enough, and offered me the sandwich at a price that was much less than what was written on the chalk board.  I then figured I should try one of their baked goods, so I got a cookie.  There were chocolate chip cookies and what appeared to be double chocolate chip cookies. The guy helping me claimed that he didn't know what either of them were and actually admitted that the baker made the darker ones incorrectly, adding way too much of a particular ingredient (thus the darker hue).  As you could imagine, the cookie tasted like the baker accidentally added too much of one ingredient.

After a few bites of the sub, I could go no further.  The bread was terrible.  It was dry, flavorless, and pasty.  The cookie was bad too.  Everything about this experience was unpleasant.   The bakery seemed ill stocked, the ingredients seemed cheap and sub-par, and it just didn't taste good at all. 

I'm not sure how these guys hope to stay in business, but I'm betting they won't be around for much longer.