I am going to second what Jason said about The Swiss Bakery. I also enjoy some of their unique breads.

they also do some really nice fruit based tarts and cakes. We got a "french fruit cake" with peaches, blueberries, blackberry, strawberries and kiwi on top of multi layer sponge. it was good times.

Add my recommendation for the Swiss Bakery. It is my fairly new indulgence to stop by on the weekend and get a box of their excellent cookies to keep around the house. Other items I've tried were also very good, including the shelved and refrigerated sundries.

One disappointment though was ordering holiday pies through them. I suspect that they farmed out this work because I did not feel the pies were up to the other items quality(and the volume of people picking up was huge). We won't order the pies in advance from there again.

Breads and especially the dinner rolls were great for the holiday dinner.

BD

The Laugen rolls are my favorite. They are like round soft pretzels. I think they brush them with butter before they sprinkle on the salt. (Like Auntie Ann's, but better.) I had a flattened one with Swiss cheese melted on it the other day - I think they call it "cheese bread" - yum. Also their health bread is very good. The white chocolate mousse cake is to die for.

Is that health white chocolate mousse cake?!

Went for the first time last week. Tried their Swiss Cheese loaf which had a mild cheese flavor and was incredibly soft...almost like wonder bread. Kind of surprising to buy an artisinal loaf that didn't have a hard crust. Also had their seeded specialty loaf (forget the name, it starts with a "W"), which I loved. Long like a baguette, had a good crust with a chewy interior. Will be going back to try more carb renditions

We were at a garden party at the Swiss embassy about a week ago, and the Swiss Bakery was one of the sponsors. My wife is German and has mastered practically all the difficulties of adjusting to life in the US, save one: the lack of decent loaf-style bread. You can find a good baguette here, or even Italian style breads, but anyone who has spent time in German-speaking Europe knows that finding the equivalent style of bread here is almost impossible. Well, our search has ended. This weekend we took a trip out to the Swiss Bakery based on our sampling of their wares at the embassy party. Their bread is the real thing, baked on site, and in all the perplexing variety you might find in a bakery in Basel or Zürich. We wanted the Waliser, but they only bake it on Thursdays, so we ended up getting a large chunk of sourdough rye, which is sold by the pound. This bread was so authentic in aroma, taste, and texture, my wife got even a little teary-eyed from homesickness as she ate it. I can think of no batter stamp of authenticity. She felt the same about the cinnamon rolls (which had a delicacy and texture completely unlike the doughy and overblown concoctions that usually go by that name), and the Laugengebäck was also excellent. The next time we need a cake we will also come here. It was a real joy to discover this place.

The baguettes here are also excellent and sell out very early.

My Swiss-born sister-in-law (now living in Pennsylvania) orders products by mail from the Swiss Bakery to assuage her homesickness.

I noticed last weekend that there seems to be a second location in the Ravensworth Shopping Center on Braddock Road just west of 495. Didn't have time to check it out, but it certainly would be more convenient for folks to the north and east of Burke.

That's the one we went to.

I should read this website more often - I had no idea The Swiss Bakery had opened a second location in Ravensworth.

I don't remember them having anything savory (other than dried sausage) in the Burke location, but their Ham and Cheese Croissant ($2.75) is a welcome change from the Cardiac Scramble at nearby Smith and Clarkson's, and the Raisin Scone ($2.25) is perfect with a cup of coffee.

And they have pints of homemade ice cream, some (but not all) made without corn syrup.

Cheers,
Rocks.

Actually, they are in the process of expanding that location. It looked like they were doubling the square footage. It is a great place. Good breads and very friendly folks. It is a real jem in that shopping center.