French Bakery Near Me in Miami: Inside Casa Bake's Croissant Kitchen

Casa Bake does not look like a destination from the street. It is a suite in a Miami business park at 7165 SW 47th Street, between Bird Road and Miller Drive, and it keeps baker's hours: closed Monday, 8 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Friday and 8 am to 1 pm on weekends. Inside is one of the most serious croissant programs in the county, run by a French pastry chef who also teaches. For a french bakery near me in southwest Miami, it rewards an early start.

The bakery's website describes Casa Bake as an artisanal French bakery with a modern twist, and it is built around Chef Benoît Pagliardini, who runs the pastry classes held in the same professional kitchen. The site invites visitors to immerse themselves in the art of baking in the heart of Casa Bake, and its class page sells the idea of learning French pastry classics in a working bakery rather than a demonstration studio.

Customers have noticed the technique. One Google reviewer wrote three months ago that Ben is a master laminator, and that this foundation is what makes every offering consistently tremendous. Croissants are by far the most mentioned item in the bakery's Google reviews, with pistachio, almond, dulce de leche and ham and cheese versions all named. The Miami Living 2026 bakery guide includes Casa Bake among its pastry ateliers, praising its fruit tarts, brioche and golden croissants.

Prices come from Casa Bake's own Square ordering page. A plain croissant is $3.50, and the chocolate croissant and almond croissant are $4.50 each. The chocolate almond croissant, which the shop calls the big brother of its best seller, is $4.90, as is the ham and cheese croissant. The cheapest item on the board is also the most Miami: a guava and cheese croissant for $3, which the menu frames as a fusion of Miami and France.

Filled croissants are $4.50, and a box of 12 mini croissants is $35, with a choice of plain, pistachio, nocciola or dulce de leche noted at checkout. Beyond the croissant, the kouign amann is $4, a pain suisse filled with vanilla custard and chocolate chunks is $4.50, and sweet and savory danishes are $4.50 each, the savory one filled with cream cheese, ham and bacon. A Lorraine truffle danish, also $4.50, is the most unusual thing in the case.

The bread shelf is short but complete. The sourdough rustic loaf and the sourdough multigrain loaf are $8 each and the brioche loaf is $6. The croque monsieur, made with Casa Bake's own sourdough, béchamel, ham and Swiss cheese, is $6 and the closest thing to lunch on the menu. Monkey bread comes as a $3.50 individual with cinnamon and sliced almonds, or as a $7 pull-apart loaf for a table.

Nothing goes to waste. The $3.50 bread pudding is made from layers of croissant and brioche with chocolate chips and raisins, a smart way to use yesterday's dough that tastes better than its price suggests. Homemade granola sells for $10 a bag and house jam for $14, both useful if you want to take a breakfast home.

The menu also shows where the bakery's French training meets its Miami customers. Alongside the classic chocolate croissant there is the guava and cheese croissant, a nocciola filling for the minis and a dulce de leche croissant that Google reviewers single out, all built on the same laminated dough. One recent reviewer described the croissants as super pillowy soft with the perfect crunch on top. A mixed box is the best way to compare the plain dough against the filled versions side by side, and the box of 12 minis makes that easy for a group.

Whole tarts for six to eight people are $40, in strawberry, raspberry, mixed berry, chocolate, lemon meringue and an almond and pear tart the menu calls La Tarte Bourdaloue. The vanilla millefeuille, the Saint-Honoré and the gluten-free fraisier are $50, the Parisian flan is $45, and quiche Lorraine or spinach and mushroom quiche for six to eight is $35. These are listed for pickup, so order ahead rather than hoping one is sitting in the case at noon on a Saturday.

The class calendar is a large part of what Casa Bake does. The October 2026 schedule on its website lists an English-language canelé and fondant class on October 18 at 5 pm, croissant classes on October 14 at 6 pm and on October 25, and a macaron class on October 28. The site also offers an online, virtual croissant class, and private pastry classes for groups of at least five people by request. Gift cards are valid only for baked goods and cannot be used for classes.

The short weekend window is the main rule. With a 1 pm close on Saturday and Sunday, the best croissants and the filled varieties tend to go first, so a weekend visit works best in the first hour or two. Weekdays are calmer and run until 4 pm. The bakery's site lists email, not a phone line, for questions and special requests, so use the contact form or order through the website for pickup. Tropical Park, the large county park on Bird Road, is a short drive away and a good spot to eat a bag of pastries under the trees.

Address: 7165 SW 47th Street, Suite 316, Miami, FL 33155. Email: sales@casa-bake.com. Hours: Monday closed, Tuesday to Friday 8 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 1 pm. Plain croissant $3.50, guava and cheese croissant $3, kouign amann $4, chocolate almond croissant $4.90, sourdough loaf $8, croque monsieur $6, whole tarts $40. Online pickup orders at casa-bake.com. Croissant, canelé and macaron classes run several times a month.