Paris Baguette expands to central Phoenix with third Arizona location

• It's one of 19 locations scattered throughout Arizona, California and Nevada.

Zoom in: Paris Baguette goes beyond the classics. Once you grab your tray and a pair of tongs, your head will be spinning from all your choices of cakes, donuts, tarts, sweet and savory pastries and breakfast sandwiches

• If you're in the mood for something traditional, choose from chocolate croissants, berry tarts and quiche Lorraine.
• You can also get a little more adventurous with selections like mochi donuts, red bean bread and imitation crab croquettes.
• Grab a cup of various coffees, teas or smoothies, or take home a whole cake or loaf of bread while you're there.

Best bites: After wandering around and being indecisive, I settled on a pair of baked goods: a sweet potato pastry and a curry croquette.

• I've never had anything like the croquette. It was a warm, delicious glob of curry, potatoes and onions surrounded by a slightly chewy bread.
• The sweet potato pastry was a sugary, crunchy twist filled with custard cream.

What's next: There's so much to choose from that I'll have to make Paris Baguette a regular breakfast stop just to try all the goods I passed over on my first trip.