Restaurant: Erick Schat’s Bakery
Location: 763 N Main St, Bishop, CA 93514. :(760) 873-7156
Date: March 25, 2016
Cuisine: Dutch Bakery
Rating: Great sandwiches and dessert
Passing through Bishop countless times I’ve often observed the crowd forming around Schat’s Bakery and wondered what it’s all about, so I decided to see.
The place is ancient for California, founded in 1938 by Dutch immigrants. Imagine what Bishop was like in 1938? It’s hardly a metropolis now!
Schat’s has too sides, both packed, the sandwich/bread/savory side and the sweet side. We stopped off first to get some lunch and had to wait 20 or so minutes.
Besides all the classic sandwiches and house-baked bread they feature jams, beef jerky, and all sorts of accompaniments.
Pastrami sandwich on rie. How could I resist? I did sub in aged Gouda cheese for swiss. I hate swiss cheese. This was a great pastrami. Tender and juicy and the bread was nice.
Classic tuna. As American as it gets, and they do it well.
There is a LOT of bread at Schats, many types too.
And more bread.
And even hot cross buns!
Over on the sweet side are all sorts of Northern European influenced goodies — plus some clogs, Delft, and other Dutch kitsch.
Bearclaw danish ring with almond paste. Woah! That looks good. I had a mini version and it was pretty old school and delicious.
Sweet buns.
Old fashioned cookies.
Crazy shaped cookies.
Chocolates.
Candies and more.
And even things like this marzipan and buttercream mouse on cheese!
Schat’s is certainly a fun (and popular) stop over. It was mobbed on both sides, which the pictures don’t totally represent because I was trying to keep the people out of the frame. We left both satisfied and with a sugar high!