Last Friday’s Week in Review featured a gorgeous kitchen with white subway tile up the wall. I love this look so much, we put it in our master bath shower surround. But I’m lucky enough to see walls of beautiful white tile in another spot every day- at Tatte Bakery & Cafe.

Tatte is a lovely little place on both Broadway Street and Third Street in Cambridge and also around the corner (below my office) on Main Street with their original location in Brookline. It’s a charming bakery and cafe with yummy pastries and fresh delicious sandwiches.

I’m so in love with the look of Tatte. From the gorgeous mish-mash of bulbs chandelier to the antique front counter, it’s a gorgeous combination of sleek but tattered, bold yet understated. Dare I say rustic luxe?

It really is just a sensory overload with amazing buttery smells and something beautiful in every nook and cranny. I remember stopping at the Third Street location just a couple weeks after I started working in Cambridge. A couple of thirty-somethings lingered at a corner table munching on croissant and sipping from big frothy mugs. I couldn’t take it all in at once and obviously looked overwhelmed. A friendly “what can I get for you?” snapped me out of my wonderment.

I went home that night with a cute cardboard box of two brownies and a pear tart and had to restrain myself from gobbling them down on the ride home.

If I were to open a business, I imagine it would look a lot like this lovely little Tatte Bakery & Cafe. But luckily, I don’t need to go through the trouble- I just need to go to work and walk downstairs.

For more information on Tatte (and even more yummy food pics!) visit TatteBakery.com. Or even better, swing by and eat up! Tatte will not disappoint.