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Tarts de Feybesse is one of several fantastic French patisseries in the Bay Area, and its physical store is a newcomer, having opened in November 2024. The sweet and savory pastry shop is the brainchild of Paul and Monique Feybesse, chefs who were at the time working apart, he in Paris and she in Napa, when Paul made a beautiful apple rose tart for her on one of his visits. During the pandemic, as they sheltered in place, their project took off, leading to delivery and pickup orders, and ultimately their current pastry shop and cafe.
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Tarts de Feybesse Location and Hours
Tarts de Feybesse is located at 324 24th Street in Oakland. From downtown San Francisco, take a red line or yellow line BART from Montgomery Station to 19th Street in Oakland, then walk 13 minutes. The shop is open 9am-4:30pm Wednesdays-Saturdays and until 3pm on Sundays, but we recommend getting there soon after opening for the best choice.
The shop's interior is small, but it does have a couple of tables, handy for inclement weather. There are also a few outdoor tables with chairs.
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Tarts de Feybesse Pastries
It's hard to choose what to try, among the traditional viennoiserie, almond financiers adorned with fruit toppings, eclairs, and the eye-catching trompe l'oeil fruit pastries.
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On our first visit, we tried a pistachio eclair; an apple pastry; and a Basque Cheesecake.
The pistachio eclair looked the most impressive, and as a huge fan of pistachios I was excited to try it, but while good, it was my least favorite. I would have preferred more filling, and a less sweet, stronger pistachio flavor.
The Basque Cheesecake, however was fantastic, wonderfully rich and creamy. We took the leftovers home and it was even better served with some homemade lemon curd and blueberries.
My personal favorite was the round apple pastry on the left, with its cubes of apple and flecks of salt enhancing the buttery pastry.
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In addition to Basque Cheesecake, we took home an apple chausson, which was perfect for breakfast, and one of the mango trompe l'oeil (literally, “trick of the eye”) pastries. The exterior, of white chocolate, is decorated to look like a fruit (orange, mango, or lemon). For the mango pastry, the white chocolate shell encases genoise, mango mousse, and mango compote. My mango-loving teen raved over this, although I preferred the apple pastry and Basque Cheesecake.
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The Verdict
The wide variety of viennoiserie, pastries, and even Basque Cheesecake from Tarts de Feybesse meant that each of us had a favorite. Our teen loved the mango trompe l'oeil, my husband's pick was the Basque Cheesecake, and my favorite was the humble but satisfying apple pastry. While the pistachio eclair was certainly tasty I thought it was eclipsed by the other treats we tried. The one criticism: during our visit, several customers with very badly behaved dogs entered, even though these were clearly not service animals, were jumping up trying to put their paws on the counter and barking. This isn't a dog park, and the shop really needs to do a better job of having customers tie up their dogs outside, to comply with the law.
If we go again, we'd love to pre-order the hearty beef bourgignon and Croque Monsieur, as well as try additional viennoiserie.
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