Tabio Restaurants

The seductive smells wafting out the door from the exhibition bakery entice you in. Pastry delicacies the glass case tempt the eye and then delight taste buds. The smell of full flavored coffee completes the allure.

Only a block over from the town square (parque principal), located on Calle 6 in Tabio, Don Hornero’s offers a clean environment and quality products. The husband and wife owners go to extremes to present the best in town. Oscar mans the bakery department starting his creations with only the best ingredients while his wife handles the rest. Tables are always cleaned immediately upon a patron leaving and everything is kept freshened. The couple searched Colombia before deciding to only offer Café Brisal to their customers. Coming from a limited production of a small farm, the owners of the plantation control quality in everything from the plants to the roasting of the beans. At one of the three round blue tables patrons can enjoy the ambience while watching passersby on the cobblestone street or conversing with others coffee and pastry enthusiasts.

Food delights include a variety of cookies (including many with chocolate) muffins, empanadas and seven-grain bread. The small bread referred to as pancito is so popular in town that people line up in the morning to get it fresh from the oven. To satisfy all tastes they also carry fruit drinks, soda and ice cream.

I noticed the friendliness in the place and that the clientele included the town notary as well as prominent business members of the community. Conversations cover many subject including angels as the baker, Oscar, has published two books including a university textbook on the subject. And don’t worry about your Spanish when visiting. It seems to be the only coffee shop in town whose owners speak English.

Don Hornero’s is on my recommended list to go when in Tabio and you can’t go wrong by adding it to yours.

Favorite Dish: Arrive at about 10 AM to get the 7-grain small bread fresh from the oven.