Terzo Bakery & Cafe

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Terzo Bakery & Cafe on Chula Vista's Third Avenue offers an all-day menu of French-Mexican pastries, espresso drinks, and savory plates from 357 Third Avenue in the walkable downtown district. The scratch kitchen produces croissants, tres leches, empanadas, and horchata lattes alongside focaccia sandwiches and avocado toast, a bilingual menu format that serves the same celebration circuit as La Taquiza catering. Hands-on baking classes add a teaching component to the cafe, covering laminated-dough technique and fondant decoration for small groups. The sweet-crepe station and smoothie bar extend the menu past traditional panaderia fare, and Third Avenue foot traffic flows between the cafe and craft taprooms including 3 Punk Ales Brewing Co. nearby on the corridor. The croissant program uses a 72-hour cold-ferment lamination process with 27 alternating layers of European-style 83-percent-butterfat butter and high-gluten flour to achieve a 3-inch vertical rise.