VG Donut & Bakery has operated as a Mettee-family business in Encinitas's Cardiff-by-the-Sea since 1969, making it one of the longest-running bakeries in coastal North County San Diego. The full-service bakery bakes donuts twice per production cycle and turns out pastries, muffins, cookies, bread, wedding cakes, and seasonal desserts from 106 Aberdeen Drive, anchoring the same Cardiff dining corridor where Best Pizza & Brew serves the post-beach crowd. Now a third-generation operation — VG stands for Very Good — the bakery's signature apple fritters are cut flat and square with ribbed surfaces that channel glaze into crispy-edge pockets, a technique maintained since the original 1969 recipes. Wedding cake production at competitive North County pricing has made VG a venue-preferred vendor for sites including the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, with tasting appointments and custom buttercream design available alongside the Cardiff-by-the-Sea nightlife at The Shanty down the road. The bakery's most complex output involves multi-tier buttercream wedding cakes, custom royal-icing sugar cookies, and full dessert-bar builds combining donut bites, brownie bites, sheet cake, and specialty pies for events exceeding 200 guests.