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Review of The Croissant Time French Bake...

This used to be a bakery with high quality croissa...

This used to be a bakery with high quality croissants, brioche, baguette, etc., in the style of France. No longer true. The quality is now equal to the bakery at the local supermarket chain. They have changed ingredients, chefs, ownership and/or all of the above according to my in-house spies. I used to rate this place on the level of the Gran Forno Italian bakery (Ft. Lauderdale, Las Olas), but Croissant'time is now removed from my list. It is a shell of its' former self, but, as Bernard Casse knows full well, very few clients will be sophisticated enough to taste the difference, so this low quality bakery will expand (plans now underway to renovate).

The baguette is a dense, sticky dough with little crust. The brioche is a tired mass of bland flour, the pastries are overly sweet concoctions to cater to the cruder American tastes, and the croissants are no longer light and flaky. This bakery gives France a bad name, so they should remove this designation from their title . The only thing French about this bakery is the prices. The quality, which in the past was the only distinguishing feature of this bakery, has disappeared.
They have therefore removed the sole reason for their existence, for those clients that are sufficiently refined and polished to notice. Unfortunately, most will not notice.