Asturias Bakery Café

Asturias Bakery Café is a bakery in Houston, TX, serving authentic Argentine baked goods, sandwiches, and coffee to the west Houston community. The bakery offers an extensive menu built around Argentine tradition, with categories including desserts, danishes, empanadas, pastry pies, coffees, crustless miga sandwiches, cakes, and fruit tarts. Specialties range from classic milhojas layered with caramel spread and Argentine piononos filled with dulce de leche to empanadas in beef, chicken, spinach and four cheese, and ham and cheese varieties. Patrons can also order traditional Argentine pies in caramel spread, custard cream, sweet potato, and quince jam, alongside a full coffee selection that includes espresso, cappuccino, cortado, latte, macchiato, americano, and yerba mate. The business holds a 4.40 rating based on customer reviews.

The bakery's approach centers on recipes rooted in Argentine baking tradition, with each item prepared daily using named, recognizable ingredients. The dessert line features Italian tiramisu alongside Argentine favorites such as the Peaches Pionono, filled with dulce de leche, chantilly cream, and peaches, and the Ganache Pionono, finished with chocolate ganache. The danish selection includes butter medialunas in plain, filled, and vigilante styles, while the miga sandwich menu offers five crustless combinations, from the Classic with ham, cheese, and mayonnaise to the Heart of Palms with turkey and heart of palms. Cakes and fruit tarts round out the menu, with Argentine classic, Black Forest, strawberry, and peach cakes paired with strawberry and tropical fruit tarts.

The bakery sits on S Dairy Ashford Rd, near the Westpark Tollway about 0.1 miles away, with Alief Amity Park roughly 0.2 miles to the south and Hastings High School Football Stadium about 0.3 miles distant. Hours run Monday through Saturday from 8:00 to 19:00, Sunday from 8:00 to 14:00, and holidays from 8:00 to 13:00, with Christmas Day and New Year's Eve closures.

With a 4.40 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, Asturias Bakery Café has built its reputation in west Houston on the depth of its Argentine menu and the breadth of its daily bake.