Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe

2150 N. Culpeper Street
Arlington
,
VA
22207

Arlington’s favorite Bavarian bakery has a 50th anniversary coming up in February, but co-owners Carla and Wolfgang Büchler have no plans to retire anytime soon. That’s a good thing for devotees of their special occasion cakes and very German breads (including holiday pfeffernüss and Black Forest sourdough rye), and those in the habit of dropping by for coffee and a doughnut or something from the deli counter. The legacy of this beloved neighborhood business speaks for itself. “We’ve had a lot of customers that have been coming here from the beginning,” Carla says, and even employees whose mothers or grandmothers once worked in the shop. –Adele Chapin

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