Tarts de Feybesse, the Oakland bakery known for its elaborate French pastries and Filipino-inflected treats, is expanding to a second location in San Ramon this winter. Owners Monique and Paul Feybesse spent more than a year scouting the Bay Area before settling on a spot inside City Center Bishop Ranch, a mixed-use development that opened in 2018 after a reported $300 million investment.
The new bakery is planned for 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 1611, where it will share space with a Patelco Credit Union branch, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Monique Feybesse said the couple already has clientele in San Ramon and considers the area untapped for the kind of pastry work they do. At City Center Bishop Ranch, Tarts de Feybesse will join other food and drink tenants including Slanted Door, Alora Social and Fieldwork Brewing, per the Chronicle’s report.
A Split Kitchen, One Daily Delivery Run
Rather than duplicating everything under one roof, the Feybesses are dividing labor between their two locations. San Ramon production will focus on laminated pastries, while the existing Oakland kitchen continues making other pastries and bread, the Chronicle reports. Items will be delivered daily between the Oakland and San Ramon stores so everything can still be baked fresh on-site, and Monique Feybesse said those daily transfers help ensure the pastries come out exactly as intended.
The planned San Ramon menu leans into both sides of the bakery’s identity. Expect French staples like apple tarts, eclairs and croissants alongside savory items such as lamb sandwiches and salted calamansi croissants, the outlet notes. There are also plans for Ilocos empanadas filled with lamb sausage, braised cabbage and salted duck egg, plus a pain suisse filled with maja blanca — a nod to the coconut custard dessert that reflects Monique Feybesse’s Filipino heritage.
Renovation Plans and Seating
To make the new space work, the owners plan to remove a wall and install floor-to-ceiling kitchen windows, giving customers natural light and a view of pastry-making in progress, according to the same Chronicle report. The San Ramon shop is expected to have about 12 indoor seats and around 20 outdoor seats — a step up from the original Oakland location, which opened with no indoor seating at all and relied on patio tables where customers could enjoy pastries and Mr. Espresso coffee, as the Chronicle previously reported…