Vinny's Bakery and Cafe

Latin pastries on one side, Cuban sandwiches on the other

The counter at Vinny’s Bakery and Cafe splits cleanly in two. Latin pastries hold the sweet side, Cuban sandwiches hold the savoury side, and most visits come down to deciding which one brought you in. The house language for it is sweet and savoury specialties, which is as good a description as any.

That double identity is the useful thing about the place. It works as a bakery stop when the errand is a pastry and a coffee, and as a lunch counter when it is a sandwich, without changing register in between.

A casual Pasco counter

The room runs like a neighbourhood bakery-cafe in Pasco, Washington rather than a sit-down restaurant: order at the counter, eat in or take away, and expect a homey public room where the pastry case and the sandwich board do the talking. A 2026 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives feature pushed it beyond the regulars, but the appeal it was picked up for is the plain one, a local bakery-cafe with enough character to travel.

Order the Cuban sandwich, then a pastry

Start with the Cuban sandwich. It is the single clearest signature here and the order that explains the kitchen fastest, hearty and direct with no decoding required. Then add a Latin pastry if the sweet side is part of the reason for the visit, because the two sit together better than either does alone.

If there are two of you, split the decision: one savoury order, one sweet, and compare. If there is only one order to make, take the sandwich. It carries the house more clearly than anything else on the board.