Thank you so much Squabisch for making our Thanksgiving complete! Always looking forward to grabbing a pretzel to-go from the Kensington Farmer's Market, we recently saw your social media post on tiny Turkey day pretzels for the family and wow, who knew something that small could bring forth a smile so big! Making the trek on the day before Thanksgiving to your shop on Solano, what an amazing feeling to walk in and be greeted by the delicious smells of pretzels baking, salt, and butter. Such a fun array of sweet and savory pretzels, I was on a mission to only get the one thing I came for ~ the turkey pretzel. The amazing staff told me they had ONE left and it had my name on it! I let them know it was for the cutest little guy celebrating his first Turkey Day. I loved the to-go bags also, stating the best way to re-heat your pretzel/keep it fresh if not devouring it right away. I can honestly say by staying true to those instructions, the goods truly stayed fresh until the next day! Looking forward to trying more of your in-house yummies and maybe signing up for a pretzel making class! Thank you again for making our first Thanksgiving as a family so special!

Fantastic pretzels! They have a bunch of flavours you might not expect at a pretzel shop. I love that they offer pretzel making classes as well! I had a spectacular time a couple years back making pretzels with friends. Highly recommend. The owners are awesome :)

Yummy! German Food with a California Twist After stalking this restaurant on Instagram and after I missed pop-up events for Oktoberfest, I finally bought some pretzels. It was well worth the wait. I scored some of the weekly specials, the pesto and mozzarella pretzel. I also bought the jalapeño and cheddar. I will never buy one of those pretzels off the street carts ever again. I used to buy Auntie Annie's soft pretzels at the mall, but never again. I am officially a pretzel snob now. I am making plans to go back to Squabisch for the pretzel sandwiches. The fresh quality ingredients are evident in every bite.

Today I paid my first visit to the brick and mortar store. I was taking something to be framed at Sticks, which is right next door, and lucked into the parking space right in front of Squabisch, next to their parklet. My attention was caught by a pretzel dough sign hanging in the window reading "Hella Kamala" so I knew I had to come visit after I finished at Sticks. When Squabisch opened here there were long lines, one of the things that deterred me, but there was no line today. There was a man waiting outside for his sandwich to be made and a family w/ two children ordering in front of me. I hadn't intended to buy anything because I was full from lunch at Bowl'd but when I saw the Castroville pretzel, which contains chopped artichokes, I had to have it and then when I saw the bratwurst wrapped in pretzel dough I had to have that too. Sabine helped me and she was lovely. I commented on the "Hella Kamala" sign and she said they had had a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago and that was part of that. They also made t-shirts which said "Hella Harris Totally Tim 2024", which I loved. The shirts were white, which I normally don't wear, but I may go back and buy one just to support. Tonight I had the Castroville pretzel for dinner, along w/ Picnic salads and the leftover banchan I brought home from Bowl'd. I'm inclined towards unusual combination of things for dinner. I warmed the pretzel in the oven and it was marvelous. Tomorrow for lunch I will have the bratwurst and am looking forward to that. If I do go back for a shirt I have no doubt I will get another Castroville pretzel if they have them. Addendum: I had the bratwurst pretzel for lunch today, as you can see from the photo, and it was delicious! I can see more of these in my future. Not often, but often enough. As planned, I returned before going to TSH this afternoon for another Castroville pretzel and for a shirt. Turns out the way they handle it is that you make a donation to the campaign, show them your receipt and they give you a shirt. Well, I have made a donation already. I told Sabine I wasn't that interested in the shirt, just in supporting them, because I don't wear white shirts anyway. Black, or other colors, but not white. She went in the back, came back w/ a black shirt that was just my size and gave it to me! You can see the photos below. I will wear it w/ pleasure.

I come here often for a quick snack since it's close to home. Pretzels are soft, fresh, and tasty. I appreciated how they were able to make a special, big "17" pretzel and smaller ones for my son's birthday since he's not a cake person but loves pretzels. I emailed the order in and picked up a couple days later. It was quick and easy and a big hit for the birthday boy and guests. Thanks! We'll be back again.