From the outside, Pan Lourdes Bakery is unassuming.

But step inside the Mount Rainier bakery and you’re instantly hit with the warm smells of pastries, cakes and cookies being made.

Their motto: 100% Salvadoran Sweet Breads From Our Oven to Your Table.

Located on Rhode Island Ave in Mount Rainier near the roundabout, the bakery serves Salvadoran breads such as pineapple semitas and salpores de arroz and Mexican breads such as conchas, rosquillas and cuernitos.

The Mount Rainier location is one of four in the greater D.C. area, with others on 14th Street NW, Georgia Avenue NW and Wheaton.

And there are a number of other good small bakeries along the Route 1 corridor including and Sugar Vault Desserts & Bakery in Hyattsville.