Best of the Beach, Best Muffin: Kettle

If asked to make a list of bakeries in the South Bay you probably wouldn’t include The Kettle. This is a bit unfair to the people there, who make hundreds of muffins every week. Figuring out how many they bake verges on impossible. When an employee was asked there was a moment of silence similar to that when an astronomer is asked how many stars there are by an inquisitive child. The eventual answer, “A lot,” is accurate, without being informative. The next time you bite into one of Kettle’s legendary honey bran, orange, or other muffins here, spare a kind thought for the people who are slaving over mixing bowls and ovens so you may enjoy it.

1138 Highland, Manhattan Beach. (310) 545-8511.