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Originally Posted by shroomgirl  nope....Meyer's gone....Pan Dora gone....no bakeries worth mentioning in STL....now there is a very good one in Columbia, Mo and one 45 mintues away in Edwardsville....
nope no bakeries...Whole Food's breads are about the best commercially made around.
You are so very lucky to have all the great bakeries available to you...just at Ferry Plaza Market there are numerous bakerys I'd (and have) wax poetry over. |
Your post got me to thinking about the bakeries in the area, especially the bread bakeries. There are quite afew, all churning out some excellent loaves and pasteries (like brioche, croissants, and so on). There seems to be a "Berkeley" style baguette, but, upon reflection, many of the bakers got their start with Alice Waters or The Cheese Board, so there's some similarity in style, although with individual character. This morning I grabbed a Cheese Board baguette "piece" and got a little shmeer of natural cream chess to spread on it, sat down to enjoy the sun, and mentaly started counting the wonderful artisan bakeries that are located in the Gourmet Ghetto. We are lucky here ... but y'gotta realize that SF and the East Bay are truly "bread towns"
If you ever get out here I'd love to show you around the ghetto and some of the close by areas. If we look at Chez Panisse as Ground Zero, you can overload your shopping basket in just a few blocks <LOL>
Shel