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Jess Bakeshop

Naturally leavened sourdough for all kinds of bread🥖🍞 freshly baked pastries, cakes, cookies.

Address: 18 North Ave, Garwood NJ 07027
📧 [email protected]

06/03/2026

This week is a special one for us. 🎂🤍 It’s Simon’s birthday week, and for the first time in a very long time, we decided to take “a full week off”.

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that’s a big deal. Since last Thanksgiving, we’ve been running nonstop. Building a sourdough bakery in a tiny space takes a lot of moving parts, organization, heavy lifting 💪and problem-solving.

What many people don’t know is that Simon isn’t a baker by training—he’s an engineer. When we started farmers markets, he was there to help carry tables and boxes. When we opened the bakery, he quietly took over and engineered our entire sourdough production flow, helping us make the most of our limited space and keep everything running smoothly.

Because of Simon, Jess gets to focus on creating pastries, savory items, configuration of 100% sourdough bagels, dreaming up new ideas, and baking all the things she imagines. He also brings some much-needed consistency around here—otherwise there would probably be a completely new menu every day thanks to Jess’s endless ideas. 😂

On a personal note, before Simon, I was preparing to leave my corporate finance/accounting life in NYC and move to Paris. Then I met him, and life took a different path. I moved to New Jersey, started a small baking business with his encouragement, and somehow ended up opening this tiny bakeshop together.

He has supported every step, challenge, and wild idea along the way. These days, customers—and especially the kids—often come in asking, “Where’s Simon?” Everyone loves Simon, and the truth is, he loves everyone even more.

So this week, we’re celebrating him by giving him something he rarely takes: a full week off. 🎉

Thank you for supporting not just our bakery, but the people behind it. We’ll see you next Thursday.🙏

In the meantime, check out our website for some new Father’s Day merch. 🤍

05/16/2026

Another weekend prep is underway ✨

We’ll have all three flavors of our sourdough focaccia (Gochujang,Tomato cheese and green olive) this weekend (and lots of them!).

This week’s special:🥬 Kimchi Pulled Pork wrapped in our Pain Suisse. Also joining the lineup —💚 Pistachio almond cream + Belgian dark chocolate Pain Suisse❤️ along with our all-time favorite raspberry dark chocolate Pain Suisse.

You all loved the Mother’s Day salted caramel sourdough cinnamon roll so this weekend it will be here! Let’s go ✨

Thank you again for all the support and love — you wiped us out again today. We truly can’t wait to see you all this weekend 🤍

05/12/2026

Mother’s Day at our bakery was beautiful, overwhelming, emotional, and unforgettable all at once.

This weekend did not go as planned. We prepped for many days for this day..Unexpected staffing issues delayed opening, with unfinished packaging, missing displays, backed-up tickets, and moments where we genuinely wondered how we would get through the day. There were pastries still cooling while customers were already lining up outside. Preorders piled up. We were exhausted before the doors even opened.

And yet… you all showed up with smiles. One customer quietly said, “not any one person left the line.”
I almost cried hearing that.

We know the waits were long. We know some experiences felt imperfect. We are still a very small team making everything fresh by hand every morning — sourdough, pastries, fillings, sandwiches, packaging, all of it. We are learning in real time how to grow without losing the care and soul that made people come to us in the first place.

We will continue improving. We will hire carefully. We will become stronger. But we also hope people can see the human side of small businesses like ours. There is no giant system behind the counter and not much room to fail with wrong hires — only tired hands, flour-covered aprons, and people trying their absolute best.

This Mother’s Day carried a deeper emotion for me personally. Life did not allow me to become a mother, even though I once hoped for it very much. Over time, I realized the love I could not pour into children found another place to go: into this bakery, into the real bread, into feeding people, into creating a space that feels warm and comforting to others.

Maybe that is why we care so deeply about every loaf and every customer who walks through our door.

To everyone who waited patiently, encouraged us, smiled at us, defended us, or simply stayed in line with kindness in your heart — thank you. You carried us through one of the hardest and most meaningful days we’ve had yet.

This little bakery may grow and change in the future, but these early days — chaotic, imperfect, heartfelt days like this — will stay with us forever.

We’ll show up again Thursday morning and keep baking.

05/06/2026

Many of you asked about sharing our baked goods with moms 🤍 so for today only, we’re reopening a special preorder for a surprise box:✨ Order today for pickup on Sunday, 5/10 ✨(https://jessbakeshop.com)

• 2 salted caramel cinnamon rolls
• 2 orange ginger cinnamon rolls

• 6 cookies (2 classic Belgian, 2 Belgian white chocolate organic matcha, 2 brownie-filled double chocolate)

• 2 brown sugar cinnamon scones
• 2 Irish soda bread scones
(served with butter + blueberry compote)

This weekend only:
Our Gochujang 고추장 focaccia will be topped with whipped honey ricotta 🍯
Savory (kimchi) Bear Claw is Back! (Moms love this 🌷)
Pistachio Croissants are available in-store too

We’re pausing other preorder items this week as we set up a new system. Next week’s preorder menu will be announced on Monday.

And don’t worry 😉 we’ll have plenty of sourdough (yes, including butter sourdough) and we’re making triple batches of cinnamon rolls this week so no one misses out 🤍

05/01/2026

Mother’s Day Pastry Box is available for preorder now!

2 Strawberry Cloud Cream Danishes
2 Pistachio Croissants are included.

More curated Jess Bakeshop boxes of Scones, Cookies, and Cupcakes will be revealed this weekend.

Don’t miss out signature banana brûlée salted caramel cream croissants 🍌🍮this weekend.

04/28/2026

Thank you note from Jess Bakeshop 🙏

Words can't express our gratitude for the love you showed us last weekend! Despite running on just two hours of sleep each day and pushing our little shop to its limits, it was incredible to see you all support us so much. You sold us out, and we got to meet so many new customers while making our longtime regulars proud. So many photos of people lining out the door in the rain, direct messages, and comments on 's post - really touched our hearts.

We remember the day we took the first photo finally opening up the wall - we were scared and excited at the same time but we said we will bake our heart out. Are we following our promise? 🤍

We're grateful for all of you and can't wait to see you again soon. Let us know what your favorite treats were! We've got pastries rolling out this weekend and will announce Mother's Day flavors soon. Special thanks to for introducing us to the world!

04/19/2026

Another happy week with all of you 🤍

Today felt extra special—kids, puppies, customers chatting with each others outside waiting in line while we packed up fresh bakes in the morning.

We know we should post ahead with new flavors, but when we’re baking right up until opening, we just can’t always keep up. So we let go of that pressure and rolled with it—and you showed up for us. Thank you.

This week (and next): Banana brûlée almond croissants, salted caramel croissants, mango purée tiramisu cups, and lots of sourdough bagels.

One of our favorite focaccia flavors is back next week - guess it and brewed coffee’s on us ☕️

Thank you for rocking with us 🙌

04/17/2026

🥭Our latest obsession 🥭Mango in two ways Introducing mango to our sourdough cinnamon roll.

Perfect blend of freshness and sweetness in our housemade mango compote 🙌

Plus, our mango tiramisu cup with mascarpone cheese, fresh cream, vanilla cake, and fresh mango puree.

✨Available in store starting today! Preorder is open for this weekend too https://jessbakeshop.com

Our new sandwich line up is coming soon this weekend too! See you all soon.

04/14/2026

What a weekend 🤍

Sunday was extra special — our niece, Emma came to see us! Same haircut, same energy… a true mini-me in the shop 🥹 She even helped us out (including making sure our sign stayed up out on the street!). It felt like a small glimpse into something really personal — family, warmth, and the heart behind what we do.

Also all our sourdough bread completely sold out. Even our sourdough brioche loaves. That kind of support is the greatest reward for the quiet, overnight hours we spend baking.

We can’t wait to welcome you back again this week 🤍

04/10/2026

✨Two weekend must-haves:

Our strawberry 🍓 shortcake tiramisu cup is back, loaded with shortcake base, strawberry puree, and mascarpone whipped cream! Chilled for the warm weather!

Pair it with egg 🥚 sando on sourdough bagels, preorder open! https://jessbakeshop.com
Available in the store starting today!

Address

18 North Avenue
Garwood, NJ
07027

Opening Hours

Thursday	9:30am - 3:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 3:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 3:30pm
Sunday	9:30am - 3:30pm

Website

https://www.jessbakeshop.com/

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