East Rock Breads

05/13/2026

Happy Wednesday! We're gearing up to bring you some excellent goodies this weekend, including some long awaited spring produce (looking at you rhubarb and asparagus!) We'll see you at the bakery :)

-Breads-
Country Sourdough
Country Sandwich
Baguette
100% Rye (Thursday)
Focaccia and Challah (Friday)
Whole Wheat Seeded (Saturday)
Sourdough Brioche (Sunday)

-Pastries-
Croissant
Chocolate Croissant
Cardamom Bun
Honey, Corn, Brown Butter Madeleine
Sweet Cheese Danish
Herbed Cheese Danish with Asparagus
Brioche Bun with Poached Rhubarb and Cream
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Rye Shortbread
Pain Au Raisin (Sat-Sun only)
Seeded Sticky Buns (Sat-Sun only)

-Sandwiches- (Fri-Sun)
Bacon, egg and cheese on a plain bagel (starting at 8:30am)
Jambon Beurre with cornichons on baguette (starting at 10:30)

05/06/2026

Hello everyone! It was such a delight to meet so many of you at our pizza party this past Sunday night. It was such a sweet way to send off Bill, Ida and Arthur onto their next adventures! We (Melissa and Michael) are so excited to be back this week with some delicious things for you to try. See you at the bakery!

BREADS

Country Sourdough
Country Sandwich
Baguette
100% Rye
Sourdough Brioche
Sourdough Challah (Friday only)

BAGELS

Everything
Poppy
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon Raisin

PASTRY

Croissant
Chocolate Croissant
Sweet Cheese Danish
Spinach and Ramp Danish
Pain Au Raisin
Cardamom Bun (version 2.0)
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Honey Brown Butter Corn Madeleine
Seeded Sticky Bun (Sat/Sun only)

SANDWICHES (Fri-Sun)

Breakfast Sandwich - Garlic and herb chicken sausage, egg, cheese, hot sauce on a plain bagel - starting at 8:30am

Jambon Buerre - Shaved ham, cultured butter, cornichons, on baguette - starting at 10am

04/29/2026

To think how many times Bill and I have gathered around this bench, rolling bagel after bagel. We feel grateful to have one last week around this bench baking for you to close this lovely chapter.
We’re going to be doing things a little different this weekend. Inspired by the concept of “greatest hits” at ERB, each day we will be baking something special from the last couple of years of specials here at the bakery. Of course, it would be impossible to include everything, but we hope to bring back some favorites! Check our stories each day to learn what we have in store!
We also will be having a little pizza extravaganza on Sunday from 6-8pm. Come say farewell, eat some pizza, and welcome in this bright new chapter with Melissa and Michael!
It’s impossible to express, but we just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for you all and this beautiful bakery community you have built over the last couple of years. We’ve loved every moment of it.
See you at the bakery!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*seedy bread*

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*preserved lemon and poppy seed*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Hibiscus Sugar Cookie
Toasted Coconut chocolate Madeleine
Cherry cornmeal Scone
Potato and pea handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted Garlic maple chicken sausage, egg, cheese, hot sauce on a plain bagel
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

Jambon Buerre
Shaved ham, cultured butter, Cornichons, on baguette.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)

04/22/2026

Really stoked about our new handpie this week. It’s a potato and pea filling, supposed to taste kinda like a samosa. It’s vegetarian and packed with flavor. Hope you like it as much as we do!

Also please save the date for our big pizza party to welcome the new owners and say goodbye to the old! It’s going to be Sunday May 3rd from 6-8pm. Swing by and grab a slice!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*Turmeric onion*

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*Bee pollen lavender*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Hibiscus sugar cookie
Toasted coconut chocolate Madeleine
Cherry cornmeal Scone
Chicken Pot Pie Handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)
Cardamom Bun (sat and sun only)
Lemon meringue danish (sat and sun only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted Garlic maple chicken sausage, egg, cheese, hot sauce on a plain bagel
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

The Rachel
Shaved turkey, dijonaise slaw, Swiss cheese, on deli rye.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)

04/15/2026

Thanks so much for all the love this past week, it was so nice reminiscing on the last few years. Really gonna miss you all 💜

We’re getting wild this month with some old favorite recipes and a couple new ones too. Thanks to and their beautiful edible flowers we will have some fully blinged out hibiscus sugar cookies. We also have a new madeleine flavor this week, toasted coconut and chocolate. And my personal fave is back…… RAMP CREAM CHEESE! for a limited time, not to be missed!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*Parmesan black pepper*

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*Onion bialy*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Hibiscus sugar cookie
Toasted coconut chocolate Madeleine
Cherry cornmeal Scone
Chicken Pot Pie Handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)
Cardamom Bun (sat and sun only)
Mushroom danish (sat and sun only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted Garlic maple chicken sausage, egg, cheese, hot sauce on a plain bagel
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

The Rachel
Shaved turkey, dijonaise slaw, Swiss cheese, on deli rye.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)

04/09/2026

Hi everyone, Bill here with some bittersweet news. In May myself, Arthur, and Ida will be stepping away from the bakery. It has been an absolute dream starting and running our little shop. What started as a little bagel stand outside our apartment turned into something bigger and better than I could have imagined. It’s been so lovely getting to know our East Rock community as well as those that travel from out of town just to come to our humble spot. We will miss our regulars dearly and hope to stay in touch.

Luckily, you won’t have to say goodbye to the bakery because it will continue to run under the care of Melissa and Michael McManamy. You may have seen Melissa in the shop the last few months, she’s been working at the bakery to help the transition go smoothly. They are both such talented bakers and lovely humans. I can’t wait to see how they continue to grow and improve things!

As for us, Ida and I are headed to New York and Arthur is returning to the west coast. I still see baking in all our futures :)

Please come by the shop before we head out, would love to see you all. We’re cooking up a little goodbye pizza party so watch for more info on that in the coming weeks.

Lots of love,
Bill

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04/08/2026

Heya everyone! It’s now been almost 6 months since we added the hot case here at the bakery. We have loved being able to offer Yall a convenient, simple, and delicious breakfast sandwich that you can grab on the go. It’s one of our favorite ways to enjoy a bagel so we love sharing it with Y’all. This month we’ve got our house made chicken sausage, egg, and cheese! We also always have a few vegetarian egg and cheese available. The hot case is fired up Fri-Sun from 8am until we run out.

We’ve got a lot of other yummy goodies coming at you this week! If you missed the Rachel last week it’s a good one for this spring weather! Black garlic sesame bread! We’ve got carrot cake slices on pastry special this weekend, perfectly reasonable for breakfast we say. See you at the bakery!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*black garlic sesame*

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*pretzel bagel*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Double chocolate malted rye cookie (vegan)
Lemon poppy seed Madeleine
Cherry cornmeal Scone
Chicken Pot Pie Handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)
Cardamom Bun (sat and sun only)
Carrot cake slices (sat and sun only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted Garlic maple chicken sausage, egg, cheese, hot sauce on a plain bagel
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

The Rachel
Shaved turkey, dijonaise slaw, Swiss cheese, on deli rye.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)

04/01/2026

03/25/2026

Croissants! One of a core set of pastries that have been on the menu since day one of opening the bakery (shoutout also madeleines and chocolate chip cookies!). Our croissants and their process truly have grown with us as a bakery, from humble hand-laminated beginnings to the fine tuned process they have become. We feel that they make up the backbone of our pastry lineup here at the bakery.
Over time, we’ve slowly but surely been increasing how much flour we throw into the dough, it’s just so tasty! These days, our mix is now 50% local stone milled flour. That, combined with ’s lamination tutelage, we think our croissants are truly something special!
In other news, this week is the last week of the mortadella sandwich, so make sure to come get one of those before they are gone! Cherry cornmeal scones are back on the menu, my favorite scone flavor! (Arthur). Pain aux raisin on special for pastry this weekend, along with Calabrian chili bread.
Spring moves quick and Easter season is already upon us. Keep an eye out for some special goodies next weekend!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*Calabrian Chili *

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*manchego*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Double chocolate malted rye cookie (vegan)
Lemon poppy seed Madeleine
Cherry cornmeal Scone
Chicken Pot Pie Handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)
Cardamom Bun (sat and sun only)
Pain Aux Raisin (sat and sun only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted red pepper and feta frittata, herb yogurt spread, sesame bagel.
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

Mortadella
Mortadella, pistachio pesto, Straciatella, on foccacia.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)

03/18/2026

Hey everyone! I remember back in the early days in my life as a bread baker, an older and wiser baker once told me that his favorite times of year to make bread were the shoulder seasons, early spring, early fall. That time of year when temperatures aren’t too hot during the day and don’t drop too cold during the night. It feels like we’ve entered that liminal space that’s not quite winter, not quite spring! I think about him every time one of these times of year rolls around. I think he was onto something - the bread does sure seem to be happy these days! It also helps that our stone milled flour from has been partiularly beautiful lately. Come grab a loaf see if you agree!
We’ve got a lovely week for you at the bakery! Seedy bread on special along with za’atar bagels. We’ll have some bread pudding with our naturally leavened brioche on pastry special all weekend long. See you soon!

- BREADS -

Country sourdough
Country sandwich
Baguette
100% rye
Sourdough brioche
Sourdough challah (Fri only)
*seedy bread*

- BAGELS -

Everything
Рорру
Sesame
Plain
Cinnamon raisin
*za’atar*

- PASTRIES -

Croissant
Chocolate croissant
Pistachio croissant
BEC Danish
Chocolate chip
Double chocolate malted rye cookie (vegan)
Lemon poppy seed Madeleine
Hazelnut and Fig Scone
Chicken Pot Pie Handpie
Canelé (Fri Only)
Cardamom Bun (sat and sun only)
Bread pudding with chocolate and orange marmalade (sat and sun only)

- SANDWICHES -
Breakfast Sandwich - Roasted red pepper and feta frittata, herby yogurt spread, sesame bagel.
(Fri-sun starting 8:30am)

Mortadella
Mortadella, pistachio pesto, Straciatella, on foccacia.
(Fri-sun starting at 10am)