Magnolia Bread Co

10/16/2026

📣A little note from Magnolia Bread Co. 🤍

Our hearts are a little heavy this week as we won’t be at the market this weekend.
As you know, we rarely miss a Saturday, and we are truly saddened to miss one of our favorite parts of the week — seeing all of your familiar faces and sharing our love of good bread with you.

Thank you for making the market feel like so much more than a place to sell bread.
It’s a community we cherish, and we’ll miss you all this weekend more than you know!

We’ll be back soon, with full hearts and fresh bread. 🌿❤️

10/10/2026

📣 We will NOT be at the market today- we apologize and look forward to seeing everyone next week 📣❤️

10/05/2026

Proud of our friend and customer for her beautiful loaf! 🙌🏻❤️

10/02/2026

👀WE DON’T NORMALLY care for show-offs…

But for these beauties? We’ll make an exception. ✨

Our signature herb focaccia — rustic, golden, fragrant, and very deserving of the attention.🔥🙌🏻

09/30/2026

09/29/2026

How are you going to do that? A question often asked of me in regards of opening a shop. This question repeats throughout my life because I tend to go left when everyone else goes right. But I have a plan. And good support. In this case I saw a need, understood the philosophy and did my homework. My family is academically well rounded and give sound, if not always solicited, advice. This is more of a movement. Something that brings us together as a community. And I know food. So this morning twelve more little Bresse and Bresse mix chicks have hatched because eggs are needed. And that shop opens soon!

09/27/2026

Understanding food encompasses more than the farmer, the vintner, the chef and the consumer. At Montpelier we think understanding food encompasses the entire chain. And culture. And hopefully that culture expands beyond just yours. It’s part of why we travel across our state, country and places far beyond. This trip was to south central France. Primarily because w**e knowledge is crucial to good food. Not all good food but lots of it. There certainly was a strong connection between there and here in colonial times. Love of French w**e(and books) was a leading cause of Thomas Jefferson’s bankruptcy. Looking to make that connection again between good w**e and our Virginia shop. Jefferson would have liked that.

09/26/2026

HAVE YOU HEARD the story about Erika??👀

If you’ve ever heard of our Erika Bars, let me take a moment to introduce you to the Erika who first started the craze!

I had the absolute honor to meet with her today, what a wonderful woman and I adore her!! 💕

📖The story goes like this—

❄️Once upon a very chilly winter market morning, our friends with Fresh Roots Microgreens offered us a delicious snack. It was fabulous and hit the spot!! Sweet, but not too sweet, chewy and nutty, just perfect!!
And so I very humbly asked where they came from.
I somehow managed to acquire the family recipe. (Incredibly fortunate I know! There may or may not have been twisting of arms.🤷🏻‍♀️👀)

And so in my working and tweaking and adding to the recipe, (because that’s what we bakers do incessantly 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣), I brought back what I had created for our dear friends to try.

Nerve wracking to say the least!!

I certainly didn’t want to butcher the beloved recipe, and hoped to honor her amazing work with my humble twist on the perfect bar we had first tried.

And so with their blessing, and my heartfelt appreciation, The Erika Bar was created! 🙌🏻

👉🏻This is Erika, mother to Brian of Fresh Roots Microgreens.
I’ve heard endless stories of her famous dishes, and when you finally meet someone who shares your love and passion for food— well, I felt like maybe I should’ve asked for an autograph!✍️.
What a lovely soul she is!!🥰

If you haven’t yet tried our Erika Bars, don’t worry!, they’ll be back next week at River Street Market❤️

09/26/2026

SOME MARKET DAYS leave you with more than an empty table and a few sold-out baskets — they leave you with a full heart. ❤️

Today was one of those days.

🥰We were surprised with the sweetest gifts from our customers — decadent homemade fudge (it’s absolutely delicious!!), imported flour!, comforting and soothing tea, and beautiful books to bring joy to the soul. ❤️

All I can say is— what a blessing!

It’s moments like these that remind us that what we’re building at Magnolia Bread Co. is about so much more than bread, and how absolutely blessed we are to have the opportunity to serve you.👈🏻

We are continually humbled by the kindness, generosity, encouragement, and genuine friendships that have grown around our little bakery.

Every loaf we bake is made with care — but it’s the people who come back week after week, tell their friends about us, share a kind word and cheer us on, who make this journey so meaningful.🥰

Thank you for making today so special.
We are incredibly grateful for each and every one of you.💕