Bluebird Bakers
2390 NW Thurman – Portland
$2
I’ve been seeing cookies from Bluebird Bakers in stores like New Seasons and Zupans for the past year or two- and was lucky enough to happen upon a free sample or two (or four) once or twice.
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Bakeshop
5351 NE Sandy Blvd – Portland
$2
This was actually purchased this at Ristretto Roasters on NE 42nd Ave, one of the few coffee shops where, in addition to their own retail space on NE Sandy Blvd, Bakeshop good are sold. (Note: it’s $2.50 Ristretto)
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Tabor Bread
5051 SE Hawthorne Blvd – Portland
75¢
I might be on a shortbread jag. Like I said in my last post, I have not historically been a shortbread-chaser.
But… being that Tabor Bread mills all of their flours right there in the bakery – from several different kinds of whole grains (spelt, rye, whole wheat, kamut, and more) – their shortbread, naturally, offers a unique and welcome twist on the traditional.
Read MoreShortbread at Bakeshop / Ristretto Roasters
Bakeshop / Ristretto Roasters
5351 NE Sandy Blvd – Portland (Bakeshop)
3520 NE 42nd Ave – Portland (Ristretto)
$1
The one I ate was the little round with rainbow sprinkles (above – I think those ones are 50¢, not $1), but I’m told that the same dough is used for the unadorned squares, pictured below. I found it at Ristretto on NE 42nd – not sure whether or not they’re sold at Ristretto’s other two locations. But I’m fairly certain that they sell at the squares (if not the sprinkly rounds) at their shop on N. Williams.
Read MoreOatmeal Chocolate with Cranberries (and rye flour) at Tabor Bread
Tabor Bread
5051 SE Hawthorne Blvd – Portland
$1.75
Tabor Bread mills their own flours and bakes their bread and pastries in a wood fired oven – apparently the first retail bakery in Portland to do so. I was surprised to read this. I mean, this is Portland – D.I.Y. headquarters of America! But it says so on their website, and who am I to second guess the internet?
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