Tried out As Kneaded Bakery because it’s across the street from Noodles Pho Me. It’s a tiny shop with only breads and pastries. There was a pop-up coffee stand inside too.
I got a Bostock $5 - they had mocha when I went and only 2 left. I got one of them. Tried it later and I really liked it. Good chocolate flavor and nice bread.
I also got a Loaf of Sesa Miche $8.50 - it’s a good size sesame bread very chewy outside and soft inside. I liked it ok.
Other breads they have:
Challah, flax sunflower, honey rye porridge, miche, spelt walnut.
Prices: Loaves $8.5, half loaves $5, baguette $4, Pain D’Epi $5.
Looking at your picture more, I think the oven is behind the stainless steel bread rack. It’d be kinda pointless to open only on weekends if they don’t bake there. Its also kinda weird that they only supply e.g. Piazza’s from Thursday to Monday.
Sorry but the prices charged can’t stop me from being astonished. Bread is a dietary staple the world around. Has been since the beginning of time. Every table, rich or poor needs bread on it.
Some “artist” comes along and tells me their bread is worth 3 times any other, and I’d have to scoff at the claim. Doesn’t matter the neighborhood its sold in.
Prices are high compared to a standard one-pound loaf, but As Kneaded loaves are two pounds. Per pound they’re about average, or even a little low, for non-industrial bread in this area. Of course that’s little consolation if you can’t eat two pounds of bread before it goes stale.
I got the Sesa Miche also last weekend. The crust was a little soft by the time I bit into it, likely a few hours after baking and delivery. I also liked it ok. Since its the same style of bread, I gave the edge to the Tartine sesame loaf, though this one is cheaper relatively and is closer to where I am.
