Readers Travel Near And Far For Favorite Bakeries

Who in our area bakes great bread? Responding to a Seattle Times invitation, readers nominated about 45 Western Washington bakeries, small and large, as the best bakers of bread. Most are small retail operations, but some are wholesale, selling their breads to supermarkets and restaurants. A few are part of large national companies that have local bakeries.

All the nominated bakeries are listed here, alphabetically by town:

Arlington

Islands Bakery, 19224 62nd Ave. N.E., also available in many supermarkets. (360) 435-2100.

Auburn

Rainier Natural Foods, 38629 Auburn-Enumclaw Road. 833-4369.

Bainbridge Island

Cafe Nola, 101 Winslow Way. 842-3822.

Bellevue

Brenner Bros Bakery & Delicatessen, 12000 Bellevue-Redmond Road. 454-0600.

London's Bakehouse, 10640 Main St. 688-8332.

Black Diamond

Black Diamond Bakery, 32805 Railroad Ave. (360)886-2741.

Everett

Pave Specialty Bakery, 2613 Colby Ave. (206) 252-0250.

Golden Crown Bakery, 12310 Highway 99 S., No. 116. (206) 353-7444.

Federal Way

Kringles European Bakery, 31811 Pacific Highway S. 941-7552.

Bread Garden, 1001 S. 344th. 838-1639.

Giancarlo's Restaurant, 4624 S.W. 320th. 838-1101.

Issaquah

Suncrest Whole Grain Bread Co., 1175 N.W. Gilman Blvd. 392-8983.

Mount Vernon

Skagit River Baking Co., 607 Pedersen Place. (360) 336-5115.

North Bend

George's Bakery, 127 W. North Bend Way. (206) 888-0632.

Redmond

The Bread Co., 602 228th Ave. N.E. 836-8953.

Seattle

A La Francaise, University Village. 524-9300.

Ballard Baking Company/BBC Cafe, 5909 24th N.W. (781-0091).

Broadmoor Baker, sold in local supermarkets. 626-0271.

Boulangerie, 2200 N. 45th St., also sold at Queen Anne and Admiral Thriftways. 634-2211.

Di Carlo Specialty Bread (Wonder Bread), area supermarkets.

Essential Baking Company (wholesale), 454 N. 34th St. 545-3804.

Forest Rose Baking & Catering, 3520 S.W. Genesee St. 935-9304.

Gai's Northwest Bakery (wholesale), 2006 S. Weller St., and grocery outlets. 329-3000.

Great Harvest Bakery, 5408 Sand Point Way N.E., and other locations in Lake Forest Park, Redmond and Tacoma. 524-4873.

Greenwood Bakery-Cafe, 7227 Greenwood Ave. N. 783-7181.

Grand Central Bakery, 214 First Ave. S., and some supermarkets. 622-3644.

Honey Bear Bakery, 2106 N. 55th. 545-7296.

Joyce's Bakery/Cafe, 9400 Roosevelt Way N.E. 524-4770.

Le Panier, 1902 Pike Place. 441-3669.

La Panzanella (wholesale and retail), 1314 E. Union St. 325-2090.

Macrina Bakery-Cafe, 2408 First Ave. 448-4032.

McSorleys, 307 Madison. 233-9690.

Morning Star Bakery, 2114 N.E. 65th St. 525-6206.

Oroweat Foods, supermarkets, Entenmann's/Oroweat Bakery Outlets, 1604 N. 34th St., Seattle, and several other local areas. 634-4401.

Pike Place Bakery, 1501 Pike Place. 682-2829.

Roman Meal, (wholesale) 2101 S. Tacoma Way, sold at area supermarkets. 838-1830.

Spent Grain Baking Co., 1530 Eastlake Ave. E. 860-4110.

Sunflour Bakery-Cafe, 3118 N.E. 65th St. 525-1034.

Safeway bakeries, many locations.

Seattle Sour Dough Baking Co., 1301 Alaskan Way. 467-9414.

Three Girls Bakery, 1514 Pike Place. 622-1045.

Touchstone Bakery, 501-A N. 36th St. 547-4000.

Tacoma

Bread by Rebecca, 7508 40th St. W., Tacoma. (206) 566-5919. Also sold at Rebecca's Bistro, 11126 Gravelly Lake Drive, Lakewood. (206) 588-7665.

Vashon Island

Sound Food Bakery and Restaurant, 20312 Vashon Highway S.W. 463-3565.

Bob's Bakery, 17506 Vashon Highway S.W. 463-5666.