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Avenue Bread 0:0

Address

1313 Railroad Ave.
Bellingham , WA 98225
(360) 676-9274

Hours

Mon-Fri 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sat 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Review

Because there are so many colorful characters and interesting, crazy activities going on, Railroad Avenue is a good place to people-watch. But if you haven’t been looking carefully, you may have missed the best place to get a sandwich in Bellingham. Avenue Bread is the little bakery on Railroad with the big slanted windows and black-and-white tile. Inside are marbled tables, local newspapers, and hand-shaped rustic loaves of bread that are baked daily in a French stone-hearth oven. It's not just a bakery, but an espresso bar, sandwich shop featuring soups and salads, and a spot to even pick up a freshly baked doggie biscuit.

At noon, the restaurant is so busy it’s hard to find a seat to enjoy one of the delicious sandwiches. Bread choices for sandwiches include baguette, focaccia, fresh rosemary, sourdough, multigrain, New York deli rye, ciabatta, or pane rustica. The menu is split down the middle featuring "meaty" and "veggie" options. The bread is so good and the sandwich ingredients so fresh, there won’t be any leftovers. Even the last lonely piece of crust cast off to the side of the plate will be devoured.

The bakery also has brioche, foccacia bread, pizza, Italian cheese rolls, panini, scones, cookies, and brioche with pastry cream and fruit fillings. Whole loaves of bread can be purchased, including Pane Alle Chocolata, a breakfast or dessert bread. Avenue Bread tries to minimize the use of commercial yeast and instead allows the breads to rise slowly to increase the flavor.

Avenue Bread feels like a European bakery with the pastel walls and French posters. It's a nice way to escape from downtown Bellingham for awhile.
Written By: Diana Wurn
On: 3/30/2001

Directions

On Railroad Avenue downtown Bellingham, between the Bagelry and the Little Cheerful Cafe.

Features

Espresso | Take-Out | Wheelchair Accessible | Lunch

Map

User Reviews

Ivy Wilson
40rating
(1)
(1)
10/16/2005
First To Review
I noticed this obscure bakery and thought it would be the perfect place for Sunday lunch. My food was great and the staff was really nice. The pricing was fair... $9 for soup and sandwich. I enjoyed myself and would recommend it.
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Anonymous
30rating
(1)
(0)
2/8/2007
I really love the food here, but the prices are outrageous, the people who work there are not friendly and it took 20 minutes to make a sandwich. I sat there and waited for half my lunch break for a sandwich and I swear they were deliberately taking their time since I didn't tip. I will still eat there though because they do do a good job with the food. I just hope that they will speed things up and get some nice people working there
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Brianna Slaughter
5rating
(1)
(0)
1/10/2008
The food was pretty good but it did take a long time to make it and the lady working was rude
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