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Ranking
 
A+ = 7
A = 6
A- = 5
B+ = 4
B = 3
B- = 2
C+ = 1
C = 0
C- = -1
D+ = -2
D = -3
D- = -4
F = -5
 
 
Bay area bakeries

This is a list of the bakeries whose products have been tested and reviewed on this site. There are more bakeries than can be reviewed, but if you know one deserving bakery that you think belongs on this list, drop me a note and I'll look into it.

The score is a simple average of the grade for each product. The bakeries are then sorted using this score, and given a rank accordingly.

Bakeries ranked on just one or two bread may get an unfair grade -- you should put more trust in the grades for the bakeries that had several breads reviewed.

Ranking Name Location Sale outlets Products Score
1 (tie) Bay Bread San Francisco
Own stores
Restaurants
Olive baguetteB+
Walnut BoulotA
Kalamata
Olive Boulot
A-
5
1 (tie) Prolific Ovens Palo Alto
Own store
Whole Wheat BreadA-
5
3 Great Harvest Bread Co. Oakland
Own store
Misc. Farmers Markets
Oregon Herb breadA-
Dakota breadA-
Honey Whole WheatB+
Spinach Feta breadA-
4.75
4 Boudin Bakery San Francisco Own stores
Sourdough Olive breadA-
Sourdough Walnut breadA-
Garlic Sesame breadB+
4.66
5 (tie) Arizmendi Oakland Own store
Sourdough baguetteB+
Suburban breadA-
4.5
5 (tie) Palo Alto Baking Co. Palo Alto Own store
Sour French breadA-
Dutch Crunch breadB+
4.5
7 (tie) Bennett Valley Bread & Pastry Santa Rosa Farmers Market, S.F.
Olive breadB+
4
7 (tie) Il Fornaio Corte Madera Trader Joe's
Rustic Country LoafB+
4
7 (tie) Acme Bakery Berkeley
Farmers markets
Own stores
Olive breadB
Sour BatardA-
4
7 (tie) La Brea Bakery Van Nuys
Albertson's
Andronico's
Pain RustiqueB+
4
11 Grace Baking Richmond
Safeway stores
Market Hall Bakery
Potato & rosemary breadB+
Olive breadB-
Crusty BaguetteB-
Sourdough walnutA-
Brown RiceB
Henry's Harvest Rustic MultigrainA-
3.5
12 Semifreddi's Emeryville Safeway stores
Country levain breadB
Sourdough Seeded BaguetteB
CiabattaB+
Rustic SourB
3.25
13 (tie) Bakery in a Barn Rohnert Park
Farmers markets
Own stores
Grain breadB
3
13 (tie) Lovesticks Mill Valley
Trader Joe's
Sesame BreadstickB
3
13 (tie) Aria Alameda
Aria Super Market, Alameda
Afghan breadB
3
13 (tie) Le Boulanger Sunnyvale
Prolific Ovens, Palo Alto
BaguetteB
3
13 (tie) La Baguette Sunnyvale
Own stores
Sourdough breadB
Four Grain breadB
3
18 (tie) Metropolis Baking Co Berkeley
Safeway stores
Sweet baguetteB-
Pane di AltamuraB-
2
18 (tie) Specialty's In-store bakery
Specialty's sandwich shops
Honeycorn breadB-
2
20 Safeway Pleasanton
Own stores
Kalamata Olive breadB
French breadC
Sour Dough breadC+
1.33
21 (tie) Dimond bakery Oakland
Own store
White breadC+
1
21 (tie) Grain d'Or San Francisco
Own stores
Pain de CampagneC
Seven Grain breadB-
1
21 (tie) Parisian Bakeries San Francisco
Safeway
Sourdough breadC+
1
21 (tie) Alfaro's Vernon
Safeway
Sun dried tomatoC+
1
25 Trader Joe's Emeryville
Own stores
Potato Rosemary breadB
Moroccan Olive PuglieseB
French Village BaguetteD-
0.66
26 Pure Grain German Bakery Vacaville Alameda Natural Grocery
Multi GrainC
0
27 Albertson's ??? Albertson's stores
French breadD
Wheat French breadC-
French baguetteC-
Garlic breadF
Sourdough French breadD-
-2.8
 
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