The regular coffee shop is so, like, dead, guys! We’re only joking, we love coffee shops. But, there’s a new breed of micro-bakeries transforming coffee culture in Dublin; and they sell coffee too – but with the added bonus of making their own pastries and goodies on premises, with the scents of freshly baked food mixing with the waft of fresh coffee….Sorry, we were losing ourselves there.
To celebrate the recent World Baking Day, we have selected a small taste of great bakeries around Dublin for you to sample.
Elliot’s Micro Bakery, North Circular Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
Seasonal, fresh, imaginative pastries and buns? Sounds good? Then, this is the place for you. Elliot’s website (www.elliots.ie) is minimal on words, but big on pictures – and when you check out what’s on offer in this fine establishment, you’ll be lost for words too!
Bread 41, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
In a few short years, Bread 41 has become an icon of the new bakery scene – distributing its bread to many coffee shops and sandwich shops around the city. It also has its own hub on Pearse Street offering a wide mix of options – eat in, take out, bread, sandwiches, coffee, buns and croissants – all made on premises.
The Morning Bakery, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8
Located in Dublin’s funky Village Quarter area, just off Camden Street and not a million miles from arguably Dublin’s best-known micro bakery – the famous (and still legendary and brilliant!) Bretzel Bakery, lies this place…The Morning Bakery. Well known to locals and passers-by, alike, it has had a couple of previous incarnations – including popular brunch spot Meet Me in the Morning. Now, it’s all about fresh morning bread and baked goods – from sourdough breads and focaccia to seasonal doughnuts and choux buns.
Russell Street Bakery, Russell Street, Dublin 1
More than one review of Russell Street Bakery, on TripAdvisor, has mentioned Paris….as in THIS PLACE HAS THE BEST CROISSANTS OUTSIDE OF PARIS. Or, words to that effect. Yep…That good!
Fable Bakery, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Boasting “the best buns in Dublin” – be they Almond, Chocolate & Hazelnut, Cinnamon or even Sundried Tomato, Olive and Parmesan – Fable Bakery brings fine baking to Dawson Street and manages to stand tall amongst the street’s jungle of bars and coffee shops quite easily.
