I the past we had some great bread bakeries in the Bx. G&R on 161st was the one I went to. There was a good one on Mt Eaden Ave. Are there any left. I know about the Italian Bakeries. There dont seem to be any outside Manhattan

My favorite bakery was Weber's on Fordham Road. When we went to visit my grandmother (who lived in Fordham Hill), there was always a Weber's layer cake for dessert. Yum!

We used to go to a bakery on Sedgewick & Kingsbridge. I can't remember the name, But the owner/ baker was named Hymie. Great bread and rolls.

My grandfather, Herbert Feder, was a baker. He worked at Orwasher's in NYC. For awhile he lived with us. He baked at night, and in the morning he came home with fresh rolls and bread.

My grandfather learned the trade from my great grangfather, who owned a bakery complex along Riverdale Avenue in Yonkers. I believe that bakery was established in the 1880's or 1890's.

Does anybody remember what a salt stick or a horn was?

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Yes I loved them. G&R had them. On Saturday I would go out and get the bread in the morning. Salt sticks were my favorite. It is very hard to get good bread any place. Wonder bread is king

There's a place called Concourse Bakery on the south side of 167th St (about 3 or 4 blocks east of the Concourse) that is a Jamaican bakery that makes great breads and cakes.

-Michael

THE LIDO ON 170TH STREET WAS GOOD. SO WAS SHERBLOOM ON 167TH STREET OR THE GARDEN BAKERY ON 170TH STREET

Anyone remember the D&D Bakery on White Plains Rd.&233rd Street? The best apple crumb cake, and the bread was delicious. There was a bakery on E238th Street that had the best black&whites I have never found any as good.

YES, I REMEMBER THE LIDO AND THE GARDEN BAKERIES. THEY BOTH HAD WONDERFUL BAKED GOODS. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER SOLOMON'S BAKERY RIGHT NEXT TO LOWELL"S PHARMACY ON THE CORNER OF SHERIDAN AND 170TH ST.? HE HAD WONDERFUL CAKES AND PASTRIES......

Do your Angel's know of any great bakeries still around or from the past? I think bakeries was this forums topic? What have The existance or non-existance of Angel's have to do with Bakeries?

When it comes to bakeries, I think I was raised in bakery heaven. We lived on Bainbridge Ave., near Fordham Road. From our door, you could walk easily to about 5 different incredible bakeries, which all offered similar fare, but as locals, we had reasons to go to each one, since they had one thing or other that seemed better than all the rest. Gone are the days when you could pick and choose and hit a few bakeries in a couple of blocks and come home with a little something from each one.

Zaro's, which had fabulous bread and rolls, and heavenly cheesecake which was baked in a sheet and had crumbs on top. Cushman's Bakery was on our corner of Fordham and Bainbridge, and they had excellent butter cream cakes. Just up the hill was the legendary Sutter's, where I'd go on cold winter mornings to get Grandma some eclairs and Napoleons and also a pecan ring if she wanted it for when the "girls" came over later. I can remember walking into Sutter's on a freezing cold morning and having the blast of warm air fog my glasses and not be able to see, but oh man, you didn't need to see if you could smell all that butter and cinnamon and other goodies baking.

They used to bake right in front of you, in the old days when they had a tea room just off the bakery. You could see the man slathering butter on the soft dough and then adding the crushed nuts and raisins and brown sugar, then splitting the rings with a razor blade before sliding them into the rotating oven, which worked something like a rotisserie with shelves that revolved up and around to the back, then came forward to the front again.

We always went over to Weber's for their spectacular crumb cookies, which were just like the tops of crumb buns that were sliced off and just baked into cookies, they were incredible. And I most fondly remember a little mom and pop bakery on Briggs Ave. just north of 198th st. They were the very best, all their stuff was hand made, the best crumb buns, crullers, you name it, it was there.

Back in the current age, there are very few old time bakeries left. I still go to Delilo's on 187th St., where I find the quality is still like the old days and I'm never disappointed, but the goods are all Italian style, so if you're looking for good old crumb buns or rolls, you won't find it there. I found a very good bakery in Bronxville on Pondfield Road, called Tip Top Bakers, and they make real old fashioned rolls and crumb buns which are exceptionally good. They sell out fast in the morning.

Zaro's is still in business, having a store in Parkchester and one in Cross County. I love their little pecan danish, they remind me of the pecan rings from Sutter's, and I love their Corn Rye bread and other breads. They still have the magic touch.

Aaah, if only I could run an errand for Grandma again and run up to the Concourse to get some goodies from Sutter's.

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Originally posted by Billy N:

Aaah, if only I could run an errand for Grandma again and run up to the Concourse to get some goodies from Sutter's.

We all had our neighborhood bakeries that we loved. I don't remember the names of mine and I'll bet that's true of most of us. But, Sutter's was an institution that everyone knew, if not for its take-out, then for its tea room.

Personally, it was too fancy for my tastes as a youngster. Zaro's, on the other hand, built a reputation far and wide for its New York cheese cake. I didn't know about its stores in Cross County and Parkchester, but it continues to do a booming business in Penn Station and Grand Central Station. If you miss your old bakery with the fragrance of freshly baked rye, pumpernickel, potato or corn bread in the air, pay a visit to Orwasher's on 78th Street, just east of Second Avenue in Manhattan. It's probably the last of a dying breed and one of the great ones.

As I have written before, my grandfather, Herbert Feder, was a baker at Orwasher's. We loved his rolls, rye bread,(both regular & corn)and the pumpernickle. However even he thought the potatoe bread tasted like Straw.

Isn't anyoneone from 170th St. area west of the Concourse? Friedhofers and the Garden Bakery.

SHERBLOOMS ON 167 TH STREET

Manna Bakery on Sedgwick Avenue, arou nd the corner from Van Cortlandt Avenue west - in the Co-op Store building. The best cinnamon buns in the world.
Tina

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Originally posted by dbob:
I the past we had some great bread bakeries in the Bx. G&R on 161st was the one I went to. There was a good one on Mt Eaden Ave. Are there any left. I know about the Italian Bakeries. There dont seem to be any outside Manhattan

I went to the bakery on Edward L. Grant Hwy, near Nelson Avenue. It has great cheesecake and 7-Layer cake.

I remember the 233rd & 238th street ones
there was a good one on the NW corner of 241st & White Plains Rd also

What about Zaro's on Kingsbridge road---best salt sticks and my favorite the Black and Whites!!!!

The Bakery on E 233rd street was called D&D the best apple strudle and pumpernickle bread anywhere? I don't remember the name of the bakery on E 238th street however, I still taste their product in the form of those heavenly Black/Whites. They were soooo delicious and I have yet to find any as good. Do our taste buds decline as we get older or did the food in the Bronx outshine anywhere else?

I mail order my black and whites from Zaro's---a little pricy but worth it they have a very nice website. The bakeries here in Florida just don't come close!!!!