  Urbanoutdoors Member Username: Urbanoutdoors Post Number: 292 Registered: 11-2005 |
I know that the number of local bakeries has plummeted since the 50s. What are local favorites that have sweated it out? | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 355 Registered: 02-2006 |
Dutch Girl Donuts!!! | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 714 Registered: 11-2005 |
La Gloria in Mexicantown. Though it hasn't been around since the '50s. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1278 Registered: 12-2005 |
Knudsen's on McNichols, west of Southfield. Best in the west! 56Packman, west side goysher | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1168 Registered: 02-2007 |
Don't forget the Sunnyside Bakery on McNichols and Davison St. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1069 Registered: 08-2006 |
Knudesen's yes! Every one of my Birthday cakes starting with the first have come from there. | ||
Urbanoutdoors Member Username: Urbanoutdoors Post Number: 293 Registered: 11-2005 |
I am getting my college graduation cake from knudsens. I used to go with my mom as a kid every other week to get goodies to take into St. Scholastica when I was a kid. It is my personal favorite. | ||
Gianni Member Username: Gianni Post Number: 287 Registered: 05-2004 |
Avalon, of course. Best Italian bread outside of Toronto. And it's not even an Italian bakery. | ||
Kville Member Username: Kville Post Number: 29 Registered: 04-2007 |
Tringali's on Kelly near 7 Mile. Is it still there? | ||
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21 Post Number: 88 Registered: 12-2003 |
Detroit Italian Bakery on Gratiot just south of Frazho WAS the best while I was growing up. Unbelievable pizza, perfect crust. I think it closed in the mid-90's sometime. | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1637 Registered: 05-2005 |
quote: avalon is great, but it's new. it didn't sweat out nothin' | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1625 Registered: 10-2003 |
National Bakery on State Fair near I-75. | ||
Frumoasa Member Username: Frumoasa Post Number: 16 Registered: 03-2007 |
Nortown Bakery on 7 Mile at Van Dyke. Although it is very far separated from the "traditional" Romanian neighborhood, they sell Romanian style bread that is just like in RO. Thick texture, with just a little bit of whole wheat flour, big loaves sliced thick. They also sell Romanian style smoked meats and special cheeses in addition to their bakery offerings. They're not open on Sunday and they close early the rest of the week. I believe it originally started as a Polish bakery back in the day due to the proximity of some other older Polish establishments, but I believe Romanian owners bought it quite a few years ago. | ||
Wabashdetroit Member Username: Wabashdetroit Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2007 |
I love Cousin's Bakery in Mexicantown. Vernor and Springwells. Huge chocolate eclairs. Rough neighborhood. | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 130 Registered: 02-2007 |
Westside I would say Knudsens. Eastside Sweetheart on Kingsville and Kelly European Milano on Van Dyke (gone) Hodells Cake Box on Harper (moved to the suburbs) | ||
Debw858 Member Username: Debw858 Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2007 |
I grew up near 7 Mile and Gratiot. Heinrich's Bakery on Gratiot just South of McNichols and also Sweetheart Bakery on Kelly Road just North of 7 Mile Road. | ||
Pinewood73 Member Username: Pinewood73 Post Number: 37 Registered: 07-2006 |
Pasquale's Bakery on 8 Mile near Gratiot. | ||
D2dyeah Member Username: D2dyeah Post Number: 53 Registered: 09-2005 |
Qwikee Donuts on Grand River | ||
Aoife Member Username: Aoife Post Number: 9 Registered: 04-2007 |
Bommarito's on Mack - the best cannoli ever. | ||
Swede1934 Member Username: Swede1934 Post Number: 18 Registered: 04-2007 |
Does anyone remember a Scandinavian bakery on Puritan, west of Livernois and maybe close to Wyoming. The mouthwatering smell of that place would hit you a block away. | ||
D2dyeah Member Username: D2dyeah Post Number: 54 Registered: 09-2005 |
Circa 1955, There was a bakery on McGraw, a block west of Livernois on the south side of the street, can't remember the name, but they had a "FELIX The Cat" clock on the wall behind the counter which always held my attention, and the best sprinkled cookies this 3 year old ever had. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4299 Registered: 08-2004 |
Best cakes and pastries.... Josef's French Pastry Shop on Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods. (Drooling on my keyboard as we speak...) | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 405 Registered: 04-2006 |
nothing beats avalon. 100% organic, lots of vegan options, best muffins in town, and best baguettes i've had outside of france... (goes well with R. Hert's cheese...) | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4966 Registered: 10-2003 |
Lottsa former bakeries have been mentioned on this thread. Usually pick up a loaf or two a week from Delray Bakery on Allen Rd | ||
Buddyinrichmond Member Username: Buddyinrichmond Post Number: 170 Registered: 02-2004 |
quote: Actually 100% organic flour. The rest is conventionally grown. | ||
Ednaturnblad Member Username: Ednaturnblad Post Number: 12 Registered: 09-2006 |
I've always loved Chene Modern Bakery on Warren Ave. just east of Southfield. Great buttermilk rye bread! | ||
Lmr Member Username: Lmr Post Number: 27 Registered: 03-2007 |
As a kid there was nothing like Brohl's Bakery in Wyandotte. It opened in 1865 and was there for about 100 years. Vinewood Bakery and Oak Leaf Bakery were also good. Also my dad used to get jelly donuts at the Baker Boy restaurant at Fort and Eureka when they had a donut counter in the 50's and early 60's. Vinewood and Oak Leaf were in Wyandotte, Baker Boy was in Southgate. | ||
Oldestuff Member Username: Oldestuff Post Number: 19 Registered: 01-2007 |
Supreme Bakery - North of Michigan Ave, East of Central - Panama St. & Florida I believe. Great breads and donuts (almost as good as Quickee's) | ||
D2dyeah Member Username: D2dyeah Post Number: 55 Registered: 09-2005 |
They may not have been the best in Detroit, but Awrey's devils food cake with vanilla frosting, and there GIANT chocolate chip cookies were terrific. Easter at Sanders, white on white frosted cupcakes with coconut and jellybeans, as kids they made up for the "torture"of Lent. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 1270 Registered: 02-2005 |
Whatever happened to Oaza? The best bakery was in my grandmother's kitchen on Woodlawn. Alas, it closed over 35 years ago. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1242 Registered: 04-2006 |
Edna, I live about 100 feet from that bakery! | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 808 Registered: 12-2003 |
Chamberlain's bakery; I grew up on their sourdough. Distinctive round, dense, firm loaves w/ great crust and just enough sour in the middle. Makes me yearn for and open-faced corned beef, muenster with a schmear of Red Pelican spicy and a cold brew. yum http://www.chamberlainbakery.c om/history.htm | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5313 Registered: 11-2003 |
Orchard Lake Road for bagels, actually boiled first. Twice baked rye breads from any Jewish Bakery. Any bakery in Hamtramck for the real Polish experience. jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5314 Registered: 11-2003 |
56packman #1278, a classic. jjaba would spell it "goyisher". You spelled it wrong because you possess a "Goyisha kup." jjaba, eating a piece of rugulla with glessella tea. | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 134 Registered: 12-2006 |
Italian: Tringali's, yes! I think it moved "upstream" to 16 Mile or around there. French: Josef's French Pastry Shop, keeping our French roots alive; Cakes: Tie between Sweetheart and Josef's; Polish: Anywhere in Hamtramck, but we used to go to Nortown for holly bread and pumpernickel when we ran low. Glad to hear they're still around. I know there was a great Jewish bakery we'd go to near Hamtramck, but can't remember the name. Love that diversity! | ||
Wally2times Member Username: Wally2times Post Number: 102 Registered: 03-2007 |
McDougal Bakery | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1204 Registered: 02-2007 |
"Pasquale's Bakery on 8 Mile near Gratiot." Could of swore they've been closed for about 5-10 years. Everytime I ride past there, it's noting but a vacated storefront. | ||
Pinewood73 Member Username: Pinewood73 Post Number: 38 Registered: 07-2006 |
Urbanize, you may be right. My family used to know the owner of the bakery, used to go there almost every week as a kid. Probably haven't been there in 20 years. | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 177 Registered: 10-2006 |
I left my milk money at Domeyers on Puritan more than once on the way to Crary Elementary in the seventies. Great jelly donuts. Do they exist anymore? | ||
Pythonmaster Member Username: Pythonmaster Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2006 |
love Avalon Bakery- great baked goods and they know how to extract the juice from the sacred bean | ||
Fasteddie Member Username: Fasteddie Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2007 |
La Gloria's in Mexican Town. Good eats/prices. | ||
Dbc Member Username: Dbc Post Number: 43 Registered: 09-2006 |
Sunnyside on McNichols & New Deluxe on Conant (actually in Detroit) Both have great chruszcziki (angel wings), kolaczki, and paczki, and Sunnyside's marble rye is unbeatable. (I've got some in my fridge here in Arlington, VA right now.) | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1236 Registered: 02-2007 |
Sunnyside also sells the biggest cookies in the City (possibly Metro Area). I mean, you need a fork and knife to eat their's. | ||
Softailrider Member Username: Softailrider Post Number: 40 Registered: 02-2007 |
I don't see how Sunnyside can stay in business in the god forsaken area of the city . There's nothing left around there . | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1665 Registered: 10-2003 |
Chamberlain Bakery, sadly, is defunct. I used to love their rye bread. The only thing even close to it now is Burghardt's, out of Livonia. Bommarito's on Mack in St. Clair Shores DOES have the best cannoli (and pignoli... pine nut cookies) in the metro area, hands down. Nothing can match a cannola from Bommarito's. Tringali's is at 12 and Schoenherr now. It's pretty good. Julian Bros. on Rochester Road in Royal Oak is a good Italian bakery and store. Srodek's on Conant still makes excellent tortes, at least they did the last time I checked... The best bagel place for a real, old-fashioned chewy bagel is New York Bagel in Ferndale. It's the only place I know that still makes a real bagel, not one of those huge, puffy, bready monstrosities like Einstein's and Bruegger's put out. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1237 Registered: 02-2007 |
"I don't see how Sunnyside can stay in business in the god forsaken area of the city . There's nothing left around there ." Don't bash on a very dedicated Neighborhood Detroit Bakery. If anything, you would be making the trip over there to support them if you were that worried about them. Also, they do make excellent Wedding cakes as well (likely the best in Detroit). I saw their whole catalogue of Cake Designs. Mostly though, People probably go there because they're a main Kowalski Dealer. | ||
Maxcarey Member Username: Maxcarey Post Number: 96 Registered: 07-2006 |
"Pasquale's Bakery on 8 Mile near Gratiot." "Could of swore they've been closed for about 5-10 years. Everytime I ride past there, it's noting but a vacated storefront." They're still open, although most of their business is now providing baked goods to places like Nino Salvaggio. Every now and then they will have their front door open to the public, but I haven't seen any regular hours. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1239 Registered: 02-2007 |
So in other words, there just a commercial bakery now? They might have just reopened if that's the case in most recent years. I think they used to have a sign which is no longer there. | ||
Softailrider Member Username: Softailrider Post Number: 41 Registered: 02-2007 |
Urbanize....... I do go there occasionally . I also go to Marcus burger , Ham Palace for lunch couple times a month when I'm in the area and feel like a colesteral boost . I'm not bashing anything , the 6 mile & Davison area is terrible , not just my opinion . Anyone can see that if they drive through there. | ||
Maxcarey Member Username: Maxcarey Post Number: 97 Registered: 07-2006 |
For the most part, yes. There was very little on the shelves when I went in a few months ago. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 5030 Registered: 10-2003 |
Growing up I had Chamberlain, Cousins, and Delray as our regular stops. Dad, who at the time delivered Taystee bread, used to trade loaves with the owners of Cousins. Nothing better than a PB&J spread on a fresh couple of slices of freshly baked "bakery" bread with the crunchy crust and that wonderfully sweetsoft middle. OK, hard salami and cheese comes close. Hell, just a piece of freshly baked bread is a wonderous thing. | ||
Dbc Member Username: Dbc Post Number: 44 Registered: 09-2006 |
I also think that Sunnyside sells bread to restaurants and markets to make money, as my Dad has been there very early in the morning and seen people walking out with dozens of bags of bread at a time. One interesting note about Sunnyside, New Deluxe, and - I'm pretty sure - New Palace in Hamtramck (another of my favorites) is that although they primarily sell Polish baked goods in once-heavily Polish areas, they are owned by Macedonians. I'm assuming the bakeries were originally Polish-owned, and I have always wondered if the original owners sold them their recipes as part of the deal. Or maybe, Macedonians, being Slavs as well, bake the same stuff. Whatever the case, Macedonians sure can bake!!!! | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 477 Registered: 01-2007 |
Oldestuff, when we lived on Casper, we would walk over to Supreme all the time. There was a bar across the street that was always busy, no matter how early in the day. Loved the Bakery. | ||
Jcs89119 Member Username: Jcs89119 Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2007 |
Wonder whatever happened to Benacquisto? (sp?) They had great Italian Bread on Van Dyke just east of the Ford Expressway. We used to go there in the evening after 8pm and get their bread just as it was coming out of the oven. | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 51 Registered: 05-2007 |
Anyone recall a bakery in the 1970's on the northwest side of Detroit on the south side of Schoolcraft near either Stahelin, Artesian, or Warwick? Went there often as a kid in the 70's and the Apple Fritters were so delicious. Lived north of Schoolcraft and it was dangerous to cross for a young teenager, but once my parents allowed for it, off I went to "grub" on the pastries. | ||
Debw858 Member Username: Debw858 Post Number: 16 Registered: 05-2007 |
What about Amy Joy Doughnuts on Coram and Gratiot. They had the real tall steep blue roof. We used to skip church on Sundays and go get a doughnut and chocolate milk. | ||
Oldestuff Member Username: Oldestuff Post Number: 21 Registered: 01-2007 |
Vetalalumni: I believe you're talking about NINO's Bakery. They had great pepperoni rolls too. | ||
Lafayette Member Username: Lafayette Post Number: 16 Registered: 03-2007 |
The demise of Chamberlain bakery was a huge blow to Detroit's bakery scene; it was the real thing, and the sourdough was authentic. Perfect by folks who really knew what they were doing. | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 402 Registered: 05-2007 |
Oldestuff:  YES - It was NINO's and it was the best ever. Ate their products often throughout the 70's. Are they still there? Do you know where they may have gone to, or what happened to them? And I do remember those delicious pepperoni rolls as well! Thank you so much for your post. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 760 Registered: 07-2005 |
St Mary's Bakery on Grand River one block west of the church was a family favorite until we moved out. I think it is a nail salon or wig store now. Dad also bought loads of meat pies and such at some Scottish Bakery on the westside, I forget exactly where it was located. | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 68 Registered: 10-2006 |
There was/is a Scottish Bakery on Five Mile just east of Beech Daly. Could that be the one? | ||
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42 Post Number: 43 Registered: 12-2006 |
AKROYDS SCOTTISH BAKERY. FIVE MILE EAST OF BEACH DAILY. MOVED THERE FROM JOHN R . AND NINE MILE. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 776 Registered: 07-2005 |
I think it may have been Akroyds, though I thought there was one around Fenkell and Schaefer Hwy or further east on Fenkell?? | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 563 Registered: 05-2006 |
What about Amy Joy Doughnuts on Coram and Gratiot. They had the real tall steep blue roof. We used to skip church on Sundays and go get a doughnut and chocolate milk. ______________________________ ___________________ Long gone, since about 1980 or so, loved how thier building resembled IHOP. ______________________________ ___________________One interesting note about Sunnyside, New Deluxe, and - I'm pretty sure - New Palace in Hamtramck (another of my favorites) is that although they primarily sell Polish baked goods in once-heavily Polish areas, they are owned by Macedonians. I live in Hamtown, and New Palace is definatly still a Polish bakery. Every time I've gone to New Deluxe, Polish Girls still waite on me. Also, nobody has mentioned it, Cloverleaf Bakery, on Van Dyke south of Knodell(Harper/ Van Dyke area) , open since 1945 should be mentioned here. I recently stopped in and talk to the owner, nice fellow. Although he's only owned the place since 1975 or so, he was very happy to chat about the area's history. | ||
Dbc Member Username: Dbc Post Number: 56 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, I should not have included New Palace in there. I got thrown off because the last name of the owner always mentioned in the Free Press or News ends in "vich." (There is no letter "v" in Polish, and I mistakenly assumed it was a continuation of the Macedonian trend.) However, it appears from news articles that her Polish-American husband's family has owned the bakery for decades. My bad. As for New Deluxe, I realize some of the staff may be Polish, but in an article within the last five or so years, they showed the family of bakers making paczki, and one of them clearly had a T-shirt with the Macedonian flag on it. Moreover, they had non-Polish surnames. I noticed all of this because I seem to have a photographic memory for useless details - yet forget my wife's work phone number every now and then. Anyway, New Deluxe and Sunnyside are my family's favorite bakeries, and I just thought it was interesting they are both owned by Macedonians. Whatever they're ownership, I'm sure they serve Polish baked goods because of the neighborhood. The only important thing is that all of those bakeries do a hell of a good job! I’m absolutely craving some chrusciki and kolaczki and a paczek right now. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 570 Registered: 05-2006 |
I noticed all of this because I seem to have a photographic memory for useless details ______________________________ ___________________ Amen, brother, as I also have this silly gene!!! ______________________________ ___________________ As for New Deluxe, I realize some of the staff may be Polish, but in an article within the last five or so years, they showed the family of bakers making paczki, and one of them clearly had a T-shirt with the Macedonian flag on it. Moreover, they had non-Polish surnames. Dually noted, thanks for the info. BTW, I have family members(married of course) who are of Macedonian blood, whom I have come to love, so maybe I'm a wee bit biest! (Message edited by detroitej72 on June 17, 2007) (Message edited by detroitej72 on June 17, 2007) | ||
Tonyg80 Member Username: Tonyg80 Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2007 |
Geloso's Bakery on 14 Mile rd and Hayes in warren has the best canoli's and Italian bread in town, HANDS DOWN | ||
Sweets8772 Member Username: Sweets8772 Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2007 |
I think Astoria in Greek town (I think that's how it's spelled) is the best bakery. The desserts are always great. They are always open and service is always nice. I also like Dutch boy donuts on Woodward. It's been there forever. I'll have to try a few of the other location named. | ||
Sweets8772 Member Username: Sweets8772 Post Number: 3 Registered: 07-2007 |
I mean Dutch girl donuts.. LOL | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 854 Registered: 07-2005 |
Tony_box_42 wrote: quote: Actually Tony, Ackroyd's Scotch Bakery relocated to the present location at 25566 Five Mile and Beech Daly from W. McNichols Road and Schaefer Hwy in 1971. | ||
Tonyg80 Member Username: Tonyg80 Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2007 |
that is exactly where Ackroyds is | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 861 Registered: 07-2005 |
I agree Tonyg80. Beach Daily is a newspaper in Ambergris Caye, Belize, NOT a street in Metro Detroit as stated in Tony_box_42's post #43. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1460 Registered: 02-2007 |
It shows how much people know about Detroit. |
