Dahlia Bakery Consistently Hits the Mark!/ by Molly, Wendy, Stacy, and Adrienne
4 Ladies
24 hours
10 Bakeries
Molly Melkonian (Dahlia Bakery Manager), Wendy Scherer (Head Bread Baker), Stacy Fortner (Exec Pastry Chef), and Adrienne Lasko (Dahlia Bakery Chef) head to Portland for a bakery tour.
What: Bakery Tour
Where: Portland, OR
When: Feb 7
Why: Check out where we’re at compared with other notable bakeries and get inspired!
After visiting 10 bakeries all over the Portland map, we conclude that the Dahlia Bakery maintains a competitive edge with other top bakeries in the Pacific Northwest.
Portland bakeries with concepts most similar to ours: Pearl Bakery, Grand Central Bakery, Little T American Baker, St. Honore Boulangerie, Two Tarts, and Ken’s Artisan Bakery
Portland bakeries with concepts not so similar to ours: Voodoo Doughnuts, Bakery Bar, Pine State Biscuits, and Saint Cupcake
While we found deliciousness everywhere we went, quality varied greatly. We found that what we considered “misses” generated great conversations amongst ourselves about how we do it, and how it can be done better. We loved some of the packaging and talked about how to implement new ideas into our bakery.
We are looking forward to making some changes with our sandwich bread, some of the packaging, and practicing more frequent rotation to keep things exciting.
In the future, we will be hitting up some local Seattle bakeries for ongoing R&D. The photos:
Photo top right- Paesano loaf at Pearl Bakery. We liked the way they stab the signage right into the bread!
Photo top middle- Adrienne eating Voodoo Doughnut
Photo top left- Molly eating Voodoo Doughnut
Photo middle left-The counter at family-owned Two Tarts. We loved that the daughter, at most 9 years old, rung us up!
Photo middle middle-Stacy eating breakfast at Bakery Bar
Photo middle right- St. Honore Boulangerie sells 5# bags of Shepherd’s Grain Flour. Love that!
Photo bottom left- The counter at Saint Cupcake
Photo bottom middle- We loved the way they wrapped the baguette to go at Little T American Baker
Photo bottom right- Line out the door at Pine State Biscuits. Their biscuit breakfast sandwich with fried chicken, gravy, fried egg, and cheese looked amazing!
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