"All their wares are good, but the plain baguette is heaven."
(in 4 reviews)
"…I'm in the neighborhood, I pick up a loaf and don't have them slice it for…"
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Tall Grass Bakery
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- Hours:
Tue-Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
20 reviews for Tall Grass Bakery
Review Highlights
Simply fantastic bread. They offer a variety of rustic loaves. Thick, dusty crusts are the norm. These will hold their own on the table with bold pasta, hearty soups and stews or a big Chianti. I usually opt for one of the sourdoughs -- white or whole wheat.
This is my go-to spot when bringing bread to a gathering. People ask which bakery almost every time.
The cookies are also very good -- hazelnut shortbread is my favorite.
I only wish the guy selling at the Ballard farmers market seemed happier. This is really excellent bread and should make everyone happy!
I love the fougasse; it tasks like the tastiest pizza crust in the world but studded with olives.
I love the hominy bread warmed and covered and butter with soup or chowder.
I love their baguette with butter or cheese.
I love the sourdough for sandwiches.
Like everyone else I wish it was less $$ but you get what you pay for and this bread is clearly superior.
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I really love the bread these folks put out, and everyone that works there is extremely friendly. The seeded rye bread with cracked rye berries worked in the dough is absolutely wonderful, and their baguettes and buns are excellent too. This bakery is one of the few reasons I will miss working in Ballard.
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4.5
How much baked goods can you have? A LOT!!!!!! Tall Grass Bakery and
Besalu are right next door to each other, it's like having the two
flagship establishments next to each other except these are just extraordinary superhero bakeries.
http://www.yelp.com/bi...
Artisan+baked = mmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This stuff will make you a fan of bread. If only they had a chowder neighbor.
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Bread sticks are amazing and they make these crazy black olive things that are so good AND the pretzels are heavenly.
I love this place
Yummy bread and really nice people.
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Haven't been to the actual shop- but after seeing it at every farmer's market I had been to- I picked out a loaf. Yummy sourdough...
The sourdough was a great consistency- tough tangy outer crust and a dense tender inner. I will eat anything called sourdough and this was a real treat and step up from my Trader Joe's buy and other ventures. I have tried the samples that they have out and the wheat&honey and the hominy taste delicious as well(in small sample form*)
I like the principals of the Tall Grass Bakery. It is a little step at $5 something a loaf- but I usually splurge on a fun item when I go to the markets and I never usually buy a loaf of bread. I think I will try the shop next.
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I'm not a bread connoisseur but the more I discover "artisan" breads the more it makes me...well want to try "artisan" breads.
After filling up on some delicious pastries at Besalu next door we decided to stop in here and grab a loaf for the road.
The bread I like a lot but I don't enjoy the fact that the bottom is a bit blackened (ie burnt) maybe that is intentional but I don't like the burnt after taste. Other than that the bread was solid (solid in the complementary way not as in the bread was hard and rock like) and tasty.
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I've only had their baguette but oh man, what a baguette. Chewy, flavorful crust with a chewy soft inside. And it tasted like BREAD and not just.. dough. I can't wait to go back and try more of their stuff!
I got a sourdough loaf here that was pretty good, but I'm partial to anything that comes in loaf form.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
HOLLY CRAP! If you see the Tall Grass's stand at the Ballard farmers market, grab one of the olive pretzel things! IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND OUT OF YOUR EARS AND ALL OVER YOUR FRIENDS FACES!
Oh... and the staff has always been really nice.
If you are the type of person who can't pay for a $4 loaf of handmade bread that supports local small business and puts money back in the hands of the community and not multinational conglomerates, then I'll still be your friend, but you can't have any of my delicious bread.
eh... unless you're broke... then you can have a little.
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The Best Baguette in Seattle.
I picked up a baguette from their stall at my farmer's market, and it was 2/3 gone by the time I had walked home. Also, I had flour and breadcrumbs down my chin and shirt, but a huge smile.
Every week, the quality is the same wonderful, fresh, perfectly chewy, moist baguette. I would try something else, but I'm a little too obsessed with that baguette. Definitely the best I've had in Seattle, and I've had a lot of baguettes in Seattle.
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Yummy bread to be sure, but nothing that knocked my socks off, or even impressed me that much for the price point of $4+ a loaf I expect a bit more out of my bread.
I tried the hominy bread you yelpers were raving about and found it tasty, but not that exciting. I ate it plain, I tried toasting it and slathering it with butter, and it was good, but everything I slather in butter is good!
I also got a loaf of the sourdough to stay on the safe side and found it to be mediocre at best. Plain or toasted.
Splurging on the hazelnut cookie did not even save the day. It was dry and crumbly which may appeal to some people but not to me or my jet lagged friend.
They are also cash only and there are no ATM's in site so the next time I go (I'll give it another shot) I'll remember to bring cash.
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These bakers are friendly and sell tasty breads.
You could spend $2.50 or $3 at the grocery store for a loaf that was baked a couple days ago and full of corn syrup, or you could have a organic loaf baked fresh today for a dollar or so more.
Not so tough a call.
When I think of it when I'm in the neighborhood, I pick up a loaf and don't have them slice it for me. I take it home and wield the trusty bread knife to dismember the loaf a slice at a time which keeps it tasting fresh until it is gone.
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I like bread. Bread likes me.
Tall Grass' bread is okay - better than Safeway bread - not as good as something you can get at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's - but not great. It seems like their recipes are partly political/philosophical, which could be why the breads all seem so dry. Having grown up in Berkeley, I am immune to hippies and, while hopelessly liberal, feel no need to, for example, express my beliefs in water conservation via limited bathing frequency. I've had lots of really great vegan foods, but if I see something labeled VEGAN as if that's the only reason to buy it, well, I ain't buying it.
The staff is nice, though.
The shop isn't very clean and smells pretty bad - like fermenting sourdough starter gone bad.
Le Panier - so much better, more satisfying.
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This place makes me want to buy lots of flour, try to bake, but then just walk to Tall Grass. Based on their baguettes alone, this place is pretty great.
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Very good quality. Cool bakers. Great local bread!
We like the fact that you can see the bakers in the back actually making the breads. Catch them at the Sunday Ballard Farmer's Market as well.
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Listen, I don't even like bread normally. But there's something about these baguettes... so flakey on the outside, airy, just a little salty... My last loaf was maimed and truncated before we got home with it. All their wares are good, but the plain baguette is heaven. All organic. You. Must. Try. This. Bread.
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In France there is a written law that bread cannot sell for more than $3...until we can get our lawmakers to actually start writing legislation as amazing and relevant as French law, I will pay $4+ for this delicious bread. The caprese and the pumpernickel are favorites- but freshness is key here peeps...you must get it fresh and eat it within 24 hours...which is NOT a bad thing...in fact I'm not sure too many Frenchies would try to haggle over the price of this tasty, tasty bread.
The bread from this bakery is outstanding. My brother lives in Ballard, but I live in SF and can only dream about this bread most of the year. The round hominy bread is my favorite. Warm it for about 10 minutes at 400 and it is like it was fresh out of the oven: hearty, crunchy crust with a tender, moist interior flecked w/cornmeal, well probably, hominy. Add butter and fleur de sel. Heaven. Their cranberry apricot granola is awesome too. I must have a thing for salt. This granola has the perfect balance of slightly sweet and salty.
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Although I don't go here often, I do like the concept of organic bread. It smells heavenly in there. They have Challah too, which is nice. Friendly folks as well.
I am a bread junkie and this is my favorite bread baker in Seattle. Cash only so be prepared. Also, be prepared that whatever you get will be incredible. Truly, I would drive across the city to visit this place.
