Bread!

[georgempavlov]

After a year-long sojourn out-of-state, I have recent;y returned to Orange County to find that my favorite bakery, The Village Bakery in Costa Mesa, is gone. Can anyone recommend a good surrogate? Somewhere I can get good Franco- or Italianate bread? Baguettes, brioche, sourdough, whatever? I've been subsisting on La Brea Bakery stuff I can find various places, but wondering if there is a local, OC, answer.

I Love in Costa Mesa, so the nearer to CM/Newport, the better.

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[mrsjoujou]

If you looking for great bread, like Acme, you will not find it in OC. I have tried many places and none were great. You can buy decent bread at the new Wholefoods. I usually stock up when I go to bread bar in LA.

[DiveFan]

BreadBar now has two locations per their website, none in OC:
http://www.breadbar.net/locations.html

Boudin has three local outlets near you, the one in Irvine at 2803 Main (at Jamboree) I didn't find in Google yet.

For simple, crusty, cheap, and WARM FRESH French style baguettes head to the nearest Lee's Sandwich.

Maps and URLs inside Place links.

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BreadBar
8718 W 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Lee's Sandwiches
4127 Campus Dr, Irvine, CA 92612

Boudin Sourdough Bakery & Cafe
901 S Coast Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Boudin Sourdough Bakery & Cafe
3333 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

[DiveFan]

Almost forgot:

Globe Delicatessen has a good selection of German style bread.

Mahlers (wholesale) makes a full line of German breads and is available up here at Torrance Alpine Village; perhaps Globe carries them. Sourdough rye, mmmmmm.

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Globe European Delicatessen
1928 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Mahler's Bakery
1943 Avenida Plaza Real, Oceanside, CA 92056

[ausfrench]

Cream Pan in Tustin has excellent French and Italian bread. Don't get there before 10 though as they won't be out of the oven (that's the only annoying thing).

[jaykayen]

Lee's Sandwiches or Banh Mi Che Cali. 50 cent baguettes that knock the socks off of 2.50 Breadbar baguettes.