Iggy's Bakery Store, rediscovered

[mangotango]

I just rediscovered the goodies at Iggy's Bakery Store in Alewife-- yum, caramel cookies and pan pizzas. They have the best brioche hot dog and hamburger buns... great for summer BBQ. What is your fave Iggy's ??

[mr mangia]

they have great premade sandwiches too. love the fresh mozzerella.

[bza]

Everything above, plus the ciabatta sandwich rolls. Perfect for pressed panini, and only a dollar.

[StriperGuy]

Iggy's intentionally charges reasonable prices for their bread because Iggy and Lyudmilla feel that it (the staff of life after all) should be afordable to all and not a luxury item.

[anais_in_waiting]

I love the Iggy's 7-grain dinner rolls. Whenever I'm making a soup at home, I pick some up to round out the meal. I'm not sure if they always have, but I noticed recently that they have a booth at the Copley Farmer's Market, which I visit religiously. Too bad I'm trying to cut out the carbs for now....

[finlero]

Agree on all of these.

When I'm too lazy to make my own brioche buns, I use the ones from Iggy's to make my knockoff rendition of the lobster roll from Neptune. It's a consistent crowd pleaser; to round out the Boston chow experience, I pair it with a batch of Dali's sangria.

Their various pizza is best after reheating, but it makes a terrific lunch on a laid-back weekend day.

[StriperGuy]

One of the better and authentic rye breads in town and the Francese. Their tarts are also good as well as the croissants.

[butterfat]

The bagels. They are so crisp and flavorful and not-flabby. I love their sesame and poppy bagels, I bring a bunch home, slice them up and freeze immediately for weekday morning breakfasts.

Also the Francese bread and the ficelle.

oh and edited to add: the round croissant-raisin pastry. (Looks like a cinnamon roll but isn't.) It's intensely buttery and not very sweet.

[digga]

Our favorite bagel there is usually the everything bagel. Couple of weekends ago, we got the everything, sesame, and poppy - they were all disappointingly bready and poofy. We are hoping that was a off-one experience.

[heypielady]

By far my favorite item to get there is the chocolate croisant. Its certainly one of my favorite food items in town and perhaps... the world(?!)

[Joanie]

Do they sell iced coffee there?

[rlh]

Yes and it's as delicious as the hot stuff from Illy and Terroir - favorites there include any of the pizzas (plain cheese always great), ham/cheese croissant (sometimes even still warm!), cherry slice pastry, and the epi or francese breads.