Olive Bread

[kassidyh]

I am a huge fan of anything olive especially olive bread. When the weather gets a little warmer, i would like to go on an olive bread-trail in Toronto and surrounding area. So far, my favorite olive bread is the ciabatta loaf from Metro (formerly Dominion). I know there must be better ones out there. If you guys can tell me where you get your favorite olive bread, I can start building my olive bread trail.

Thanks!

[Atahualpa]

I highly recommend the Olive Fougasse from Brick St. It is delightful when fresh – crisp bottom crust, salty exterior, and great olives. Refreshes OK with toasting on day two.

I have tried Ace Olive Bread, Fred's Olive and Chipotle, and a couple of other grocery store loaves – the Brick's fougasse takes the prize.

Note: I have NOT tried Brick St's regular Olive Boule.

[Lazar]

St.John's Bakery does a great rosemary olive bread. I think that Thuet has one too.

[burlgurl]

the best Olive bread I've had is Ace Bakery, available at most grocery stores..it's a round boule, crispy crust and soft and fluffy inside with lots of full black olive chunks...

[Apple]

The best olive bread I have ever had is Fred's Bread - Olive Chipotle. I have seen it at the Loblaw's at Vic Park & Gerrard (though have not checked lately) as well as the Beaver on Queen West (near Ossington)

Imagine huge chunks of fat green olives studded in a chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside bread that is finished with just a touch of heat.

[mtampoya]

La Bambouche sells a great Olive Bread too which I believe they make in house. La Bambouche is at Yonge & Eg, south of Eglinton. I think it is on Hillsdale, off of Yonge.

[Snarf]

La Bamboche is on Manor Road, right next to Coquine, just east of Yonge.

Re below: Yes, the Fred's bread has an amazing crust and great green olive flavour.

[Full tummy]

Do you mean the Premier Moisson (sp?) one? That is brought in from Montreal, I think, and it is excellent. I also like the St. John's bakery green olive, cilantro loaf.

[kassidyh]

Yup. Premier Moisson. I love it but I keep thinking because it's from a grocery store that it must not be as good as ones from local bakeries. I have tried the St. John's bakery one, I think. Are you talking about the one on the lower level of St. Lawrence Market?

[jayt90]

I was informed that Metro's Premiere Moisson loaves are bake off's, i.e., produced centrally, frozen, and baked quickly each day in the store.
Costco has a similar olive loaf, also bake off.

[Full tummy]

I thought the loaves (flash frozen) were brought in from Quebec. Yes, that means they're baked on site, but I think they still achieve excellent results.

[jayt90]

We don't really know where the bakery is located. It is curious that a Premiere Moisson round white loaf is displayed in the Weston (Dempster's) section at Costco.

[Full tummy]

Hmmm. Yes, I had seen that at Costco but never looked up close. Did you try it?

[jayt90]

No, it is thinly sliced and two loaves per package would dry up in my small household. But a neighbor swears by it.

[Full tummy]

I don't know, as I don't generally buy them at SLM. It's probably the same thing, though, as they're sold all over the city.