Best bread in Santa Monica?

[aventinus]

Baguettes, ciabatta, focaccia, etc.

[Emme]

Some of the stuff at Via Dolce on Montana is great.

I echo the recs for Bay Cities and Amandine.

[aventinus]

I've tried Bay Cities and Le Pain du Jour based on people's suggestions. Both are excellent. (Also try the plain butter croissants at Le Pain du Jour--the best in town.)

[a_and_w]

Amandine and Huckleberry for sure. Stay away from the bread guy at the SM Farmer's Market -- super dry.

[TomSwift]

Agree about Bay Cities, good and hot. For sourdough, though, its diffficult to beat Pioneer.

[mollyomormon]

The wheat bread at Huckleberry is very good.

[sel]

The place on the S side of Pico Blvd. a few doors E of Lincoln Blvd. called................?
Baguettes are good, sweet stuff is ok but I prefer Amandine and Huckelberry for pastries.
Oh yea, it's La Pain du Jour, Inc.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&...

[bulavinaka]

For more artisan-type bread, I second La Pain du Jour. For softer more pliable bread, I third Bay Cities.

Les Delices du Four at the Mar Vista Farmers market on Sundays has really good baguettes, batards and ciabatta.

[schrutefarms]

Bay Cities

[monku]

For etc. bread I like Bay Cities Italian Deli.

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Bay Cities Italian Deli
1517 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

[vinosnob]

ditto!

[a_and_w]

Nosh had a great suggestion some time back to freeze Bay Cities bread in pieces to prevent it from going stale.