Bakeries
The Bread Company
About The Bread Company
Getting the best selection at a bakery usually means arriving before the morning rush thins out the shelves, and The Bread Company greets that crowd at 363 Bernard Avenue, in the middle of the downtown blocks within easy reach of the lakefront and the parks along it.
What a bakery makes and when it makes it are closely linked. Long-fermented sourdoughs occupy the overnight hours, enriched doughs and pastries usually come out early, and anything sitting late in the day is what did not sell rather than what was baked last. That has practical consequences: the best selection is in the morning, and a large order for an event or an office almost always needs arranging in advance. Anyone shopping around gluten, dairy, egg or nut allergies should ask directly about shared equipment, since a small bakery mixes and bakes in one space.
Online, the shop is at thebreadcompany.ca. Bernard Avenue is at its most crowded through the hot dry stretch from June to September, when visitors add to the usual downtown footfall, so an early stop beats a late one for both parking and choice. If you are driving in from Glenmore, Rutland or the Upper Mission, it is worth combining the trip with other downtown errands, since crossing the city twice in one morning is exactly the sort of thing Kelowna's layout punishes.
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