Saint Bread opens stunning new bakery on Seattle s Portage Bay
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Naomi Tomky, Special to the Seattle P-I
April 29, 2021
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From a historically blessed spot on the shores of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle’s newest bakery, Saint Bread, puts out a divine, if eclectic, selection of food. Squirreled away in a tiny corner of Boat Street at the edge of the University of Washington campus, Saint Bread’s pastry case boasts Scandinavian cardamom knots and Japanese melonpan, while the prepared menu includes a bratwurst sandwich, avocado toast, and an okonomiyaki tortilla.
Before the arrival of the baguette-wielding stained-glass saint who keeps watch from a window over Saint Bread’s covered patio, the location was home to the nearly 100-year-old Jensen Motor Boat Company, which a customer appropriately called a “wooden boat cathedral” when it closed in 2018.