Breads Bakery is now selling New York-style pizza by a Michelin-starred chef
Stretch Pizza will take residency inside Breads Bakery starting next week.
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Regulars at Breads Bakery will soon be able to add New York-style pizza to their standing orders as the destination will be home to Stretch Pizza a new residency project led by Michelin-starred chef Wylie Dufresne beginning April 20.
Photograph: Ashley Solter
The partnership was born during the pandemic, as Dufresne (the former owner of wd~50 and Du s Donuts) got to know Breads owner Gadi Peleg while buying babka and bread there. It quickly became clear that each admired the other s work and the two, both of whom grew up in Manhattan, had much in common, reads an official release about the collaboration. They started discussing ideas to get Wylie into the bakery, which was, during the pandemic, one of the few neighborhood spots still open.
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At Stretch Pizza, there are four options for pies, to be ordered in advance for pickup.Credit.Ashley Solter
Stretch Pizza
Pizzerias, hold the brick-and-mortar, have become a thing during the pandemic and are probably here to stay. A growing list of restaurants have opened takeout pizza divisions to expand without establishing separate storefronts and kitchens. Now, Breads Bakery, a retailer and cafe near Union Square, has done the same. And it’s with a marquee chef, Wylie Dufresne, who is adding pizza to a career that includes avant-garde molecular food and doughnuts. Mr. Dufresne was a fan of the bakery, got to know Gadi Peleg, the owner, and they decided to collaborate on New York-style pizza. There are four options for the 12-inch pies ($19 each), which must be ordered online