Clark Street Bread bakes serious loaves in Atwater Village

Clark Street Bread has built a real following in Atwater Village, and the 4.5-star rating across more than 600 reviews tells you this is not a place running on novelty. People come back. The bread is the reason.

The focus here is on naturally leavened, fresh-milled grain breads: sourdough loaves, country bread, whole wheat, rye, and focaccia. These are not supermarket approximations. The grain sourcing and milling process show up in the flavor and the crust in ways that are hard to fake. Croissants, morning buns, and seasonal pastries round out what you will find on any given visit, though availability shifts with the season and what they are working with.

If you cannot make it to the bakery, Clark Street also shows up at a Sunday farmers market, which is how a lot of people first find them. Worth knowing if the Atwater Village location is out of your way.

Prices sit at a moderate level for what is clearly craft work. If you care about where your bread comes from and how it is made, this is the kind of place worth going slightly out of your way for.