The La Brea Bakery Blog: Home For Artisan Breads and More

We’re excited to announce we’ve partnered with No Kid Hungry again this fall to help feed kids in need. A charity organization whose key initiative is to end child hunger, they are fueled by “connecting kids to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals.” The holidays are a…

Avocados easily rank as one of our favorite foods. And being at the peak of its season, there is no better time than the present to incorporate them into your favorite meals. While the obvious route for avocados may be guacamole, the delicious fruit makes for an easy addition to countless dishes…

We like to think we are more than just a bread company. Our passion for artisan goes beyond just baking bread. It is the notion of what baking means to us and where we came from. La Brea Bakery started as a small bakery on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Some credit us with…

Henk Drakulich, head chef of La Brea Bakery Café, was recently featured in LA Weekly and reminisced about his favorite school lunches. It stirred up some sweet (and not so sweet) memories from our school days. Below, some more of our team share the scoop on their stand outs: Jessica Smith, Brand…

In a recent article, Eater LA credits the growth of the artisan bread movement in Los Angeles to La Brea Bakery, noting “La Brea Bakery started the artisanal bread revolution in the City of Angels back in the late 1980s, and the city has continued to step up its bread game ever since.” It’s true…