Closed April 5th for Easter
Retail hours
Wednesday - Sunday 8am - 1pm
1174 7th St W.
St. Paul MN 55102
651-300-9136
Walk-up window service
Indoor climate controlled seating available in The Bread Bus - our school bus turned seatery!
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ORGANIC AND LOCAL
Our flour is milled from certified organic grains. All of that is milled in MN and each loaf starts with wheat grown within a few hours of the bakery. When you buy bread from us, you’re supporting Minnesota farmers, millers and bakers. Thanks for being a part of sustainable food systems!
NATURALLY LEAVENED BREADS
At Brake Bread, our focus is on crafting naturally leavened (aka sourdough) breads. Each batch begins with a handful of wild yeast starter and ends 36 hours later in a beautiful loaf pulled from our stone deck oven. Why wild yeast? Flavor, digestion, and health. Naturally leavened bread provides easier gluten digestion, access to more vitamins and minerals, and has a lower glycemic index for an even release of energy.
But mostly we do it ‘cause it tastes better. And we’re not the only ones who think so!
OUR BREAD
Ingredients - Here’s a link to our ingredient list. When in doubt, give us a shout and we can double check any allergens.
BRAKE BREAD SCHEDULE: April -May 2026
Daily:
Baguette
Batard du Nord
Classic Cruiser
Seeds the Day
Braker’s Choice*
Saturday:
Nacho
Sesame Epi Baguette
Sunday:
Sesame Epi Baguette
Olive Fougasse
*Braker’s Choice
4/1 So Sesame,
4/8 Ryed On
4/15 Cracked
4/22 Gateway
4/29 Wilhelmina Rye
5/6 Out of This Swirled
5/13 Gateway
5/20 Ryed On
5/27 One In A Millet
6/3 Walnut Raisin
6/10 Ryed on
6/17 Cracked
6/24 Olive You
TRADITIONAL PASTRIES
We source the best ingredients we can find from sources we trust. Combining those ingredients with attention to craft, we create unique pastries that you may not find anywhere else in town. From Scandinavian inspired Cardamom Spinner to traditional Chocolate Croissants, you're sure to find something that will satiate your sweet cravings.
Most days you’ll see:
Scones: Raspberry Chocolate Chip, Almond, rotating flavor this week is Raspberry Lemon Curd
Cookies: After School Special, rotating flavor this week is Brownie
Spinners: Cardamom, Cinnamon
Caramel Pecan Roll
Croissant: Butter, Chocolate, Almond, Chocolate Almond
Danish-fruit filling varies
The Brake Bread Bus
Climate controlled
Heated in the cold months and available for you to enjoy!
Kids area
Toys, books, and sticky magnets!
Plenty of seating
Booths?! We got’em!
It was this or a street car. (too soon?)
In Sepetember 2024 We bought this 2002 International school bus. Nate, Micah and Jason drove it back from Madison WI via playing a gig at the Contented Cow in Northfield MN, and then parked it in the parking lot of Brake Bread.
If you’ve been to Brake Bread you know that we don’t have enough space for indoor seating. There’s a l’il patio (so fancy we call it the poshio) and that works well some of the year (all of the year if you’re a Gockel), but we wanted something with more year around aptitude. So the plan is, buy an existing structure and turn it into seating. We looked at a number of options and this bus seemed like it just might have the potential to solve the problem.
A few years ago Nate was visiting his oldest out in Tacoma and they went to Lucky’s Drive-In which has a vintage city bus used for seating. That bus idea stuck in the back of his head and now we’re doing our take on it.
This is the bus as we found it in Madison WI. The previous owner, Wayne, is taking Nate out for a 5 minute lesson in “How To Drive A Bus 101”