Grand Central Bakery

Grand Central Bakery
Industry Bakery
Founded Seattle, Washington (1972)
Founder Gwenyth Bassetti
Number of locations
 11 (2014)
Area served
 Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington
Number of employees
 225 (2012)
Website grandcentralbakery.com

Grand Central Bakery aka Grand Central Baking Company is an American bakery chain with locations in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1972 in Seattle's Grand Central Hotel building. The bakery is known for its artisan breads.[1]

History

The predecessor to Grand Central Bakery was a shop called "The Bakery" that was opened in the former Grand Central Hotel building (aka the Squire-Latimer Building and today Grand Central on the Park) in Seattle's Pioneer Square by Gwenyth Bassetti.[2] She left the business, returning in June 1989, when the shop was renamed "Grand Central Bakery". In 1993, Bassetti's son Ben Davis helped turn an "old nursery building in Portland's Hawthorne District" into the company's first location in Portland.[2]

Today

A small cafe filled with people.
A Grand Central Bakery location in Portland, Oregon

As of 2012, Grand Central's head baker in Portland was Sean Coyne.[3] Coyne was the head baker at Per Se from 2003 to March 2005.[3] As of 2012, Mel Darbyshire was the head baker in Seattle. She was replaced as head baker in Portland by Coyne.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Leson, Nancy (July 26, 2000). "Bread: It's on a roll, gaining momentum". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Grand Central Bakery – History". Grand Central Bakery. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Russell, Michael (November 3, 2011). "Meet Sean Coyne, Grand Central Bakery's new head baker in Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

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