Nightingale Bread

I love Nightingale. I get bread here often, and have tried almost all the pastries. I’m gluten intolerant, but for whatever reason I do great with their bread! Some reviewers noted that you typically have to stand outdoors in line for quite a while, and that’s true. However, for me that’s part of the charm and part of the experience. It means slowing down in life, enjoying the fresh air, being around people and chatting to a friendly person in line. We could all use a little less convenience and more of simply standing still these days. The breads are all fantastic, the pastries too delicious to resist, and the sandwiches crafted with detailed perfection. Everything is amazing! And as a bonus, the workers are always kind and calm.

As someone who's lived in France, Germany, and Austria, I can say that Nightingale is on-par with or better than most European bakeries. Highest-quality local ingredients and incredible variety of bakes. My girlfriend gets raging headaches from virtually all American bread; but she can enjoy anything that comes out of Nightingale. We had a great conversation with the owner, who helped us consider that it may not be gluten sensitivity that steers so many Americans away from bread, but the highly industrialized US processing - including countless herbicides and additives - that renders most bread in the US tasteless and painful to eat. Thank goodness Nightingale Bread is here.