Reunion Bakery / Sourdough Bread / Coffee

I don't even know how to explain how INCREDIBLE this bakery is! Not only is every baker and worker so kind and so talented, but everything I have ever tried from Reunion Bread is absolutely melt in your mouth delicious. I take every person who comes to town to visit here :) Most of my guests say these pastries are better than some bakeries In Europe! You cannot go wrong trying a few natas, any of the specialty tartes, and my personal favorite, the Satiago GF cake <3 Easily the best Gluten Free baked good I will ever have in my life.

Congrats to Ismael the owner who got nominated best pastry chef / baker in 2023 James beard award. This is a national recognition and only 20 pastry chefs get nominated each year. Wednesday 1400 close to their closing time of 1500 Reunion the bakery is located next to The Source Hotel (market #2) Parking garage is free for the 1st hour or $8 if you go over 1880’s the original building (market #1) was used for blacksmithing making Valyrian Steel and what not until it fell vacant during the 2000s then the Zeppelin Development group purchased it in 2012 and turned it into Denver’s first food hall marketplace. We use to visit our friends next door at Block32 apartments and frequented the Source often. Tenants have come and gone, and after 10 years of revitalizing they managed to rename 5points to hip capital RiNo. Alright enough gibberish onto the review about the bread. On Google they are listed as Reunion bread / sourdough bread. Sourdough is made by fermenting dough with lactic acid. Without going too deep into the rabbit hole of bread chemistry, the long fermentation leads to a lower glycemic index and reduces the amount of gluten. Since I was here on a Wednesday they didn’t have any sourdough and they only had 6 pastry items available. The friendly staff said the Pastel de Nata (egg tarts) were sold out but come back on weekend. So we chose the next next two options: Golfeados and the Churro croissant. Pastel de Nata (is from Belém a district of Lisbon) nata translates to Cream so it’s pastry of cream was voted to be one of Portugal’s 7 wonders of gastronomy. Golfeados (Venezuelan sticky bun) looks like a cinnamon roll with cotija cheese sprinkles on top. The piloncillo syrup (sugar cane juice) was a bit too sweet for me but still good. Churro croissant was my favorite. I even went back and got two more to go. The croissant is coated in sugar and filled with Dulce de leche (sweet of the milk) on the inside. With European and Venezuelan influences, it truly is a reunion of bread cultures. I’ve been eating so much croissants lately, anybody know the phone number to CCA? Churros Croissants Anonymous