Some 28 years after our founder Gwen Bassetti introduced the Como loaf in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square, we are still locally owned and dedicated to the craft of artisan baking.
Our Mission: To serve our customers delicious, authentic food made from high-quality local and sustainable ingredients while growing a healthy, values-driven business.
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: They serve line-caught tuna, which is fished off the Oregon Coast. Wheat for breads is grown in the Pacific Northwest, some right here in the Willamette Valley. There is more information on their website about local farms where they source their food. See: https://grandcentralbakery.com/farmers/
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: Pastured turkey and 100% pasture-raised beef. Serve eggs from local pasture-raised hens.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: Breakfast food cooked with ghee. They use grapeseed oil to season the grill.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
No
Comments: Soups are made from scratch.
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
No
Comments: Salad dressing is made with a combination of canola and olive oil.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Yes
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Some 28 years after our founder Gwen Bassetti introduced the Como loaf in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square, we are still locally owned and dedicated to the craft of artisan baking.
Our Mission: To serve our customers delicious, authentic food made from high-quality local and sustainable ingredients while growing a healthy, values-driven business.