Clark Street Bread
Cultured Butter, House Raspberry Jam, Country Sourdough Toast
Goat Cheese, Local Raw Honey, Black Pepper, Walnut Raisin Sourdough Toast
Kouign Amann
Almond Croissant
Snickerdoodle Cookie
Monkey Bread
Founded by Zack Hall out of an apartment on Clark Street in West Hollywood, Clark Street Bread has resided inside Grand Central Market since 2015, skills originally learned at his Wife’s family bakery in the Swedish countryside since refined to make bountiful Breads and elegant Viennoiserie.
Located next to a juicery, and along the lay of Eggslut’s inexplicable queue, it is on approach that guests are greeted by one of two servers, the booth’s small size seeing one gather and bag Pastries while his counterpart takes great care preparing Toasts that are topped to-order.
Now with a second location in Echo Park, miles from the days of delivering to Lindy & Grundy Butcher Shop both literally and figuratively, a visit to Clark Street begins with tough choices, though it is hard to pass on Toast including robustly flavored Sourdough topped with a big dollop of aged-Butter and Raspberry Jam spread thickly edge-to-edge.
Offering $5 “Toast Tuesday,” when LA-staple Avocado Toast can be had for almost half-off, Walnut Raisin Sourdough beneath peppered-Goat Cheese and Honey is worth every penny of $7.50 while $4 Koiugn Amann taste just like what one finds in the bakeries of Bordeaux and Brittany.
A bit disappointed in Hall’s Almond Croissant, the lack of Frangipane a bonus but too much Sugar masking Butter and Nuts, a Snickerdoodle immediately righted the ship while pull-apart Monkey Bread topped in Cinnamon-Sugar ate light and crunchy with a well-develop taste of yeast lingering at the end of each bite.
www.clarkstreetbakery.com
