Tabor Bread
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_-_160.jpg) Exterior of the original location at the intersection of 50th and Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland, 2022 | |
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| Established | 2012 |
| Owner(s) | Rebecca Tosdevin |
| Previous owner(s) | Tissa Stein |
| Chef | José Sabas |
| Street address | 4438 Southeast Belmont Street |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97215 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′59″N 122°36′58″W / 45.5164°N 122.6162°W |
| Website | taborbread |
Tabor Bread is a bakery and restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Sunnyside neighborhood, in the United States.[1] Tissa Stein began operating the business at the intersection of 50th and Hawthorne Boulevard in 2012, then relocated to Belmont Street in 2022. Rebecca Tosdevin has owned the bakery since 2023, following Stein's retirement. The bakery has garnered a positive reception.
Description
[edit]Tabor Bread is a bakery and cafe on Belmont Street in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood.[2] Originally, the business operated at the intersection of 50th and Hawthorne Boulevard.[3] The bakery used a wood-fired oven in its original location on Hawthorne,[4] and has hosted tango events.[5] Tabor Bread serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner,[6] and snacks.[7]
Menu
[edit]In addition to whole grain breads (including sourdough),[8] the bakery serves pastries like muffins, scones, shortbread, and sticky buns, as well as bread pudding, granola, salads, sandwiches, soups, and coffee.[9][10][11] A writer for The New York Times described one sandwich with European-style dark rye bread, sheep's milk feta, sprouts, and tomato-onion jam.[12]
Special items have included a baklava croissant and a rhubarb-mascarpone danish.[13] The dinner menu includes einkorn cavatelli with chanterelles, bangers and mash (cannellini beans) with bay shrimp, and chicken and mushroom pie.[6] The bakery has also served beer.[14] Tabor Bread makes some of its own butters, jams, marmalades, and relishes.[15]
History
[edit]Tissa Stein opened the bakery in November 2012,[9] in a former medical office.[3] According to Portland Monthly, Tabor Break was the city's first retail bakery to mill its own flour and bake breads using a wood-fired oven.[16][17]
In 2015, Tabor Bread hosted a series of pop-ups by Handsome Pizza.[18][19] After operating from a red brick house on Hawthorne Boulevard for approximately ten years, the business relocated to Belmont Street in 2022.[20] Stein retired in 2023.[21] Baker and manager Rebecca Tosdevin took over the business.[22][23] Tabor Bread launched dinner service in mid October 2024, with José Sabas as chef.[6]
Reception
[edit]In a 2013 overview of Portland's bakeries, Alice Short of the Los Angeles Times recommended Tabor Bread's baguette, which she described as "just the right accompaniment for some butter and jam -- something warm and fuzzy to experience first thing in the morning".[24] In The Oregonian's 2017 overview of ten "only-in-Portland dates that are both fun and cheap", Georgina Young-Ellis said Tabor Bread offered "the perfect relaxing day date". She said the bakery had a "cozy" atmosphere and the sourdough "will blow your mind".[7] Michelle Lopez included the business in Eater Portland's 2022 overview of recommended eateries in the city for croissants.[13]
Tabor Bread was a runner-up in the Best Bakery category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2022.[25] In Portland Monthly's 2024 "opinionated guide" to the city's best bakeries, Matthew Trueherz wrote: "The menu's guiding question is, Can you sourdough that? Most of the extensive bread and pastry list benefits from the funk, especially those with backbone, like the sweet tangy chocolate babka, and the rough-and-tumble Einkorn wheat loaf. If you appreciate a nice zing, the chocolate croissant is like no other, but not for the faint of heart. If sourdoughification isn't your jam, local grains take on the mantle, like rye in the brownies (totally works) and buckwheat in the chocolate chip cookies (not so much)."[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Halloran, Amy (2015-06-26). The New Bread Basket: How the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Millers, Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists Are Redefining Our Daily Loaf. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60358-568-2. Archived from the original on 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b Brooks, Karen; Trueherz, Matthew (2024-03-13). "An Opinionated Guide to Portland's Best Bakeries". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (2012-05-21). "Townshend Tea on Division; Tabor Bread on Hawthorne". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Johnson-Greenough, Ezra (2022-11-04). "Filipino Pop-Up Barkada and Hawaiian Food Cart Hapa Howie's Will Go Brick-and-Mortar in a New Brewery". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Clarke, Jessica Colley (2016-03-08). "In Portland, Oregon, a Warm Embrace of Tango". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b c Wong, Janey (2024-11-04). "Oregon City Brewing Company Opens a Book-Themed Beer Destination in Canby". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ a b Young-Ellis, Georgina (2017-04-21). "10 only-in-Portland dates that are both fun and cheap". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Let's Get This (Not That) Sourdough Bread". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (2012-11-21). "Inside Tabor Bread, Now Baking on SE Hawthorne". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Tabor Bread". The Southeast Examiner. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Totally homemade bread, from wheat to shelf". Thrillist. 2012-11-27. Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Kugel, Seth (2014-09-04). "8 Portland, Ore., Meals for $8 or Under". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b Lopez, Michelle (2021-04-02). "Where to Find Flaky, Crackly Croissants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Damewood, Andrea (2018-06-27). "Brewed by Gnomes' Uniquely Herbal Beers Just Got a Lot Easier to Find". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Market Guide 2014: Bakeries". Willamette Week. 2014-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Jones, Allison (2012-11-27). "Inside SE Hawthorne's Tabor Bread, Now Open". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Slide Show: Inside SE Hawthorne's New Tabor Bread". Portland Monthly. 2012-11-27. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Centoni, Danielle (January 13, 2015). "Handsome Pizza Hosting Sunday Pop-ups at Tabor Bread". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ Korfhage, Matthew (2016-03-22). "How Handsome Pizza Got Too Fancy for Its Own Good". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Wong, Janey (2022-12-16). "The Fate of Southeast Portland Dive Bar Holman's Hangs in the Air". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2023-03-03). "Sourdough Maven and Tabor Bread Founder Tissa Stein Is Retiring". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2023-03-02). "Whole Grain Bakery Tabor Bread Has a New Owner and New Belmont Street Location". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Acker, Lizzy (2023-07-20). "Tabor Bread's new location is as good as the original, and it's only getting better". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Short, Alice (2013-02-11). "Portland, Ore., sweets, just in time for Valentine's Day". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Food Winners". Willamette Week. 2022-07-13. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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