Brake Bread: Fresh pastries, friendly service, and a community-first bakery.
Brake Bread is a Saint Paul bakery and store praised for moist, light dough and high-quality pastries, with breads and coffee from Roots Roasting. Customers rave about friendly staff, a varied menu, and consistently fresh offerings. The bus-turned seating adds a cozy, communal vibe, and the shop supports the neighborhood with pay-what-you-can days and bread donations for those in need.
1174 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
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Freshly baked breads including sourdough, rye, and specialty loaves, crafted with high-quality ingredients.
Expertly balanced pastries like chocolate croissants, cinnamon spinners, and moist, light scones.
Premium coffee from Roots Roasting, with options like oat milk lattes with hazelnut and maple syrup.
Convenient walk-up window for quick orders of baked goods and beverages.
Unique seating inside a converted bus for a cozy, novel dining experience.
Pay-what-you-can days and buy-a-loaf initiatives to help feed hungry community members.
Overall rating
Lisa Levoir
Love this bakery - haven’t had anything here that I don’t like! The people are awesome too. They also serve great coffee from Roots Roasting. I haven’t tried the seating options in the converted bus yet (just use the walk up window) but love their bread and pastries. Supporting local = delicious and feels good
Tatijana
We tried this place for the first time today and will definitely be coming back. I ordered an oat milk latte with hazelnut and maple syrup along with a chocolate scone. Everything was fantastic. The latte was honestly one of the best I have ever had and the scone was the perfect pairing. Highly recommend!
T P
Brake Bread is SUCH a fun spot! First of all: I really love that they make an effort to help feed hungry people by allowing people to pay what they can on certain days & letting customers purchase a loaf of bread for others who might be hungry but can’t afford it. The bread and other baked goods have all tasted fresh and delicious, and the coffee is not bad either! The bus itself is my favorite-it’s such a novel, cozy spot to share a conversation or to let your kids play.
Corina Mittré
The one spot that I can comfortably say, I fully trust. And definitely enjoy any bakery goods I get, weather it's the cinnamon spinner or the chocolate croissant and the list goes on. They have a variety of goods including all sorts of breads. The staff is always so friendly and really care about the costumer. The prices are honestly reasonable, for the economy we have ATM. Always a spot that I have to stop by, whenever I am in the area. Please support this business. Very genuine business with genuine people behind it! 🙂
Justin V
Stopped on a whim and was blown away! Pasteries are spectacular: high quality ingredients and materfully crafted and blanced. Litterally everything we tried was "the best" version of that thing. Of particular note was how moist and light the dough was even on traditionally "dry" pateries like the scones; the base was every bit as delicious as the toppings.
