Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top 40 bakeries around the country, using Yelp data and our own special sauce* to produce a data-driven breakdown of where baked goodies reign supreme across the U.S.
Read MoreIn just two years since opening his first retail shop, Nathaniel Reid Bakery, the Missouri native has emerged as the toast of his home state with a premium but “approachable” menu of dessert cakes and pastries, macarons, breakfast pastries, sandwiches, salads, quiches, sweet snacks, pound cakes, meringues and jams. When Reid, who won the US Pastry Competition in 2010, calls his place “more than a pastry shop,” it’s literally the understatement of the year.
Read MoreFor world-class pastries, quiches, and macarons, the answer is Nathaniel Reid Bakery.
Read MoreNathaniel Reid shows us some of his Fall treats from Nathaniel Reid Bakery.
Read MoreNathaniel Reid studied pastry at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. He worked at Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas and also as executive pastry chef of the St. Regis in Dana Point, Calif. But one of his best inspiration moments took place mid-flight over the Midwest…
Read MoreThis upscale establishment makes a pretty sophisticated addition to a St. Louis suburb, which internationally acclaimed chef Nathaniel Reid call, “a very Norman Rockwell type of town”…
Read MoreFormer Joel Robuchon pastry chef Nathaniel Reid’s new namesake St. Louis bakery has been able to attract talented dessert chefs from as far away as Japan and South Africa by offering fine dining-level experiences along with 401(k) and profit-sharing in addition to limiting shifts to seven and a half hours, giving everyone two days off per week and shutting down Sundays and holidays.
Read MoreWhen you think award-winning chef and fine food, your mind probably doesn’t drift to a cozy, candle-lit bistro. But across the street from a tire shop, tucked away in a local strip mall, some of the best pastries in the country are being baked fresh every day.
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