Grateful Bread Co

Tasked with picking up bread as our contribution to a family visit to Auburn from Oakland, we found this place thanks to Unilocal.Got the last sweet batard and second to last garlic asiago loaf. They were both spectacular and a big hit with the family. We are now the official bread gatherers and Grateful Bread is our source. Just sorry we didn’t pick up the gorgeous looking honey whole wheat to take home.

Best bread in Sacramento. They supply many local restaurants with their breads. Friendly staff and yumny cookies too.

Just disappointing.
I’ve been buying bread here for numerous years. What was fun/​different/​worth the stop & money, no longer is.
My last visit wasn’t good, but as a regular, I wanted to give them one more shot. Granted I was there at 6:30 am. My feeling is that the doors shouldn’t be open for business if there isn’t anything to sell. Period.
Secondly, they aren’t inexpensive.
They had one loaf of bread that I needed for tonight. I asked if it was just made, or a day old. I was told if was at least a day old. I asked if it could be marked down, and was told no. The facts are this… This is bread that is made without preservatives. My last purchase had to be thrown away after two days. They don’t care. Their goal is to sell bread. I get that. My goal is to enjoy it. I can’t enjoy moldy bread. To top things off, the guy that sold me the bread may have been the owner/​son of the owner. Who knows. Rude is rude. You won’t keep customers that way. I work hard for my money. The rudeness was the overall attitude. The insult was selling me old bread at your daily rate.

Called to place loaf of orange stollen on hold. When I arrived staff could not find bread, after searching was finally located. Was handed a loaf of bread in a clear plastic bag with my name on it in black marker. This was on December 23 and was a gift! Had to ask for a box. Had to come back in and ask for a sticker describing the item. It was the worst presentation I had ever seen. I had bought 5 loaves of this same bread last week and was nicely presented. Today seemed like it was a major effort to provide any service. This was a terrible customer experience. I will think twice about patronizing this business again.

Grateful Bread is my favorite bakery in town to buy bread. And I’m seriously kind of a bread expert/​enthusiast. Their bread is very very healthy, with no additives and preservative crap added in there. And they’re one of the few places that make Challah. Their holiday specials are really tasty, I look forward to their black forest bread for Christmas already :) Very friendly staff and free samples! Love this place, I wish more bakeries specialized in bread around here.

Wandered into this store while picking up some goodies from the Cookie Connection a few doors down. I love bread in general and I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to check this place out. The pastries in the glass case looked so good, I will come back to try their butter croissants and bear claws.
I decided on the roasted garlic asiago roll ($ 5), which was perfect with the Philly cheesesteaks we made that night. The loaf was nicely crusty but not too thick, and the inside was nice and soft when I lightly squeezed it. I was excited to take this loaf home!
Customer service was spot on. They were out of to go menus, and the lady who helped me printed a menu out for me when I asked for one.

Wandered in here while checking out my new neighborhood and wasn’t disappointed. The front area is small, most of their space being used for baking I assume, but it’s very welcoming. The employees are always very friendly without being stifling and allow you to look around for a minute. Their sourdough is wonderful and they even had a sourdough French loaf. For a regular loaf I would suggest the Woodstock loaf, it has a ton of flavor and is honestly the best bread I’ve ever had-​even makes great French toast. As far as the prices they are a bit over grocery store, but well worth it. It’s always nice to get a great product from great people in a local business.

I try to stay away but they make such GOOD BREAD! Go Early in the morning because they run out by the end of the day. Lots of parking and don’t forget to grab some carrot cake, sourdough and cinnamon swirl loaf.

One can get quality bread and pastries at this quaint, little bread shop. They have a variety of whole grain loafs, but my favorite are the pastries. I have never had the best Blueberry Cream Cheese Pocket (it’s like a blueberry danish), and I’ve been to many places. Also, they make this awesome pizza-​dough (half-​baked) that I use to make my own pizzas for Friday night pizza ‘n beer.
Thank you, Cheese Danish Master for my wonderful treat!

Discovered this bread at the Kaiser Hospital farmer’s market. Cookies are awesome, and the bread of the highest quality. Best bread in town by far, and very friendly staff!

Came here because my girlfriend wanted to get a loaf of freshly baked bread for her mother. The place looked really clean, and we were promptly helped out by one of their staff members. Their selection of bread was enormous. They had too many different kinds of bread for us to count. We were given a warm slice of their freshly baked bread as a nice gesture. It was really good! If you’re looking for freshly baked bread, and you’re in the Arden oaks area. I would definitely recommend this place. The loaf was really fresh, and her mother really liked the bread. It was still warm in the bag when we got the bread from the bakery, so we knew it had to be fresh.
We came to this bakery around 1pm, I don’t know if that makes a difference as to having to wait in line or not.
We paid 6.50 for the loaf of bread, a little bit pricey but it was definitely quality and freshness that you were paying for.

I stumbled across this place by accident. Just in the plaza looking for lunch when I saw this bakery and it thought I’d drop by and pick up some bread for my mom being the thoughtful daughter I am (wink wink).
The first thing I noticed upon walking in was the smell of freshly baked bread. One of the great pleasures in this world.
The second thing is that the place is very small. You would only come here to buy a loaf of bread and there are pastries in a case but you have to take it to go as there are no tables or chairs inside to enjoy them.
I came in looking for raisin bread and I didn’t see it on their shelf so I asked one of the workers and they wrapped up a fresh loaf and ran it up on the spot. Awesome!
6.50 for a loaf. A little pricey but I guess it’s speciality.
I snuck a slice of the end of the loaf because the smell of it was taunting me too much. So so good! I’ll come back for more.

Stumbled across this place. What a find. The baguette I bought was fresh, crunchy and totally yummy.
The only negative I can see is they serve no coffee to go with the sweets they also sell but since its across the street from Temple this isn’t too bad an oversight.

Super Savory Pumpkin bread with a hint of spice lingering as you bit into the slice.
A mini pan of banana nut loaf that is so moist to the touch that it just melts on your tongue. I can not believe I’ve been buying bread from grocery stores but quality is what you pay for and this place definitely has it right. There are regulars so you do kind of feel out of place b/​c usually the attention is immediately shifted to the regulars but the staff is generally really nice :)

First off can we just come to appreciate the name of this store? That in it of itself was enough to make me want to step in.
The bakery is small, but has a wide variety of breads. The smell of the place was just heavenly, but having jut grabbed lunch a few minutes before I didn’t want to really get much.
I purchased the «worst muffin a lady every had on Unilocal» (per their sign) which was a chocolate muffin. The muffin was larger than most, and it definitely wasn’t the worst. It was a bit dry on the outside but once you ate the top part the middle was extremely delicious.
I definitely will have to come back and try their bread.

«Come in for the worst muffin a lady ever had on Unilocal» was written on the sign right outside of Grateful Bread. My sister and I thought it was hilarious and decided we had to try this «horrible muffin», and while at it, see what this place had to offer.
The name of the place already had caught our attention in the parking lot. What a clever name we thought. Inside was a nice smell of fresh baked bread, and they offer a variety of selections. There are french baguettes, and all kinds of dinner rolls, foccacia, hamburger buns, muffins, cookies, the works! The girl behind the counter greeted us with a smile and helped us when we were ready.
All the bread looked really appetizing, but since I just had lunch, I couldn’t get myself to buy bread. I would love to come back and try it though. My sister did get the «worst muffin ever,», which was the chocolate muffin. It definitely wasn’t the worse muffin, but I can’t say it was the best muffin either, slightly above mediocre.
I’ll definitely be back so I can purchase and try some bread though!

I have never given a 1 star review on a bread bakery. So here goes. First off I walk in to buy some slider buns. I didn’t see any so I asked a lady which she told me her name is Dominique or something like that anyways she was very rude and pointed at bags of bread and said «look over there» okay what fine I go and I look I se no slider buns, I go back to ask if she could show mw rather than pointing she huffed and said yeah as though she could care less. Guess what no slider buns she rolls hers eyes and walks in the back and brings so out. She tossed a bag at me and said anything else with an irritated look on her face I said no! and went on my way. This should not be called the grateful bread co but the Hateful bread co, based on the lack on customer service. Would I buy from here again maybe, I just will avoid asking questions unless a different staff member is working.

I took the lemon poppy seed and peach loaves to a graduation party. Everyone loved the peach loaf. Although, I hear it is only made a few times year. The lemon was dry and definitely not worth the $ 8 I spent on it.
I also purchased a discounted muffin. It was $ 1. I am not against day old food, but even for $ 1 it was way too dry. I dream about owning my own restaurant one day, and that is something I would be embarrassed to sell — even for $ 1.

Focaccia hamburger buns are terrific, almost makes me like the bun better than the burger, which says a lot coming from a meat guy. I guess with «nice buns» you can make your own gourmet burgers at home. Oh, slipped in another cinnamon roll since I was there anyway.

Delicious, fresh bakery bread! It averages $ 5 a loaf, which is pretty close to the preservative laden breads that we buy in the super markets.
Oh, and the oatmeal walnut cookies are absolutely delicious!!!