To-Die-For Rye in the East Bay?

Published on Friday, January 6, 2012, by Colleen Hubbard / Edit Post

Deli items are high on the list of foods that relocated East Coasters get nostalgic about when living in the Bay Area. In that vein, 10foot5 wants to know if a decent loaf of rye bread can be bought anywhere in the East Bay.

A few suggestions arrived immediately, but none of them inspired enthusiastic endorsements. Berkeley Bowl seems like the most obvious place for a rye-lover to shop. Various hounds reported seeing rye on offer from Anna's Daughters, Esther's German Bakery, and local bakery Bread Workshop.

Berkeley bread-maker Acme sells several types of rye according to the website (though the corn-rye recommended in the thread below appears to be off the list). 10foot5 also mentions that La Farine sells a light rye.

Berkeley Bowl [East Bay]
2020 Oregon Street, Berkeley
510-843-6929

Bread Workshop [East Bay]
1398 University Avenue, Berkeley
510-649-9740

Acme Bread [East Bay]
1601 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley
510-524-1327

La Farine [East Bay]
1820 Solano Avenue, Berkeley
510-528-2208

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  • ~Any other Good Deli's in the vain of Ratto's in Downtown Oakland~ around~ especially if they have Pistachio Jelled Chunks~ they use to have this Pistachio Delicacy which was like a salami of Pistachio's suspended in a gelatinous substance something along the line of a sort of fruit roll-up with a dusting of powdered sugar on the outside. It came from NY. Maybe I was the only one eating it and as...+READ

    ~Any other Good Deli's in the vain of Ratto's in Downtown Oakland~ around~ especially if they have Pistachio Jelled Chunks~ they use to have this Pistachio Delicacy which was like a salami of Pistachio's suspended in a gelatinous substance something along the line of a sort of fruit roll-up with a dusting of powdered sugar on the outside. It came from NY. Maybe I was the only one eating it and as it was pricey~But God Awful Good~ they stopped caring it.-COLLAPSE

  • ~Yes Joe's does sell a corn rye~ but frankly its nothing to write home about~ and neither is their Onion Rye~ The best I ever had was from, I believe now defunct, "Grain Dior" in Redwood City~ fresh baked. I use to eat a whole loaf in one sitting it was sinfully good. Just mouth watering and when fresh~ it was beyond compare.

  • ~Excellent~ does anyone know if they or any of these businesses do an "Onion Rye Bread?" And has anyone gone to Scone Hinge in Berkeley and had any of their incredible Scones?~

  • Trader Joe's makes a very good and reasonably priced round corn rye bread.

  • Octoberfeast, just below Milvia on University in downtown Berkeley, has a number of great rye breads, including a corn (Jewish) rye. If that's too far, you can't do much better any than the jewish rye at any Trader Joe's. It's made by what I consider to be the best Jewish bakery in the western United States, Diamond Bakery in LA (on Fairfax, of course). It's airier than their regular corn rye,...+READ

    Octoberfeast, just below Milvia on University in downtown Berkeley, has a number of great rye breads, including a corn (Jewish) rye. If that's too far, you can't do much better any than the jewish rye at any Trader Joe's. It's made by what I consider to be the best Jewish bakery in the western United States, Diamond Bakery in LA (on Fairfax, of course). It's airier than their regular corn rye, but otherwise, near as I can tell, identical.-COLLAPSE

  • And the South Bay ?