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2639 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 63118

314-771-2236

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Best Bagels
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Bakery, Brunch

Hours: Wed-Sat 8am-5pm

Price: $

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack Food

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Located in the Vandora Theater building along Cherokee Street, just west of Jefferson Avenue, Black Bear Bakery has been baking organic, whole-grain breads and bagels, cookies and cakes, and pies and pastries since 1998. The worker-owned and -operated shop also serves a neighborhood brunch on Saturdays featuring an assortment of morning and midday favorites such as buckwheat pancakes, eggs, quiches and various vegetarian and vegan items. Their café hours change on occasion, so it is not a bad idea to call ahead before heading out to eat. Lunch items include vegetarian entrées, such as a tempeh Rueben with swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian dressing, and a vegetarian muffaletta with vegetarian sausage, veggies and flavored cream cheese on a muffaletta roll.

2010 | Best Bagels

A good bagel is like a New Yorker: thick-skinned, but with a soft, yielding interior that explains a tendency to consistently vote Democrat in presidential elections. A good bagel is no-nonsense. It doesn't need any of those froufrou streusel toppings, cloyingly sweet chocolate chips or seasonal variants that are a desperate cry for attention; a good bagel is like a worn leather jacket, a pair of Converse All Stars, the perfect pair of jeans. Until recently a good bagel was hard to find in... More »
2009 | Best Vegan-Friendly Brunch

Vegans dreamin' of a steamin' weekend feast would do well to head toward Cherokee Street for the neighborhood brunch at Black Bear Bakery. Each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the bakery's staff -- which collectively owns and operates the establishment -- serves up French toast, egg casserole, biscuits, mushroom gravy and homemade apple butter for the vegetarians. But vegans have options too: potatoes (fried and seasoned); kale or collards (sautéed and steamed), hearty... More »
2003 | Best Bread

Black Bear Bakery is a collective, something we like to see in this increasingly corporatized world, where even a loaf of damn French bread (or is it now Freedom bread) baked in California and sold in supermarkets here is packaged to look like it came from a local hearth. And because Black Bear is a collective of six people, no one person can make a decision to, say, dress up the place and add an espresso bar with wireless Internet service. They just make good bread, and a few pastries and... More »

The Ten Best Vegetarian Restaurants in St. Louis

By Gut Check | Tue, April 17, 2012

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our wa... More »
How Does This List of Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants Rate?

By Ian Froeb | Thu, September 2, 2010

It's not every day that Gut Check International Headquarters receives mail from the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association.In fact, it's only one day: today.At any rate, the association --... More »
RISING BREAD

By Jill Posey-Smith | Wed, December 01, 1999

With the sudden closing of Dickmann's Boulevard Bakery on South Grand, South City loaf-lovers may suspect that their only remaining option is the St. Louis Bread Co. Not so. Enter the Black Bear Bakery, which opened its new retail storefront at th... More »

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Steve787 | Maryville, IL | 1 Reviews

| Mon, March 23, 2009

Black Bear is 'the' place to get bread in South City. Breakfast on the weekends is always tasty. Great, friendly atmosphere.

Main Menu

Traditional Lickhalter Breads
Rye Breads Available In: 1 Lb 8 Oz , 2 Lbs, 4 Lb Sandwich

Lickhalter Rye
a hearty, fine-crumb, moist sourdough rye bread following the old lickhalter family recipe.

Pumpernickle
a hearty, moist dark sourdough rye bread with a rich flavor.

Caraway Seed Rye
the lickhalter sourdough rye with caraway seeds.

Swirl Rye
the rye and pumpernickle swirled.

Twist
pumpernickle and seed rye twisted together.

Pumpernickle French
baguette with or without salt topping

Vienna White
a rich, flavorful lickhalter white bread with or without sesame seeds on top, 1 lb loaf, 1lb french-style, 1 lb 8 oz , 2 lb sandwich.

Raisin Babka
a round traditional raisin bread following the lickhalter recipe, 1 lb.

Speciality Breads

Olive Rosemary
kalamata olives and rosemary in 1 lb, 8 oz hearth loaf or 1 lb baguette.

Brioche
1 lb

Cinnamon-Raisin Walnut Bread
1.5 lb

Pestalozzi
our traditional baguette, 1 lb. also available in 1 lb 8 oz hearth loaf.

Cranberry-Date-Pecan Pestalozzi
1.5 lb; named after our former location at the corner of jefferson & pestalozzi.

Whole Grain Breads

Whole Wheat Sourdough Rye
100% organic whole grain sourdough rye bread covered with sesame seeds, 2 lbs.

Sorghum Multigrain
100% organic five grain bread lightly sweetened with organic missouri sorghum; healthy bread! 2 lbs

Honey Whole Wheat
with herbs or sunflower seeds; made with olive oil, 2 lbs & 4 lbs.

Granola

Cranberry Walnut
sweetened local honey.

Missouri Sunshine
sweetened with organic missouri sorghum from sandhill farm.

Vanilla Almond Crunch
sweetened with local honey.

Hi-Protein Snack
nuts and seeds rich in protein from the plant kingdom. feel the power!

Maple Pecan
sweetened only with real maple syrup.

Buns & Bagels

Whole Wheat, Bear, Onion-Poppy Seed, Sesame Buns, Weiner Buns

Grizzly Bear Buns
5 inch.

Hoagies
6 inch.

Muffaleta
5inch & 8 inch.

The Only Handmade and Boiled Bagels In St. Louis
plain, poppy seed, sesame seed, pumpernickle.

Foccacia
8 inch.

Pizza Crusts
9inch, 14 inch.

Cookies & Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookies
with real butter, eggs and vanilla. best in st. louis!

Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
dairy-free with organic oats & whole wheat flour; no hydrogenated oils

Espresso Biscotti
plain or chocolate-covered

Oatmeal Chocolate Black Walnut Bars

Oatmeal Raspberry Bars

Fudge Brownies
with or without walnuts

Ginger Snaps
with fresh ginger

Short Bread

Pecan Sandies

Peanut Butter
dairy-free

Springerlee

Muffins

Blueberry Cornmeal

Date Pecan

Date Pecan
dairy-free

Maple Pumpkin

Apple Raisin
dairy-free

Banana Honey
dairy-free

Carrot Crunch
dairy-free

Cakes
Custom Cakes for Special Occasions Including Wedding and Sheet Cakes Serving Up to 50 People: Vanilla, Chocolate, Vegan Chocolate and Carrot Cake with or Without Dairy

Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Cake

Date Black Walnut Breakfast Cake

Organic Carrot Cake
with cream cheese frosting

Chocolate Fudge Cake
with sour cream chocolate frosting

Pies

Maple Pecan

Apple Oatmeal Crumb

Pumpkin

Blueberry Pie

Seasonal Pies
peach, strawberry

Pastries

Raspberry Cream Cheese

Spinach-Feta-Pecan-Mozzarella

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Black Bear Bakery

2639 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 63118

314-771-2236

Description

2010 | Best Bagels

2009 | Best Vegan-Friendly Brunch

2003 | Best Bread

The Ten Best Vegetarian Restaurants in St. Louis

By Gut Check | Tue, April 17, 2012

How Does This List of Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants Rate?

By Ian Froeb | Thu, September 2, 2010

RISING BREAD

By Jill Posey-Smith | Wed, December 01, 1999

Steve787 | Maryville, IL | 1 Reviews

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