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Grand Central Baking Company
Established: Seattle 1972, Portland 1993
Specialties: Rustic breads, hand-formed in the style of European and Mediterranean country breads and baked in a hearth-style oven. Grand Central Bakery also makes pastries and other menu items from scratch and offers catering services.
Employees: 180
Statistics:
- Grand Central bakes and sells approximately 8000 – 11,000 loaves of bread a day.
- Up to 480 loaves baked at a time in the bakery’s "Bongard" hearth ovens.
- The mixing bowls at Grand Central Bakery hold 425 pounds of dough each.
- Between 5 – 7 bakers touch each loaf as it is produced, making the breads truly a product of artisan hands.
- The Seattle Wholesale bakery and Hawthorne Bakery in Portland boast bulk flour silos which hold 32,000 pounds of flour.
In Seattle, the silo is filled, on average, every five days.
Locations: Each Grand Central retail location has a unique design and atmosphere featuring
a core of GCB bread and pastry products as well as a menu personalized by the managers, chefs and bakers at the location.
Eastlake - 1616 Eastlake E, Seattle, WA 98102
Pioneer Square – 214 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA. 98104
Hawthorne - 2230 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR. 97214
Irvington – 1444 NE Weidler St., Portland, OR. 97232
Multnomah – 3425 SW Multnomah Blvd, Portland, OR. 97219
Sellwood - 7987 SE 13th, Portland OR. 97202
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