Braid Bakery

These San Francisco Bakeries Are Making Big, Beautiful Babka | Eater SF

"On Irving Street I discovered a cottage, home-based operation called Braidbakery, which opened in April 2023 and makes swirly, sweet-to-the-nose babka each morning at dawn in cake, pie, and roll renditions. Founded by Valentine Erman—who grew up in a family of restaurant owners in France, interned at Maas, upgraded her pastry skills with Youschool, and worked at Vive la Tarte before launching her own venture—Braid offers two staple brioche-based flavors (chocolate & hazelnut and cinnamon walnut) plus rotating items like strawberry tarts, challah ratatouille, and cast-iron grilled cheese; everything is made from scratch and the business is home-based for pick-up only, Wednesday through Saturday, because Erman has two very young children." - Paolo Bicchieri