Dan the Baker - Toast Bar
Bakery · Grandview Heights ·
Artisanal bakery offering croissants, sourdough, cruffins, Danish
Artisanal bakery offering croissants, sourdough, cruffins, Danish
"Run by Daniel Riesenberger, Dan the Baker has grown substantially since 2007 — expanding its Grandview location and earning a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist nod for Outstanding Bakery — and draws steady lines for croissants and sourdough loaves made with organic grains and house-made butter." - Katie Chang
"Speaking of Soho House, you should also know about Dan the Baker’s pop-up. Fridays through Sundays, from 10am-3pm, you can pick up bread and pastries like churro cruffins that are filled with cajeta pastry cream. For more details, check out their website and Instagram." - adrian kane
"Dan the Baker offers crowd-pleasers like sugar-dusted cruffins and cardamom knots that reflect Columbus’s thriving baking scene." - Dobrina Zhekova
"Buzzy local carb maestro Dan the Baker will supply baked goods to Soloway Coffee." - Naomi Waxman
"A small bakery operation that grew out of pandemic home baking and a popular Instagram presence, known for loaves of sourdough plus trays of butter-forward croissants, sweet and savory Danish, and kouign-amann filled with seasonal jam. Orders are taken by direct message and fulfilled via weekend pre-order pickups at a hotel café, daily citywide deliveries, and seven wholesale accounts; the business moves thousands of croissants and pastries weekly and frequently rotates offerings to showcase seasonal ingredients (examples include pumpkin cruffins and strawberry-and-cream tarts made with farm fruit). The founder photographs products himself on an iPhone, hires a compact team as demand grows, and aims eventually for a robust wholesale operation with a small, cozy retail counter where customers can watch pastry production." - Sam Nelson
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