Lost Bread Co.
Bakery · Olde Kensington ·
Artisanal bakery offering unique breads, pretzel shortbread cookies
Artisanal bakery offering unique breads, pretzel shortbread cookies
"Kensington bakery Lost Bread Co. has set up a weekly pop-up that is raising money for out-of-work Latinx chefs who are unable to collect unemployment due to their immigration status. The pop-up, which they’re calling Proyecto Tamal, welcomes a different chef each week to make a series of tamales, which are sold separately from Lost Bread Co. items. Every chef that’s featured gets to take home 100% of the proceeds, and tamales are available for pickup every Sunday at three different locations throughout the city." - sydney mcelwee
"Lost Bread in Philadelphia is another of the shops where Craig Escalante previously baked, cited to establish his background in both regional and international baking roles." - Melissa McCart
"Nothing screams Philly more than a soft pretzel, and at Lost Bread Co., they’ve turned this beloved staple on its head. While the bakery is celebrated for its ever-evolving variety of fresh-baked breads, the pretzel ring (its take on a soft pretzel) and pretzel shortbread cookies (a perfect blend of sweet and salty) have garnered many fans. These treats can be purchased at its main location and farmer’s market stands as well as at several small local grocery stores." - George Banks-Weston
"Shortly after the pandemic hit, Chef Ana Caballero started the Philly tamale pop-up Proyecto Tamal (primarily operating out of Lost Bread Co.) to employ Latinx cooks impacted by the pandemic. Currently in week 34, the weekly-rotating pop-up has been helmed by over 50 people who otherwise would have been without work. All of the proceeds from the sales go to the cooks who design and prepare the menu each week, and all the tamales are made from fresh nixtamalized corn they mill in house. -CM We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation
"Bois will go back to baking and selling bread on Sundays out of his Kensington location at 1313 N. Howard Street and at farmers markets in Philadelphia and New York and through grocery stores around the city, and he plans to convert the Howard Street space into its own cafe run by him alone in the spring." - Dayna Evans