Macrina Bakery Down Town Seattle
The location on Second avenue is in the heart of Bell Town. This is North of the Center of Town and approaching Lower Queen Anne. It is a residential district in what was low office, retail, and manufacturing spaces. It’s now dotted with high rise condo projects from the 1980s development era. The Macrina Bakery is kind of a general meeting place. More importantly is the bread.
In Europe the morning routine is to pick up the bread. Come to think of it this is probably true about the entire world except for the United States. With all the mass production almost anything can pass for bread here, or a bakery, when it’s compared to Safeway. There are places in the Pike Place Market that have daily bread. There are also bakeries. The Macrina is a little bit more diverse.
There is a wide variety of breads, tarts, and pastries, with good definition of flavors. The bread’s also light, the way it should be. It’s an open kitchen concept that relies on the ability to deliver a great product. There’s pride.
This is one of those places that defines a neighborhood. It’s one of the first places I thought of when I started writing about down town Seattle.