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A display of various baked goods at the Bread Room in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
A display of various baked goods at the Bread Room in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer

The Bread Room

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Ellen Yin — the James Beard Award-winning restaurateur behind Fork, a.kitchen, High Street, et al. — built the Bread Room to serve as a café and pastry hub in the morning and afternoon, and as an event space and workshop for baking classes in the evening. The pastry lineup includes grown-up Pop-Tarts in flavors such as strawberry, bergamot, and kumquat cream cheese; crullers topped with tahini, honeycomb, or candied fennel; and morning buns scented with cardamom and brown butter. On the savory side are baked egg cheese danishes, pastrami Reuben rye croissants, and sandwiches like a muffuletta on sesame focaccia, cold roast sirloin with horseradish cream, and watercress on a rustic roll.

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Restaurant Details

834 Chestnut Street, Phiiladelphia, PA, 19107
https://thebreadroomphl.com/
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