This little health food bakery and store is right up there with the best. I've found some things here that are not available at the competition:
1. Zebroff's jams and jellies from the Similkameen Valley near Kereomeos, BC.
2. excellent tasty and well-textured red fife sourdough breads.
This store has a homey little bakery that offers great sourdough croissants, specialty baking, and delicious slices of wholesome pizza.
If you need some items from their well-organized grocery, troll the aisles and see if they have it?
The staff are among the most accommodating and knowledgable in the city. If ambiance is important to you, easily available.
What keeps me back from a 5-star rating is that the breads could be more varied. I am referring to some of the bread available in YaleTown and elsewhere in Vancouver where they carry more variety in true gourmet breads and buns. Sidewalk could be doing more to introduce them to a market that is ripe for it. After all, their main bakery is situated in the burgeoning high-end East Village district, and we don't want a chain like Cobb's coming in and trying to represent better, do we? As well, what a great thing to tie into the many families who stroll by on the riverside walkways and often drop in for a latte at Phil & Seb's.
But returning here and to their larger bakery in the Simmons Building on the east side of the downtown core has become a routine for over 3 years.
Old-fashioned funky is a word to help the hip.