Clear Flour Bread

Clear Flour Bread ranks 3rd on the list of best bakeries in Boston. Clear Flour Bread, founded in 1982, specializes in authentic French, Italian, and German breads and pastries. They scratch mix and hand shape long fermented doughs for stone hearth baking using simple ingredients such as flour, water, salt, and yeast. Their flour is all unbleached and unbromated. Their stone ground rye, whole wheat, and spelt flour is sourced from Maine Grains in Skowhegan, ME. There are no dough conditioners, preservatives, or improvers added. Their entire menu is prepared daily from scratch by a highly skilled staff dedicated to preserving the art and craft of traditional bread and pastry making while taking a modern approach.

For decades, this beloved bakery has delighted Brookline and beyond with its European-style breads and pastries, such as German rye loaves, French baguettes, rosemary-flecked focaccia, Gruyère-stuffed croissants, and coveted soft pretzels. The long-time owners sold to a new couple in 2017, but nothing has changed—not even the usual line out the door.

Google Rating: 4.9/5.0

Address: 178 Thorndike St., Brookline,

Contact: 617-739-0060
Website: clearflourbread.com