Marie’s Bakery

One of the best bakeries for bread. I’m not big on bakery sweets but for bread I’ll travel! As someone else said Marie’s is not much to look at but the breads are excellent. Not much else to say except that I’ll be making the trip this weekend :)

Marie’s Bakery leaves a little to desire in the visual front, but don’t let that deter you from getting some of the best bread and foccaccia pizza around. Extremely fresh and delicious.
Side note — I agree with the other reviewer who suggested bringing exact change.

I actually had someone in the northern suburbs of NJ beg me to bring them back some of Marie’s bread. I followed through and have honestly never seen someone so excited about a few loaves of bread. But it’s an accurate reaction– they don’t have the biggest selection, but all of the loaves have a perfect crust, the flavored ones (olive, sausage…) are even better and the foccaccia pizzas are moist and fluffy.
The place itself is a bit odd. Most of their business is wholesale, so it seems they have a retail section just for kicks. When you walk in the door, it looks like you walked into someone’s kitchen in the seventies. There is wood paneling, dated furniture and typically a few members of the family sitting around chatting away. The first time I went in, I felt like I was intruding a Sunday dinner, but they are happy to have you.
Word of advice: They don’t always have change and on a few occasions they’ve asked some of their family members that are hangin around to dig in their pockets for small bills. It’s not totally necessary, but they like it when you have the exact amount.
Have I made this place sound totally bizarre? It kind of is, but in a good way.