Fornax Bread Company

Everything here is great! Great breads, rolls, and some of the best oatmeal cookies in Boston. Good espresso! An absolutely charming staff.
I make a point of coming here whenever I’m in Boston!

Fantastic food and coffee for amazing prices. Local place with a cozy seating area. Will definitely be heading back again and again.

This bakery/​café is an absolute gem. We get their sourdough bread at least twice a week. The coffee is remarkably good, the sweet breads (banana bread, pumpkin bread, etc) are just what the doctor ordered, and their sandwiches and soups are hearty and delicious. The shop is cozy, and welcoming. These folks deserve a medal. Absolute gem.

What can I say? For our Roslindale housewarming party, we served lentil soup and 15 loaves of Fornax bread.

Visited Fornax for breakfast sandwiches. You get a sandwich and some potatoes for under $ 6, which is a great deal. The sandwiches are served on English muffins or brioche. The portions were large. There’s not a ton of space inside but there’s a little parklet outside where we were able to get a seat.
I haven’t gotten a loaf of bread here but the prices are lower than my grocery store’s bakery.

Visited 3 times this fall. Bought bread, it was excellent. Had a breakfast sandwich with homemade bread, it was excellent. Had coffee and raspberry pop tart, they were excellent. It’s a pattern.

Working on a detail out in Roslindale, Massachusetts outside all you could smell of fresh bread being made. I had to investigate came cross Fornax Bread Company. It little hole in the wall Artisan Bread and Sandwich shop. Definitely will be hitting this place for lunch. Before heading home.

Was looking for a sandwich for lunch last Sunday, and my friend recommended Fornax with high regards. I decided to take the extended walk into town to give it a try. Excited for my sandwich, I walked in and began studying the menu board. After the lady finished talking to another customer, she walked towards me, said she saw me looking at the sandwich board, and told me that I shouldn’t bother because the kitchen closed at 1:30pm. I looked at my phone which displayed 1:21pm. Normally, I wouldn’t arrive at a restaurant near kitchen closing time, but it was still well enough beforehand that they should be serving their patrons. I tried clarifying with the woman that I was trying to give them my business, but she rudely reiterated the kitchen would be closing and would not accommodate me. She didn’t even ASK the kitchen if they could, as if they were just trying to get out of there and enjoy their Sunday afternoons. Glancing back towards the kitchen, there were also two idle workers leaning against the window joking and laughing with each other. If I were a business owner and knew my employees were turning away customers like this, I wouldn’t be too happy about it. This was my first attempt eating here, and I will never be back. Won’t be recommending Fornax to any friends either. Very much a shame.

Fornax has quickly become a neighborhood favorite.
While I still live a solid mile away (not really walk-​able unless I’m up for a hike), we make it here quite often.
They’ve got a wonderful assortment of breads, pastries, sandwiches (breakfast and lunch options), salads and drinks.
I usually get an iced coffee and their classic breakfast sandwich on house-​made English muffins. Oh so good, and they come with a side of home fries (which I never finish, but whatever). I’ve also had their lunch sandwiches, which come with a side salad and they do not disappoint!
They have this little tin of oat crackers next to the register which are AWESOME for the little ones — especially when they are teething and/​or just starting on solid foods. They can just mouth the heck outta those crackers until they get soggy and turn into oat mush that you’ll need to clean off of everything. But they love it, and it’s so worth it for less than a dollar!
While there is seating, it can be quite tight. Don’t think about bringing a stroller in there… we barely crammed our car seat in there when interviewing a nanny once and the people around probably hated us for it. If you’re bringing baby, best to park the stroller out front, or use your baby carrier (you are in Rozzie, afterall!). It is kid friendly, but because of the tight quarters, I wouldn’t recommend trying to spend too much time in there with a kid. They’re bound to knock something over, bump into someone, or just generally cause a scene which everybody in the ten foot radius around you will have no choice but to tolerate.
PSA: the hot coffee and tea are self-​serve at a station next to the register, but it is *not* free! I watched this couple walk in and see someone making up their coffee (that they had just paid for) and say «oh, wow! look, they have free coffee!» and they proceeded to help themselves to the drink station without ordering and paying for it… As a somewhat regular (and a Rozzie local) it was kind of painful to watch, but I’m not one to but into someone else’s business… so it just kind of happened. I can see how it can be confusing, since everything you need is right there and there aren’t any signs that tell you to pay first. But yeah. Pay for your drinks before making them.
Pro tip: the milk/​cream for coffee and tea is kept cold inside the mini fridge. Open it up and help yourself to it (after you pay for your drink, of course!).
So happy to have a spot like Fornax in the Village, it’s local places like it that make Rozzie an awesome place to call home!

One of the best bakeries in Boston. Old world style. No gimmicks, just great ingredients, and all sorts of delicious breads, pastries, salads, soups, sandwiches, pies, coffee, latte, and more!

Love this place. Breakfast sandwich on english muffins are on point! I’ve never been a fan of what I thought were English muffins until I came to this place. totally changed my perspective on bread done right. Very friendly behind the counter. This is currently my go-​to for a quick breakfast.

Wicked good breakfast sandwiches. Fresh and delicious. Atmosphere is great too. Has a very down to earth feeling. Would recommend this place to anyone looking for a bite to eat at a quaint little bakery.

Delicious food with friendly service. I got a chicken sandwich with a side of slaw on a poppy bun and it was incredible! Slaw was not over powering and had a hint of sweetness. I will definitely go back for more lunchtime goodies!

I happened upon Fornax and decided to go there for lunch. Thank goodness I found a place for great coffee, sandwiches and salads! It is small and can get crowded, but I really loved the salad, BLT and their french bread.
I will definitely come back and try their breakfast sandwiches and other breads. I know City Feed carries their english muffins, and they are great. I will buy them here from now on.

There’s a lot packed inside this tiny little bakery! The staff is helpful and friendly and the baked goods are delicious! All of the loaves I’ve tried have been great. I haven’t tried the lunch sandwiches, but the breakfast sandwiches are dynamite! Don’t forget to get a savory croissant or two to take home. I’m a big fan of their freshly baked English muffins– my toaster begs for them. The (self-​serve) coffee is good too– look in the cooler for milk options.
If you don’t believe me, take the word of many local restaurants that serve bread from Fornax– this stuff is good.
Tip: it’s tiny, so I prefer to take out whenever possible but there is a make-​shift patio area on the sidewalk for warmer days.
Definitely a destination shop in Roslindale village.

We walked in with a group of 6 adults and felt like maybe we made a mistake. If the food was anything less than awesome, I believe it would’ve been. Somehow we scored a table in the corner that fit us all instead of splitting us up. We sat, kinda snug, but with enough space to eat. The ordering process was easy enough but since the location is REALLY small it does get kinda cramped at the front where you order. I ordered the turkey sandwich on Whole grain bread. The rest of us all ordered different sandwiches with different breads. The overall consensus is… the bread here is PHENOMENAL. It takes a regular meal to another level. We all loved it and thought it was great. I ordered the «FULL» version which honestly felt like two sandwiches. So the portions aren’t too small.
My complaint is of course the size and therefore the bathroom situation. You have to walk through the kitchen to get to the tiny bathroom in the back. How do they fix this problem? No idea. Maybe don’t offer a bathroom but then that wouldn’t work either. It just seems people will leave the bathroom and get AWFULLY close to the food. Which can be dangerous.
Awesome bread here. enough to come back one day.

I had stopped in previously a month ago and no one ever saw me or greeted me, i left. I just don’t like having to track people down to help me, I work in customer service and you need to be seen and be available. customers shouldn’t have to play «lets find someone to help us»
but eh iI was willing to try again
please to note i was in alone sans any date… so yeah whatever i give up on that
I was looking to buy a few little cupcakes for a friend who is having a turkey birthday and I’m sure no one was baking them a cake so…
someone greeted me right away this time and I picked out a few cupcakes
they keep them refrigerated which I guess is for the frosting
but they were pretty hard even an hour later, v v disappointing
and one of the frosting tops tasted of onion or something not normally found in vanilla buttercream frosting?
when things take on the taste of other things they are refrigerated with… well methinks those cupcakes have been in there for too damn long
dry and harder than a rock I was embarrassed to have presented them as a birthday cake substitute… the buttercream frosting may have saved them but alas the one i tasted had some sort of onion flavor in it… dis-​pleasurable to say the least
To think i avoided the grocery store in favor of a bakery… I would have probably gotten a better deal for the money and at least a better taste… I realize the day before thanksgiving is a busy time, but shouldn’t that make the turnover rate of items in the case faster?
idk. not impressed.
«bread company»
*snorts

What hookers and cocaine are to Charlie Sheen, bread is to me. So when I saw this place so highly ranked, I decided to stop on in. The place looked promising in that shabby chic way that says «there’s home cooking happening in this place», and to make matters even better, on the radio Tom Petty was followed by Neil Young, who was then followed by Led Zeppelin. As my turn came to order food, I put in for a ham and cheese and retired to one of the back tables.
Sadly, thirty minutes later I was still waiting for my food, while the stereo system got hijacked by one of the teeny bopper staffers who plugged her ipod in and «treated» everyone to the sounds of possessed raccoons (or maybe it was Miley Cyrus, I can never really tell) and all the air was let out of my proverbial soufflé.
I waited a few minutes more for my sandwich, and when it arrived I ate it and left in a hurry. It was a very good sandwich, but the potatoes which accompanied it were cold and far from multitudinous. And man… I was made to wait for it. 40 minutes doesn’t seem like a lot of time for dining out, I suppose, but for a place that was nearly empty and considering it was just a sandwich, I expected better.

Come on, Fornax! You get Boston’s Best of award for bread so you’re done trying?
I ordered a Roasted Veggie sandwich with chicken on a baguette and it left a lot to be desired.
Now, I can understand if the place was packed and the sandwich station was slammed with orders, but my girlfriend and myself were the only ones in there. What came out was a toasted baguette with sparse amounts of eggplant and peppers, with the saddest amount of hummus. No caramelized onions or chicken to be found, and I know with it costing $ 9.15 that I paid for the add-​on.
The baguette was good, I’ll give that to you, so yes maybe your award was valid. But that’s no excuse to overlook an order and serve a sparse sandwich.
Until next time!

Ok I’m not going to rehash what everybody else is saying. It’s all true.
The main reason for this review is a recent addition, well two recent additions if you include the Roslindale Main Streets «parklet» that just got installed outside.
** THEY HAVE AN ESPRESSO RIG NOW ***
This is a huge deal given that the other coffeehouse in the village closed up months ago. You can get coffee at many places nearby but the espresso-​based options are few and far between.
Parklet, pop-​tarts and espresso. Can’t go wrong there.