Lovejoy Bakers

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Exterior of the bakery in northwest Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, 2022
Lovejoy Bakers
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City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′48″N122°40′54″W / 45.5300°N 122.6816°W / 45.5300; -122.6816
Website lovejoybakers.com

Lovejoy Bakers is a bakery with multiple locations in Portland, Oregon. The business is owned by Marc and Tracy Frankel. [1]

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Description

Portland Monthly has described the Pearl District location as "a sun-flooded shop where a dozen types of bread (Griffin’s pride: a caraway rye), superb scones, pastries, pies, and croissants are thoroughly enjoyed by the neighborhood". There are additional locations in the South Waterfront district and in northwest Portland. [2] The 2,300-square-foot space in the Pearl District has a seating capacity of approximately 60. [3]

History

Plans for Lovejoy Bakers to open in the Pearl District emerged in 2009. [4] The bakery opened in November. [5] Kyle MacLachlan visited the bakery in 2010. [6] In addition to breakfast and lunch service, the Pearl District bakery began a dinner series in 2011. [7] [8] [9]

A second location opened in southeast Portland in May 2012. [10] Plans for the South Waterfront location were announced in 2013. [11] [12] The third location opened in 2014. [13] The Pearl District and South Waterfront locations launched Dinners To Go in 2015. [14] The South Waterfront bakery offered coupons for free cookies and coffee during TriMet's 2015 opening of the MAX Orange Line. [15]

Reception

Chad Walsh included Lovejoy Bakers in Eater Portland's 2016 list of "9 Mind-Blowing Breakfast Bakeries in Portland". [16] Alex Frane included the bakery in the website's 2021 list of "17 Spots to Grab Amazing Breakfast Sandwiches". [17]

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