Boulted Bread upgrades to larger space in downtown Raleigh

Beloved Raleigh bakery Boulted Bread made its name operating out of a tiny spot on South Street in downtown.

• Inside, there was barely enough room to queue for its delicious pastries and certainly no place to hang about.

Driving the news: But now the bakery, opened in 2014, has leveraged its success into a much larger home at 328 Dupont Circle in the Boylan Heights neighborhood.

• Owners Josh Bellamy and Sam Kirkpatrick officially opened the new space on Friday — and a steady trickle of customers came out to buy croissants, bread loaves and morning buns.

• Boulted's new home holds an oven quadruple the size of its old haunt, an espresso machine and a dining room spacious enough for customers to camp out.

The big picture: Boulted has become one of the more influential culinary institutions in the city since it opened.

• Its owners have helped open other favorites like Benchwarmers Bagels and the excellent Bright Spot Donuts.
• It's also one of the few bakeries where you can find pasteis de nata — the delightful Portuguese-style custard tarts.