Richmond's bakery boom brings two more sweet additions
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Inside Jane Dough bakery on Northside. Image: Courtesy of Jane Dough
Ready your sweet tooth and stop counting calories, Richmond has a fresh batch of bakeries.
Why it matters: There's no such thing as too many cookies, cakes and bread — for any city.
State of play: Jane Dough, a pop-up turned brick and mortar, opened last week on MacArthur in Northside.
- The shop is from baker Jane Lukas, a culinary school grad who started baking during the pandemic before moving to Richmond, per Style Weekly.
- Once settled here, Lukas started baking in her converted garage and selling her bread and pastries at Dorey Park Farmers Market and Celladora last year, quickly developing a loyal following.
On the menu: Jane Dough's signature sourdough loaves ($10-$12), focaccia ($7-$8.50), croissants ($7.50-$8.50) cookies ($3.50) and rotating pastries.
Fun fact: True to Richmond's form, the bakery has been selling out quickly in its opening days, so go early.
What they're saying: "We really appreciate the love the community has been showing us," Lukas tells Axios.
If you go: Jane Dough is open 7am-2pm, Thursday through Sunday at 4029 MacArthur Ave.
Meanwhile, Tous les Jours, a Korean-French bakery chain, opened its second Richmond-area location last month at 7401 Midlothian Turnpike.
- The chain specializes in French pastries with an Asian twist, with offerings like red bean buns, custard-filled breads, sweet crumble-topped soboro buns and cloud cakes in flavors like ube and mango ($3-$7).
- It's the chain's second local outpost, joining its bakery inside Lotte Plaza Market in western Henrico. A third is in the works near Brandermill.
- Tous les Jours is open daily, 8am-9pm.
Zoom out: The newcomers join a slate of other bakery options that opened this year, including:
- Shyndigz's 24/7 dessert vending machine in the Fan.
- Kickshaws Gluten-free Bakery, which opened this summer across the street from Jane Dough, serving gluten-free, vegan and allergy-friendly treats.
- Le Petit Morceau, a French-inspired microbakery in Manchester known for croissants, galettes and brown butter chocolate chip cookies.
- Bliss Cafe, a coffee shop in Woodland Heights serving stuffed beignets and doughnuts.