When Pigs Fly opens this Saturday

[ron_newman]

When Pigs Fly, the new bread store next to Kickass Cupcakes, opens this Saturday. Hours will be 10 am to 6 pm 7:30 pm daily.

Comments

[tastyanagram.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! Thanks for the update!

[ifotismeni]

YES. YES. YES. YES. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY OMFG YAAAAAAAAAAY!!

ever since my family and i discovered their bread a few years ago we don't use anything else.


can you tell i'm excited? wooo!

[ron_newman]

Probably opening that late because they don't bake it on site. They have to truck it in from York, Maine.

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Not only that, but check out the prices on their website. Ouch. I hope they charge less at their store, but I'm not holding my breath. Dave's has decent bread for like $1.50.

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Dave's has good cheap bread, but it tends towards refined-grains and lightish sorts of bread. When Pigs Fly has some awesome dense whole wheat and multi-grain breads ("Six Grain & Pumpkin Seed" = awesome). Plus, many organic ingredients.

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Iggy's is great (Fawcett st. in Cambridge) and only like $3 for a normal sized loaf. It's probably more at Pemberton but I can't believe it'd be $8.

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

I like Iggy's bread well enough, but they too tend towards refined grains. Their "whole wheat" bread, for example, has more non-whole-wheat flour than whole wheat, whereas When Pigs Fly's version is 100% whole wheat.

But, yeah, yeesh, $8? I don't remember it costing that much. Perhaps that's just the website price.

[ifotismeni]

whaaaat? really?!? awww.

still, it's faster buying it there than at the supermarket.

[ifotismeni]

this is true! where's the 5am bakery hours? i want to walk around with a baguette under my arm alllll morning.

[ruxxell.livejournal.com]

also next to alfresco. show alfresco some love.

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

This is great news, but 10 until *6*? Are they trying to ensure nobody's going to show up during the week?

May I humbly suggest extending closing hours until 7 PM?

[ron_newman]

I was wondering the same thing -- those hours mean I can only shop there on Saturdays or Sundays.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

They're actually open until 7:30, despite what it says on their website.

[ron_newman]

After about a week, they realized that they have to stay open later in this neighborhood. They now close at 7:30, and I've updated the original post.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

Businesses that keep hours like this baffle me.

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

Yup. I would dearly love to stop by Sessa's on the way home from work, but alas - I'm lucky to make it back to Davis by 6:00.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

I can never get into Sessa's either. They're ALWAYS closed when I most want to go and can actually find the time. : (

[ron_newman]

I don't understand it either. Might be a good question to ask the first time we visit there.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

I may do just that. : )

Somewhat relatedly, but not really...

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Does anybody go to "LaRonga Bakery" on Somerville Ave? Its relatively close to Davis, though really closer to Porter.

How is their bread?

LaRonga bakery

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

The bread is no better than what you buy at Shaws except that it's fresh; day old is great for making bread crumbs though. The pizza, on the other hand, is definitely worth the trip as it's superb, some of the best NY style pizza we've found in Boston. Stick to the pizza and stay away from the pizza-like objects (calzones), though.

Re: LaRonga bakery

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'll definitely check out the pizza.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Aww. I was getting all excited until I read the comments.

Oh well. I'll try to get in there once in a while, at least, to encourage the general concept of a small local bakery. But meanwhile, my recently-acquired bread machine is going to see a lot of action.

[joaveho.livejournal.com]

Pigs Fly has extended hours 10-7:30 daily, and their prices range from $3 for a decent baguette to $5-6 for all the others. All fresh daily, and incredible flavor. I've tried many of the fruit breads (like cranberry orange pistachio and blueberry peach) and the 6-grain/pumpkin seed, which I used to always get at the grocery store as my standard. The freshness from the Davis Sq store really stands out. They have one 100% whole wheat that I left on my counter in a ziploc bag and was really surpirsed at how well it held up 6 days later and counting...dense, hint of molasses, incredible toasted with a light lick of butter and honey. And you can sample any of them at the store.