Brio Breadworks

Bread out of the oven, but only bread not breakfast pastries (which they have at the café). We had a baguette of sourdough and it was crusty and tasty and great even without butter. What more can you ask for?

Amazing bread! I dare you to walk by this place during baking hours, smell the tantalizing aroma and not buy bread. It’s a little pricey (same price as in the stores), but fresher and easy to run in for a loaf if you’re passing by.

Very good fresh bread. Rosemary potato, kalamata olive bread, focaccia all fresh and baked right here in Arcata. Prices can vary store to store so shop around. Warm loaves can be purchased on site at their bakery on 10^th street. YUM!

Overrated, that’s for sure. The people at the bakery are nice. But I would not waste my time or money.
Breads tend to have too little water and ends up like a brick a few hours after you purchase it. It’s hard when you buy bread for 1 or 2 and save it for the next day, but come to find your bread can break a window if that’s what you choose to do with it. The breads are so hard at times that it leaves torn up skin on the roof of your mouth (reminds me of eating Captain Crunch. I never expected there to be blood from bread or cereal).
On a good note, their focaccia is pretty bomby.

Tasty bread and well-​made coffee, but a bit expensive. If you can swing it it’s a great place for those things. The atmosphere inside weirds me out, however. I don’t like to sit in there, because the vibe is cramped and tense.

Best bakery in Arcata I would assume. Breakfast pastries 50% off after 3PM. Looks to be a happenin place. Great Olive bread.

Best bread in Humboldt, best coffee, too. This is the only place I’ve found locally that know how to make espresso correctly; even so, I usually just get the drip coffee (note: it take a long while to get the drip, done to order, so hold off on eating your pastry!) The pastries are fabulous and the other menu items we’ve had (salads, sandwiches) have also been great. There’s not a lot of seating, so it can be difficult to get a seat at certain times.

Brio makes the best bread for Nor Cal! Bread & Cie are in a run for their money, should Brio ever make its way down to SD!
The first time I sampled their bread was in the hospital waiting room. They got this Klamata olive bread that my little sister adores, her friend brought some to us while we were hangin out and waiting for moms to get better! Olives and I, dont mesh well. But this bread was just that damn good that I didnt care about any olives in it. It was flakey where it needed to be flakey and doughy where it needed to be doughy! A small loaf went fast between the 4 of us!
Brio bread is served in a ton of restaurants all over town, too. I had it at the restuarant on the Marina in Eureka and a few other places. There was always some in the house, as well. Its really yummy! My sister doesnt know how she will survuve down at Chico this coming year without a Brio bread fix! I dont know how I will handle it all the way in SD without a Brio bread fix either! Time for moms to start makin care packages !!

Brio Bakery has THE BEST coffee/​espresso in Humboldt County (in addition to bread). No longer a totally broke college student, I now enjoy their food here as well. I love their eggs florentine for brunch with a mimosa (made with fresh squeezed orange juice). I still thing their grab-​and-​go sandwiches are little too pricey for what you get, but I like them anyway and indulge from time to time. The best is getting brunch here on a sunny morning, sitting outside and enjoying the plaza.
Go here for coffee/​espresso!

Best bakery in Arcata! I love using their French Batard for grilled sandwiches and the seeded baguette toasted! I love walking by the Bakery, the smell is amazing!

I think Brio Bread taste great, it’s authentically one of the best french and sourdough bakeries. BUT, I have to say the way they leave their bread exposed for all to pick and sniff at, handle and ponder over, just turns me the other way. I noticed in some markets they are in baskets on the check-​out isle ends out in the open. Or, on shelves with all their loaf ends sticking out of their paper sacks. It’s not as if these loaves are so long that they bottom out in their respective sacks! They just don’t put them in all the way for looks, I guess? Well, today I was down at the «Eureka Natural Foods» meandering my way over to the Brio shelves and I stop about 15 feet short because there this guy standing in front of the rack of bread, moving loaf after loaf in his nose range. Getting good whiff of each one! Like any of them would even smell bad in the first place! I’m looking at this guy bob his head down toward each loaf of bread he keeps alternating through, getting his big schnazz within a couple inches each time! I know in some counties (maybe this one?) they would be breaking the Health Code.
I hate to be down on a great tasting product but I think y’know what I mean here. Maybe if you see the Brio delivery guy you can get your loaf of bread before your picturing images everyone making love to your bread.
Maybe the Brio Breadworks owner Serge Scherbatskoy will read this?

I’ve been there twice in the last month. Both times I had pretty good food, but the wait time was terrible, I’d eat my entire snack before receiving a drink (water one time, fresh juice the other). We had to hunt down our food because although we were given a number for our table, nobody ever brought us anything. No reason to go back when there when there are so many other choices in town.

Ate here at our stay in Arcata. Best croissant ever. We stopped in during the farmer’s market for a cappucino and a croissant. delicious! A little pricy for the area, but worth it.

Hells yes this place is awesome. I havn’t been in Humboldt County since 2006 and I still miss the bread. Am constantly on the look-​out for a bakery with bread as tasty as here, but alas, i have never found one. It’s quite possible that it is the best bread bakery in California. worth it to drive up there to taste this delicious bread. the baguettes are incredible: light and fluffy on the inside and crispy crunchy on the outside. perfect like baguettes in france. you can find this bread at pretty much any place in arcata, but my favorite spot to buy it was at wildwood’s.they always had a good selection and only ran out late at night. my favorites were the sweet rolls and the epis, but you try pretty much anything and you’ll find a winner, for reals.

The best bread in… well possibly california. I have not had bread this good since I lived in Paris. You can find brio products all over the Arcata and humboldt area. Often a shop or restaurant will have the option to upgrade your bread to brio for a small fee. It is always worth it, do it.

Really good ciabatta. If youre hungry grab a loaf. hits the spot.

I was passing through Arcata on a business trip yesterday, and stopped off at Brio for coffee; just wasting time before boarding a puddle jumper back to Sacramento. Looks like it blends in perfectly with the rest of the village square in a college town (Humboldt State). The place is clean and quiet (no cell phones allowed? Dayum!) The crowd is.. .well, UC Davis demographic: caucasian, goatees & glasses, reading Wall Street Journal, Jane Austen and Marcel Proust, critiquing off-​Broadway plays and vegan restaurants, looking at me as I entered like «what’s he doing here?»
I ordered a coffee and a chocolate biscotti. When I got to the counter to pay, I saw loaves of fresh bread; one in particular caught my eye: a cranberry-​walnut sourdough. I bought all of it for less than $ 10. The barista (it’s trippin’ me out to talk about this) had a spotless white chef uniform on, and a freakin’ chef’s hat. He brewed me a fresh cup out of one of those espresso machines. It was darn good. I could have done without the biscotti; it was a’ight.
I put the loaf of cranberry-​walnut sourdough in a ziploc last night, and ate some for breakfast this morning. Lord, have mercy… it was so amazingly good. I was going to take one star off for the stuck-​up atmosphere, but realized that I’m judging on outward appearances, and while that’s cool for judging the quality of restaurant, it’s kinda inappropriate for grading clientele. If you’re Eureka or Arcata and you love — or even like — bread, Brio is an absolute must.

I had one item from Brio’s café the first time I went, and it won me over forever and ever. Picture this: a fresh, soft ciabatta roll, slathered generously with chevre from the local goatie farm, perfectly caramelized onions, and ripe avocado. Don’t give me that look about the goat cheese– it’s like cream cheese on steroids. Delicious, delicious steroids.

While staying with friends in Arcata I found myself devouring their bread en mass. After asking them about it they pointed me to Brio Breadworks, their locally supplied bakery. The bread is so delicious, fresh and crusty. I am sad that I didn’t try their galettes as they sounded wonderful but there is only so much you can do in 2 days. I would love to have something like this in Chicago but I doubt we have the local supplier to keep something this delicious going.

brio is amazing. it’s a «dream come true» sort of place, at least for me. they have the uncanny ability to take simple ingredients and prepare them in a way that you never could. everything is local, organic, fresh, and tastes so clean and pure. that’s not to say it’s healthy — they serve many things that are too delicious to be good for you. the cakes, sticky buns, fresh fruit galettes (seasonal, of course), and quiche are just heavenly. if you seek savory treats they have organic prosciutto and cheeses that are exactly what you are looking for.
brio started small, honing their bread-​making abilities, and has flourished with the opening of their new café. now they have full meals available (reservation only is my understanding) on the weekends. i look forward to enjoying a full 5 course meal one of these sundays!
i can’t say enough about brio. every neighborhood could use a brio; that is, a place where locals can gather to enjoy the harvest of local agriculture, enjoy a good cup of coffee, and relax.