Cobs Bread

This place is now sadly closed! In fact all branches of Cob’s Bread/​Bakery in the US have closed…

I ventured in during a scone promotion. 4 scones for $ 5 when normally they are $ 1.50 each. It’s a little pricier than some bakeries I’ve gone to, but the food is baked fresh each day and really tastes fresh (some say they do it daily but it doesn’t taste like it). A variety of breads, and if they don’t have what you want, you can put in a request for it and get it the next day, no extra charge. I’m considering doing that for the scones since they only carry 2 varieties at any given time (since the promotion is done). I haven’t tried the cheese/​meat breads yet, but I probably will soon!

It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t fantastic either. Bread had good flavor, though a tad on the dry side.

Cobs Bread is a recently opened US outlet of a Canadian bakery chain. Before Cobs there was not many bakery option on the Eastside so its opening is a definite welcome addition. The best bakery to compare with Cobs would probably be Great Harvest though some of the items seem to have French influences.
Aside from the Asian bakeries found in the I-​District and the Russian piroshky joints, I do not usually see any bake goods with meat and rarely ones with cheese. So I found it a plesant surprise that they would sell things like a pizza roll. They also have more conventional bake goods like scones ($ 1.25). Interestingly, this bakery does not sell some item that you would see in bakeries elsewhere like donuts or muffins though. It is a different type of bakery altogether.
They do however sell many types of loaves of bread and rolls. I find that their breads are of great quality and loafs especially the whole wheat loaf which makes for good sandwich bread. Do note that they sell loaves as a half and whole loaf. A whole loaf is in the $ 3 range and they have a machine in-​store to slice the bread if you want them to.
All in all, Cobs is a great bakery that fills a void on the Eastside. Greatly recommended as a option for quality baked goods, if not venturing into Seattle.

I tend not to buy bread here because it’s a little pricier in comparison to other bakeries in your local grocery store. Yeah I know $ 2.50 for a Baguette may not seem like much, but if you can get one that’s almost the same for $ 1, I’d rather pay a dollar.
Anyway I’m yet to try their normal breads, but this place is clean and the customer service is nice. The bread they provided for the Bellevue strawberry festival strawberry shortcakes was pretty pathetic, but I won’t judge too hard considering it was a mass produced thing.
So why 4 stars, cus I had their spinach & feta croissant.$ 2.25 I believe… not bad pricing, but oh man it was DELICIOUS-​NESS! Maybe I will try their Baguette sometime afterall.
~G
p. s. Someone tell them to make that hot dog filled pastry

Best. Bread. EVER. Too bad this is the only store of the franchise in the whole US of A. And it’s a pity I don’t work over there anymore. The COBS people came over to my old work and told us they made too much bread and gave us bagfuls of the stuff. I was hooked. The rest was history.
My favorite loaf: Lekkerbrot loaf. Seedy, loafy, SOFT. MM. SOFT. Makes the BEST sandwiches EVER.

A small spot in a strip mall, Cobs Bread offers a wide range of traditional breads, seeded and aromatic breads and a small collection of sweets. Having just opened within the month, traffic through the store was high; a new bakery is an event to Bellevue. Even with the large amount of foot traffic, the staff was exceptionally cheerful, helpful and patient. The front staff offered samples even as many others scurried around, replacing emptying racks.
While they were keen on offering samples of their hot cross buns, I tried just the fruit scone and the seedless whole wheat loaf. Having made numerous batches of scones over the year, any bakery that offers a scone gets an automatic purchase. Unlike the scones you’d get at a place like Noah’s or even Starbucks, these are much more of the traditional variety. A Starbucks scone is effectively a triangular puck of butter and flour overwhelmed with fruit and nut. The Cobs’ scone was lighter and the mixture of raisins, both of the regular and golden varieties, and currants did in no way overwhelm the flavor of the dough itself. I purchased two with the idea of having one immediately and a second later, but there was no way I could let the second one sit in the bag after the first was consumed. Most people scoff at the scone due to their experience with them from the big chains, especially since you’d normally need an entire venti latte to wash it down. These scones held their own, no drink needed though the hazelnut latte from Jitter’s made for a refreshing palate cleaner.
If a bakery can’t get whole wheat right, why bother with anything more complex? Luckily, Cobs does a good wheat, though almost a bit too sour. The bread thankfully has a perfect contrast of a real crust with a soft, pliable interior. The crust is not to be described as chewy, it’s just not the horribly worthless cotton layer expected from a store-​bought brand. The flavor isn’t dramatic, but this is a basic whole wheat loaf and is not expected. Cut properly, this would make for a great sandwich loaf, soft enough for an enjoyable mouth feel but enough crust to keep everything on the same page.
As Cobs first store in the US, I wish them luck. We need something beyond Great Harvest.