National Bakery

I wanted to explore the area where I spent my early childhood. It’s only 5 minutes from Palmer Park, and look at the love that is going on over there. Like the previous poster, the area is extremely distressed, two lane road with very narrow sidewalks, but with surprisingly just as many intact residential blocks as blight nearby.
When I saw a bakery and an open sign, I swung my car around to see what we could find. The bakery counter had a selection of pastries and you could see the industrial ovens in the back. There was no one at the counter, but once we called out, we were helped by an older middle aged woman.
We picked out large yeast bread rolls ($.25 each, 6″ diameter) and a poppy seed roll ($ 4.00 for a 12″ loaf) out of the mostly sweet pastries available. We’ll try to the poppy seed roll for dessert tonight, but already used the bread rolls for big fried egg sandwiches and greens sandwiches — really good. You can order ahead for cakes and pasties. I’ll try to come here again.
It’s a rough looking area where the bakery is, and I’ve been in Detroit a long time. We left for a reason. But somewhere in the neighborhood this is happening:

Had to post for their old school white bread. Simple ingredients and sliced just slightly thinner-​than-​normal which makes it great for toasting. Still haven’t found anything quite like it in the 15 or so years since discovering it.
In a very distressed neighborhood … this business is just about the only functioning storefront on State Fair between Woodward and I-​75, at least early in the morning. Thumbs up for maintaining a welcoming presence.
That said, I haven’t actually been in the store, but I’ve seen their products in Fresh Approach in Royal Oak and a few other places. When I called one time to see where they distribute, they had no idea what I was talking about and probably thought it was a prank call — this is really a corner bakery first and foremost.
It’s easy to distinguish their loafs from the others — plain plastic bag with the label/​ingrediants printed on a tiny square of paper that’s placed inside the bag (not even a sticker).