Art Of Bread

Who doesn’t love good bread? Art of Bread used to be Breadsmith and still has the same delicious breads and pastries. On my first visit today, I got the challah, millet seed bread, pumpkin pecan scones, and an oat scotchie bar. The oat bar was too sweet for me, but my husband loved it. The rest of the items are excellent. I’ll be back; I hope they also have the vanilla challah that I used to get at Breadsmith!

Spinach and feta turnover was delicious, but the personality of the counter staff leaves a lot to be desired. My daughter loved a spinach feta turnover which we ate outside, and we actually came back in to buy another. It slipped out of the bag and fell on the floor at the door when we were still in the store. I gave it to the counter attendant to throw out, who saw the whole thing, and not only did she not offer to replace it, which would have been awesome, but she wasn’t even sympathetic and said absolutely nothing, not even, «Oh, that’s too bad». Just not friendly. She was lackluster at our initial check-​out as well. Never smiled once. Seemed like it was a drag to be at work.
Customer service is everything. Get some charisma and love behind the counter, Joe. Anything less is a major turn off. This experience made my patronage feel unappreciated. I probably would have bought a replacement turnover, but just didn’t feel like giving money to people who don’t care. I come to this plaza all the time to use the dry cleaners (who consistently do an amazing job, btw), and wish Art of Bread could be another stop to look forward to, but I’m not feeling it. On the up side, the loaf of bread was decent.

Hi. I’m Margaret and I’m addicted to carbohydrates. Therefore the Art of bread is a blessing in disguise and a curse!
They have so many delicious treats to choose from… gorgeous, loaves of bread (sweet and savory), dinner rolls, baguettes, etc. You could pick out a delicious carb for any meal. In addition, if you wanted a treat for dessert, they have a huge selection of cookies, muffins, croissants, bars, tarts, etc, etc, etc,
I ended up picking up a croissant for my husband (and not only do they have plain, they have chocolate, fruit and almond filled) as well as a brown sugar pop over for myself. I had said int he past that my mom makes the best pop overs, but sorry, Mom, please forgive me, yours come in a close second to the Art of Bread’s pop overs. Airy, light, full of flavor with a nice sweet kick of brown sugar. Outstanding!
They offered samples of their homemade sweet onion and balsamic butter. I can’t get it out of my mind. It’s perfect on some pumpernickel bread (which was also great). They had a nice selection of other sweet and savory butters.
In addition, they offered a wide variety of jams, jellies and homemade peanut butter!
With the Art of Bread right next door to Joe’s Produce and near «Just Baked» Cupcakes and Westborn Market, Livonia is quickly becoming one of my favorite «Foodie» towns!

Amazing bread at a decent price. Smells amazing walking in and they always have free samples of stuff. Everytime I walk in I just wanna buy it all! Will definitely be back. :)

few stars cause the checkout girl was so rude and stupid. had never been in so ask for a wholegrain seedy/​wheatie bread. she pointed out the wholegrain which i could see. i ask what was in it and she got snippy and said i don’t know, i’m not the baker. this is not good customer service, or even good manners. Joe-​teach your help, most are not trained at home, but you are their employer and all their lack of tact reflects on your business. i can get great bread many places these days, why should i come back here?
but you got the two stars cause the wholegrain covered with sesame seeds was good fresh and toasted. but again, i can go a mile down from my house and get holiday market bread, the best in the area. better than zingermans!
not impressed with the samples of the beer nor the sour dough. not crusty nor chewy but mainly plain white bread.

Maybe I just come at the wrong times, but they’re always out of the bread I want. I have come in 3 times hoping to try the asiago cheese or the apple cinnamon bread and they never have it — I’m guessing it’s just really that good that people snatch it up quickly. Each time I have left with some other bread and it’s always been very good (especially the sourdough!), but I’m always disappointed they don’t have the ones I want.

Everything is so good. I love coming here for bread and pastries. The best are the ham and cheese croissants and the chocolate croissants. So heavenly. Everyone here is so welcoming and friendly. I love the staff, love the food, and I am seriously addicted to this place!

Diabetics beware, samples galore and you will also want to buy everything in the joint. Conveniently located near Joe’s other ventures it is definitely worth the risks to swing by.
Not the ultimate croissants but really quite tasty quality versions. I am a total croissant snob for the record and I do buy these and eat them super happily. They have a chocolate cherry scone though that will make you an addict. The breads have all been hits, We have tried vienna, asiago, caraway rye and Italian. Nice and fresh!
The sandwiches look super tasty and a guy we met in there as a fellow customer on our last visit was über enthusiastic about them. I was stuffed or I would have succumb to the temptation. The staff is really helpful and everything is displayed so attractively. You just want to grab all the tastiness and scoff it up.
Definitely more stops to come.

Being a huge fan of Joe’s Produce and Meat Market, I couldn’t wait for the Art of Bread to open, and when it did, it did not disappoint. Everything from the pastries to the fresh baked breads are amazing. I would highly recommend the black pepper Swiss bread (made every Tuesday and Saturday) — it’s great for ham sandwiches and egg and bacon sandwiches. While all the pastries are delicious, I would recommend the pecan rolls, iced cinnamon rolls, the various croissants, and the veggie quiche.

I have had this notion in my mind for years that I do not like croissants. Why in gods name did I deprive myself from such wonderful, buttery, delicate, fluffy clouds of goodness for so long?!? Can someone tell me why!?!
Deprive myself no longer I will. Enter «The Art of Bread.»
After visiting Joe’s Produce and the Meat Market I figured I would swing over and check out this new place as well, and that’s where I met the croissant.
Technically, I bought it for my son for lunch. Oops. It was soooo darn good. Filled with Boarshead ham and swiss cheese… need I even say more? I still can’t believe I have never indulged in one of these tasty treats until today.
Ok, so I also indulged in their free samples of asiago bread, gingerbread cookies and blueberry scones. The cinnamon rolls really looked sinful, and they had about 8 types of home made JUMBO cookies.
I may give up my bagel habit and pick up croissants thanks to my visit today. Oui Oui!

It’s been a long wait for «the art of bread» to open but one well worth the anticipation. You’ll be immediately greeted once you walk through their door and if you take a minute to look around the front counter you’ll notice samples galore. As I recall there were several cookie samples and their Italian bread, sliced, with an olive oil to accompany.
Being on my hunt for a really great bakery, I usually won’t leave with less than a decent cross section of inventory. I picked up a Vienna loaf, a baguette, one chocolate and one almond croissant, a lemon sugar cookie and a chocolate chip pecan cookie.
Both the croissants were excellent. The Almond was rich and buttery as you’d expect and the filling was a little like an almond jam and not as dry and nutty as some I’ve had. My only wish here was that the edges got a little crispier. The Chocolate croissant had two threads of chocolate running down the interior’s center and was also delicious.
The cookies were pretty good too. The Lemon Sugar cookie was very old-​fashioned, with a moist crumb and soft texture while the Chocolate Pecan was thin and chewy. Unfortunately, they chopped the pecans a little too much so I didn’t get the sense they were there but still good.
The bread is why I came though… and the Vienna, which is similar to a sandwich white was soft and fluffy but holding together really well and offering a nice crust. The baguette was also really good and worth grabbing one to split, butter and eat. I’ve only scratched the surface here but it’s a nice addition to the Joe’s Produce strip.
I should also mention that this place is VERY affordable! I feel like they could be charging what Avalon does, but for what I ordered it was really reasonable.

The Art of Bread has been teasing me over the past 6 months every time I visited Joe’s Produce with that ‘COMING SOON’ sign.
FINALLY!
It’s Open!
I came here last weekend to pick up a loaf of multi grain bread for my family and I’s typical Sunday dinner.
AS soon as the front door swings open there is a haunting aroma of fresh baked breads with slight undertones of type 2 diabetes (kidding).
I was greeted at the door with a tray full of free cookie samples– I behaved and only took one.
It was the lemon cookie– delicious, fresh, sweet, tangy and moist.
I will come back one day for a box of sweets, but I was on the mission of multi-​grain.
I placed my order with one of the many friendly employees and received my loaf of bread– STILL WARM FROM THE OVEN in a brown paper sleeve.
I also noticed their housemade compound butters, jams, jelly’s, pumpkin and apple butters– All looked delicious!
My kind of place. ;)
I can’t wait to come back and try EVERYTHING.