Full Circle Baking

I really want to like this bakery (I like their sourdough), but after having had multiple loaves go bad (aka covered in mold) after only 2 days, I’m tired of paying $ 5 for a loaf to only be able to eat a few slices and then into the compost.
Yeah, I could my $ 5 loaf into the refrigerator, but anybody who knows anything about bread will realize that destroys the crust and generally wrecks the mouth feel of the bread, so why pay a premium only to have to trash it by putting it in the fridge so you can actually eat the entire loaf.
I don’t know how long bread sits at their facility before being transported to my local grocery store. I know that most (all) local bakeries manage their own inventories within the store (s), so I know it isn’t the grocery store’s fault that old product is being sold.
Sorry Full Circle… you lost me as a customer after $ 25 of wasted product over the past couple of months. My money is better spent on bread ingredients for the bread machine.

If you only eat one loaf of bread in your life make it the «sourdough round». This is hands down the best bread currently in existence.

I bit into a ROCK in the loaf of bread I bought there. Needless to say I don’t buy their bread anymore simply because of the shady manner in which the owners handled the situation. Their quality control is not what it should be.

Full Circle Bakery – only the best organic artisan bread in the shadow of Sonoma Mountain. Kathy and Keith Giusto started the bakery the year my husband and I got married. They baked us special wedding breads with our initials on them for the reception barbeque and hold a special place in my heart. Besides, Penngrove Multigrain is the best bread ever baked! I usually pick up my Full Circle breads at Olivers.

Delicious! The but raisin bread is so hearty, almost don’t feel that bread guilt eating it. The cheese garlic is so yum, be sure to heat them up or toast for full flavor! Also, Wesley the guy who works there is hot. ;)

Full Circle Bakery makes amazing breads, but my personal favorite that for me stands aprt from other sprouted wheats out there, is the Sprouted Sourdough. It lasts a long time also. I highly reccommend it!!! Thank you Full Circle fir making such an inovated original bread!,
Julia Faller
local penngrove business owner
Benedetta — FarmSourced Skin Care

Great bread but I don’t understand why they don’t use their great space in downtown Penngrove to better advantage. Their hours were very unpredictable for their first 6 mos– to one year, now their open ’till two o’clock pm.
They should follow the model of Wildflower in Freestone with more variety, and maybe some pastries on the weekend. Great wholesale product, but a sad waste of a great retail space!

Full Circle’s breads had the potential to fill the all-​organic flour niche vacated when Bennett Valley bread suddenly disappeared from Sonoma County markets. Unfortunately, Full Circle’s products don’t make the grade: their ultra-​white baguette & spelt breads are totally bland, have poor texture and under-​baked crusts, and go stale very fast, even in their paper bag (which I suspect is plastic-​lined, a big mistake for maintaining freshness). I’d give this outfit only one star but for their «Multigrain,» which is decent — and significantly better than a similar round loaf that Whole Foods sells under it’s own label — but still very overpriced for some that’s just adequate.
Have to assume that all the five-​start reviews come from friends of Full Circle’s owner (s) or employees, or from folks who have never tried breads made by Acme Bakery (Berkeley), Tartine (SF) or Freestone Bakery (local), all of which produce really rich tasting, crusty and well-​textured organic breads. These three competitors sell a far superior, less pricey alternative to any bread Full Circle makes.

Great local bakery!
I’ve gone here two times already and i love it. The bread is delicious and made fresh, the staff is friendly and fun, and the sliced sourdough is the best I’ve had so far. But who am i kidding, about all of their different kinds of treats are awesome.
I’d surely recommend it to anyone visiting Penngrove and the surrounding area.

Full Circle Baking joins the ranks of the very best bakeries in the North Bay if not the USA. I dunno, do they make bread this good elsewhere? Our Daily Bread has never been so luxurious.

Very good bread with fresh ingredients. Most loaves are about $ 5.50 but well worth it. The retail shop is only open until 2 p.m. and you have to get there early before all the nom nom’s are gone.

Go here or to Wildflower, a loaf of bread, cheese… start a party.
We are so lucky to have great Artisan bakeries in the area.
This is as good as going to Bouchan in Napa Valley, without the drive. Go early and enjoy hot wonderful bread. Choose any, all good

This little bakery has become one of my regular stops when I’m in the area. Their sliced sourdough is a nice sandwich bread. Their baguette loaves (either French or Sourdough) are wonderful for dinner breads but also great for sub-​sandwiches.
On my last visit, I picked up a loaf of their cranberry-​semolina bread. What a nice bread! Wonderful toasted but a few days later made a nice pain perdue.

They’re at a couple of the local Sonoma County markets which is great, they are in the SR Farmer’s Market on Wednesdays & on Saturdays. It’s about $ 5.50 or so per bread. My favorite is the challah bread they make, which is probably the best in the county. I’ve had the Village Bakery one and it’s not as great — — although VB is a great bakery. They also make the breads right here at this site in Penngrove, and the SR VB gets most of their breads trucked in from Petaluma.
I would say that FCB’s challah is fantastic and one of my favorite breads in the county — it’s the best challah in the county. Our other favorite bread is the Pan Francais from Costeaux — available at SR Farmer’s Market on Sat, at their bakery & at Oliver’s.
One thing to remember about FCB is that if you’re buying goods under $ 10 it’s either cash or check. I just verified that they accept checks there at FCB by phoning and they do accept checks. For over $ 10 they accept debit/​visa.

After having lived in the Bay Area for more than twelve years, there was only one thing I was missing. Bread as good as the bread they were baking back in Germany.
Until I ran into a loaf of their Rosemary Ciabatta, which I bought at a supermarket in Fairfax. This bread is phantastic and before we came home half of the loaf was gone.
I just wished I would know wherelse I could buy their bread.

I own a food truck and catering business and use Full Circle for all my bread needs. They are great family own business that not only feels good to support but also makes excellent high quality bread. They have great customer service and make some darn tasty bread. My customers rave about their bread and I feel grateful to be able to carry such a stellar product.

Mind you, there are other great bakers besides Full Circle. Cyrus/​Healdsburg, One Market/​SF, Café Beaujolais/​Mendocino, Bouchon/​Yountville — all four make absolutely magnificent breads. But the first two don’t sell them, the third is a long long drive away, which leaves Bouchon but only if you’re on the Napa side.
We discovered Full Circle bread because we ate a couple of Yanni’s Sausage Grill’s sandwiches and thought the bread (pressed, generously spread with olive oil, and toasted) was simply magnificent.
He directed us to Full Circle’s wholesale/​retail location (just down the street) and we were fortunate to get there early enough to find them open.
Nobody was there although we called out, but we could tell wherever they had gone, they were away for just a few minutes. We went across to JavAmore Café to get some coffee, then came back in 15 min. and sure enough, someone was there to sell us some of that beautiful bread.
They sell at farmers markets around the Petaluma/​Santa Rosa area, and at one or two markets. Call them for information if you don’t think you can make it to their bakery location before they close.
If you were around to remember Specialtys of San Francisco’s bread, back when they first started, they used freshly-​ground grain to make their breads. It was moister and richer in flavor, truly remarkable bread. Full Circle’s breads remind us of that, with an incredibly tender crumb and a good chewy crust that isn’t hard or tough.
Bread is all they sell — no muffins, no pastries. Just good, plain, honest bread, so incredibly fresh it begs for butter and cheese and salami and… well, you get the idea.

Very good bread with excellent ingredients. Check out their day-​old bread options if you come to the shop; you can save a couple $.
Oliver’s in Cotati and other local groceries carry their bread, too.

I love their Spelt Bread, which they deliver to Olivers Markets. I eat almost no other bread because of a wheat sensitivity, but this bread is delicious and causes no issues with my digestive track.
When I’ve stopped by there shop in Petaluma, they’ve always been helpful and friendly.

Let’s talk bread.
A beloved topic among many. I like mine chewy, I like mine crunchy, I like it crusty and I like it to slap me around and buy me a drink.
Opps, I’ve said too much…
I stumbled into this bakery one Saturday on the hunt for desserts, but instead came upon a mecca of bread-​a. I stood there in awe for a minute and exited without purchase. I was dumbfounded. There’s no sweet treat behind their door, but there’s plenty of savory good — nay, greatness there.
The loaves are true works of art. These would be the showpieces on tables in movies, in houses of nobles and in dreamscapes. They are browned and beautiful and waiting for you to take them home and have your way with them.
I love a good toaster bread, as I always prefer my bread hot & crispy. Their sourdough does not anywhere in the ballpark of disappoint.
In comparison to their neighboring competitor, Della, I would have to say this. It is just past the line of better. I love a dense bread, don’t get me wrong, but there’s just something to this Penngrove Perfection that just does it for me. I don’t even need that drink after all ;)
You can find them directly in Penngrove, or as I did, in Oliver’s in Cotati. Surely to be seen in more places as they grow their Cult. Ooh yes, I am starting one.
First Rule: Don’t Talk About Bread Cult.
Second Rule: See Rule #1.