Lyon Bakery

I am a huge fan of good bakery items, no paleo carb-​haters allowed here. If you see a stand for this at your local Farmer’s Market, grab it without hesitation; if you have never experienced a slice of high-​gluten bread toasted with butter, it should be on your bucket list, as it is a piece of heaven. I get a loaf this bread each week in my From the Farmer produce delivery, in which unfortunately we don’t get to pick what kind, but I’ve had the sesame semolina (perfection), marble rye (oy, so gut!), whole grain (with pepitas?!) I am not a fan of olives so I refused the olive loaf week, and am still waiting for the walnut raisin to make its appearance. I only wish we could try their rolls (another Farm delivery service has them.) Note, these loaves are HUGE, but worth every penny ($ 8), and I’ve never had one go stale (it never lasts that long!)

This place has moved and is NO WHERE near where its web site says it is, so for that one star! UPDATE your site! There’s a lot of difference between SE DC and somewhere in Maryland!

Not a fan of this bread. Bread Furtz quality is much better. Tried a few different loaves three different visits and was not impressed. It was’t fresh, didn’t taste that great. When are we going to get more artisan bread bakers back in the District? Frustrated.

I just got home from Union Market, where I purchased a loaf of rye bread purely to fulfill the credit card minimum after buying some hot dog buns for a barbecue. Holy itshay what a find! I’m literally about to go throw the whole loaf down the trash chute just so I’ll stop eating it and I’m not even «like that»…

LOVE this bread! Drive in weekly just to stock up :-)
Wish they had a Virginia location!

This bakery in Union Market is not just in Union Market. If you have been to a local restaurant that serves fabulous sliced, hearth-​baked bread, you have very likely consumed a produce from Lyon Bakery. I was delighted to know that they source to so many local restaurants, but more importantly, I am delighted that if I am at Union Market that I can get my own loaf in its entirety!
These loaves are fabulously baked artisan creations that look beautiful and taste wonderful. There are some classic choices here that showcase the talent of this boulangerie, like the sourdough, the baguette and the pain levain. When it’s good, you’ll know by the open crumb structure, thin but crispy crust and a moist inside that can be torn apart or sliced without crumbling. The flavors have been well developed with their starters, giving their bread a chance to contend with some great bakeries on the West Coast or further north of DC (i.e. New York!). This bread is of the quality that when you slice it, you may just want to smell it to recognize what good bread smells like. Yes, it’s complete with appealing aroma, crust, flavor, crumb and texture.
I also appreciate that when you are at the market, all the ingredients are listed right there for you to read, so you don’t have to ask too many questions before deciding which loaf you’d like. Be careful though — as you read the ingredients, you may recognize how you’d like to buy several loaves… reason for a party!
It is rare to find a decent bread bakery here in DC, and I would place this in the top 2 or 3. The walnut raisin is such a treat — a slice by itself is satisfying enough, but, toast it to make it warm and crisp, wow.
Their breads are great alone, accompaniment for meals or as sandwich bases. The slices make a sandwich into a creation!

Pleasant Pops Farmhouse Market & Café, 1781 Florida Avenue NW, sells Lyon Bakery bread. Brought home a small rustic baguette today. Great flavor and chew. Will return to Pleasant Pops, if not for the pops, definitely for the Lyon Bakery bread. Best I’ve had in DC.

This is by far the best bread I’ve had in 3 years living in DC, at unbeatable prices.
At $ 3 for a loaf of jalapeño-​cheddar (great for making sandwiches) or $ 4 forwalnut-​raisin (absolutely packed with both — I don’t understand how they can make any money on this), the value is amazing.
Unfortunately, I’ve only seen them selling during the summer at the pop-​up stands just outside Union Station. This year, their last say is October 31, but I was told you could continue to get bread after that at their rather inconvenient location on R Street. So maybe they now sell to the pubic? Either way, I always look forward to being able to buy their bread in the summer at Union Station.

Went for the first time and picked up the rosemary bread. A perfect rosemary bread for less than $ 5. What more can I ask for?

hands down some of the best bread in the city. It’s been great at Union Station, great at Union Market. friendly staff, too!

The bread is very nice… When it’s fresh. We used to buy at the stand at Union station and loved the bread. The last few times we bought at union market though, the bread was stale — not fresh! The cheddar rolls were inedible. Is the union market stall some sort of a leftover outlet or what?

Stopped by Union Market this morning and came upon Lyon Bakery. Purchased the Kalamata Olive loaf. Absolutely delicious! They even slice it for you! Less expensive than Atwater’s that I purchase at the SS Farmer’s Market. Will definitely return to purchase more bread!

Ran into this bakery/​stand last year. It’s a small wholesaler that has a stand outside Union Station during the late spring and summer. Crazy good bread. Jalapeño & Cheese sour dough is money. Since the ingredients are so fresh, the shelf life is not that long.

Not available retail, but a previous reviewer spotted a stand at the Union Station farmers market. As soon as I get the chance I will be making a trip out there to pick up the BEST bread I have ever had in DC. My introduction to Lyon was at my farmers market where the bread was being used to deliver samples of cured meat. It was towards the end of the day and I was given 4 baguettes for free. Mind you, they were day old baguettes and DEELISHOUS! To revive day old bread, simply sprinkle with water and pop it in the toaster.

I have to agree with the first reviewer (dagnabbit!) that this bread is GOOD. I picked up a bag of rolls (4 for $ 2!) and a whole wheat baguette ($ 3!) for a dinner party and was absolutely pleased!
What a great spot for a farmer’s market and nice to feature a small local bakery. Do stop by and say hello to them!

Where I come from, there’s literally a bakery on every corner. The SF Bay has many manifold iterations of alters to bread making, creating a culture of bread snobbery, or (more sympathetically) a deep and abiding love for leavening culture. From Acme to Semifreddie’s to Grace to Vital Vittles (whom I drove a bread truck for in my youthful days), in Northern California we worship our yeast + flour based foods, with intense loyalties and attachments to match.
Washington DC’s bread offerings have been quite meager in my one year here. There’s Pain Quotidienne’s decent baguettes that I suspect are flown in frozen from France, some OK stuff at Au Bön Pain, and really quite miserable stubs of bread from Trader Joe’s.
So it was with serendipitous joy during one meal @ Logan Tavern that I bit into a sumptuous, wholesome, tasty piece of bread served in a pre-​dinner basket. After devouring two baskets to satiate my long neglected jonesing for quality baguette, I asked the waiter where the bread was from. «Lyon Bakery» he said, «but they only sell wholesale direct to restaurants, no retail.»
After a couple somewhat sly attempts to impersonate a very small restauranteur calling Lyon direct in need of «one or two» baguettes, I resolved that I’d have to go back to Logan and order meals just to taste their fantastic bread.
But lo and behold, walking through the main entrance of Union Station, there’s these new fandagoed farmer’s market style stands flanking the in & out commuters. Mistaking them at first as a gimmick faux artisanal food sellers who jack up the prices to fool rich urbanites into parting with their $, I almost walked by the bread stand which read out in little God-​sent letters «Lyon’s Bakery.»
$ 2 Baguettes that are literally unmatched in the DMV!
It’s a price/​flavor that is both jaw-​dropping and mouth-​watering for this California boy to consider.
Do at least grab one of their baguettes on your way to and fro from Union Station next time you’re there, you shan’t be disappointed!