Blue Oven Bakery

I got some English Muffins at the Loveland Farmers Market a few weeks ago. And I’ve been dreaming of them since we ran out. They are huge and they are delicious. I hope they’ll be at the next market. And they have more of these. I’d like to try some other selections as well.

This is my favorite part of living on Findlay Market. There is no way I’d be able to get up early enough on weekends to get what i want before they sell out otherwise! And then i wouldn’t have a chance to taste the best baguettes in the city. I haven’t met Mark but I think he is one of my favorite people in town due only to his bread making talent.

I hate to be redundant but this really is the best bread in Cincinnati. I travel all over the world and this is right up there with the best.
PLUS… they are now at the Loveland market 6 months a year which is only 5 mins from my house.
I always but a few loaves and freeze some for later. Works especially well if you are toasting or grilling the bread.
Fans, also check out A Tavola in OTR Gateway which uses Blue Oven for there Bruschetta. Yummy!
Love, love, love, love!

Once again enjoying the amazing goods, but finally taking the time to write a review. We picked up one of the last loaves at Findlay Market today. The salted rye is phenomenal, enjoying before dinner with a hazel brown ale, and we all keep saying we won’t be hungry when dinner is ready. Thanks for your attention to detail and artistry!

Bread is probably the thing I miss the most about Belgium. Tasty, dark, multigrain bread…
Thanks to Blue Oven Bakery, I actually don’t miss Belgian bread anymore, because their bread is amazing! We especially like the very dark one with all the grains on top, very tasty!
The baguette is ok, but not as good as the authentic ones in France.
I would easily give 5 stars for the bread, but find it such a pitty that if you only get to Findlay Market by 12 all the bread is already gone. A bit tricky when you’re biking from Covington to get there by 8am…
Is there no way to expand the offerings and serve all the people that want to buy this bread? Like opening a real store? I’m sure it would be very successful!
Will always be back though and although sometimes disappointed when we were too late, I’ll always be a fan!

As every other Unilocal review has stated no question this is the best bread in all of Cincinnati and the best I have bought through my travels and that includes in some awesome cities like Boston, Chicago and such.
I remember the day I discovered Blue Oven, it was when I lived in Northside with a few culinary school buddies and we would always go to the farmers market and create a dinner party based on what we bought. I saw the bread on a rack and went over and started to talk with the owner about the bread and also tried some, I then bought a loaf of whole grain for the party and promised the next week I would be back if it was great. Everyone raved about the bread at the dinner party and I even saved some for my mom and brought it up to her house for Sunday family dinner. Well My mom got hooked on the bread and now we have all of our friends and family hooked on Blue Oven especially the bad boy, girl and Ohio grist.
If you buy your Blue Oven at Findlay on Saturday mornings, you will probably see my mom, she is usually the first in line and buys about six loaves for us and to freeze for when she visits my sister and brother in law and nephews in Brooklyn.

Easily the best bread in Cincinnati, and can compete with some of the best bakeries out there.
Make sure you show up early, as they sell out fast!

Bumping this down one star for a very unfortunate reason:
I woke up this morning craving some of the delicious bread I bought Saturday, only to discover that my Froagies already had mold on them. I don’t expect natural, homemade food to last forever, but I do expect it to stay fresh for longer than two days. Last week, I purchased Froagies as well, and they became moldy four days later.
When fresh, the Froagies are delightful, but I certainly can’t eat an entire package before it goes bad. Splurging on $ 6.00 bread that ends up in the trash bin makes me cringe. Perhaps these need to be packaged differently? Perhaps smaller portions need to be offered?
The other bread I purchased in big, round loaves is still fresh and going strong. As much as I loved those Froagies, sadly, I won’t be buying any more.

You know how you know when bread is good? If you sleep in, go to the seller by noon, and all of the bakery’s stash is already out. That my friends, is damn good bread.
And that’s just what happens here at Blue Oven, which has a weekend stand at Findlay Market, as well as being located in other parts of the city like the Hyde Park Farmer’s Market. You get there late, and their stuff is gone. Out of there. Adiós. No more bread for you.
It’s easy to see why: their creations are amazing. They use local ingredients and hand craft everything, from the littlest English Muffin to the biggest loaf of bread. They have plane bread, bread with seeds, bread with fruit, bread with more bread … that is, after you buy a loaf and then realize you need a second right away. More bread for all.
They’re a little more expensive than your normal loaf at the supermarket, but so damn worth it. Seriously, every penny. Check them out, eat them up, your tummy will be a happy tummy.

We are all just fine with our Shadeau loaves until we had our first bites of Blue Oven. Right, Cincinnati? Don’t get me wrong, I still get the occasional Shadeau loaf and their pastries are second to none. But damn that Blue Oven bread is good.
Get to their stand at Findlay before 11 on Saturday if you want any of it. I picked up some potato/​rosemary «Froagies» — square-​shaped chunks of a soft, airy focaccia. I tore into one when I got home and froze the rest. They perked up really nicely after a quick oven thaw and were an amazing accompaniment to a bowl of soup. The soup, really, was an excuse to eat the bread.
The walnut with plump, tart cranberries is another winner. It’s good with peanut butter and jam. It’s good as french toast. It’s good with absolutely nothing else. And that is the benchmark of great bread.

This is the best bread I have ever had. I mean, seriously, when did I ever wake up before 8am on a Saturday to go to Findlay Market to go buy *bread*? Never, that’s when. Until I found this place.
Seriously, it’s amazing. It’s a little pricey, sure, but it’s totally worth it. How many awesome meals can you get from a $ 6 loaf of bread? I mean, call me crazy, but even if you’re really really hungry it would probably be at least two. Probably more like four or five, right? I don’t know, but my point is that it’s so worth it.
I personally recommend the Bad Girl (from their website: «Poppy, flax, sesame, sunflower, wheat/​white blend with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Soft bread with a real nutty flavor that intensifies as you chew») or the Apricot/​Walnut Cranberry (also from their site: «Wheat/​white blended sourdough. Loaded with apricots, walnuts, and cranberries to create another nice sweet and savory combination»). Everything else is good too, though, no worries.
Go! Get some! Findlay Market on Saturday mornings (get there early to get the good stuff, or anything at all), Hyde Park Farmer’s Market, Northside Farmer’s Market, etc. Oh, and they’re locally sourced, too, if you needed more reason to try them. For real, do it. This stuff is incredible.

I was just down at Findlay Market, and found these guys. Great bread, and they seem like really nice guys.
Also really good prices.

We’ve recently switched from Shadeau (which I still frequent with my office around the corner) to Blue Oven for our bread because, well, it is delicious on a different scale.
We go to find them at Northside or Hyde Park’s Farmers’ Markets, and we have not been disappointed yet. On top of tasting amazing, they’re loaves are like works of art — always beautiful.
Blue Oven has a commitment to local ingredients, and they use a lot of organics as well.
Loaves are pretty pricey — $ 5 or $ 6 for most of them if I remember correctly — but for the top notch ingredients and clear care that goes into this bread, it is worth it.