Best Fresh-Baked Bread
Great Harvest Bread Co.
7090 N. Oracle Road
READERS' PICK: The inhabitants of Canaan had to travel
to Egypt in order to obtain bread, but Tucsonans only need trek
northside to Great Harvest Bread Company in order to feast
on freshly baked loaves of such down-to-earth yet heavenly creations
as Cinnamon Raisin and Honey Whole Wheat. When Great Harvest lists
apples, raisins and nuts as ingredients, they don't mean just
a sliver or the bare hint of a taste; bite into a slice of Apple
Cinnamon Raisin, and you'll encounter chunks of apple and plump
whole raisins. Free slices are available for sampling if you need
a little assistance deciding which loaf (or how many) to choose.
For those who still aren't convinced that bread can be the source
of a knee-weakening experience, Great Harvest also offers scones,
muffins, cookies and cinnamon rolls, all of which are hopelessly
habit-forming.
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP--TIE: Aspen Mills Bread, 5575 E.
River Road; and Beyond Bread, 3055 N. Campbell Ave.
CLUE IN: The rye at Grossman's Bake Shop, 3140 E.
Ft. Lowell Road, is to die for. And their stable of consistently
remarkable and inventive confections is highly reminiscent of
a neighborhood shop off of a small cobbled avenue in the Old World.
