Metropolitan Bakery

The finest breads are made by artisans who carefully nurture their sourdough starters, precisely weigh and shape their boules, and turn out of their deck ovens loaves of crusty European-style bread that are one of lifes most delightful pleasures. And this is all from a bag of lowly flour. In the past several years, Metropolitan Bakery has toppled Le Bus as the regions bread czar. Its creations are a study in bread-making — slightly sour crumb, with an extremely crispy crust thats burnished to a deep mahogany.