Country Sourdough
$9Open crumb, chewy crust, mild tang. Our signature 48-hour cold-ferment loaf using local whole wheat and hard white wheat.
Baked fresh daily
Vegan
Bestseller
Our Story
Baked with intention since 2014.
The Golden Crumb started in Mei Chen's home kitchen — a 20-quart mixer, a temperamental oven, and a farmers' market stall that sold out every Saturday by 9 AM. Neighbors kept asking where they could buy the bread during the week. The answer, in 2014, was: Maple Street.
We still use the same sourdough starter Mei fed on day one. It lives in the walk-in, gets fed every morning at 4:30, and has shaped tens of thousands of loaves. That's the thing about fermentation: patience compounds. You can't rush it. The bread knows.
Everything here is baked on-site, every single morning, before the doors open. When we sell out — and we do, most days — we close early rather than compromise on anything that came out earlier in the day. Fresh means fresh.
2014
Founded
10+ years
Starter Age
~400
Loaves / Week
Countless
Regulars
The Golden Crumb
418 Maple Street, Portland OR
