Empire Baking Company

Best bread I’ve ever had I love the sourdough and they use a yeast starter for their sourdough! Happy to see people who still care about the products they are selling!

This is a great place for a quick lunch, snack, cookie, or to buy freshly baked bread. They also sell lots of delicious spices, jams, and spreads. I have eaten here several times on my lunch break, and just gotten a sandwich to go! They have the option of indoor or outdoor seating. The people are friendly and the place seems pretty clean.

Empire is a good place to stop for a quick lunch or a baked good. They are located exactly across the street from Starbucks.
The staff is friendly and depending on the day, parking can be a nightmare.
Their cooler is full of sandwiches like: Pimento, Turkey, Ham, Veggie etc. They also have salads and tons of drinks.
The sandwiches are pretty pricey, but so it’s everything on that shopping center, so…
If you are going to grab a sandwich and a bag of chips, you will spend $ 11. They have beautiful beads too, but I’ve never tried them.
Their sweets are pretty amazing though, try the peach-​oatmeal bars… WOW!

Deserving of the best bread bakery in Dallas title. Tried the white sandwich bread (for chicken salad), baguette, croissant, and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. The sandwich bread is exceptional! Chewy crust and soft center, I’ve had better baguette but it was still good. The croissant was great too, flaky, crispy outside and tender on the inside. They were sampling the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie which I gave to my daughter. I tried a bite from her piece and knew I had to get it on my next trip which turned out to be an hour later! My daughter loved it so much she kept asking for it and got it as a reward for behaving while I did the rest of my errands. Of course I thought we would share it since she’s only 2 and the cookie is huge but by the time we got home she had eaten it all… that wasn’t my best parenting moment but can’t blame her, I would’ve done the same! The chocolate they used is amazing, you can tell that all ingredients used are of impeccable quality. We will definitely be regulars here. Always great to find gems like this so close to home!

I had a bagel and coffee. The service was good and the bagel is decent, nothing amazing but I know this isn’t their specialty. Would have preferred them putting butter on it rather than giving me a hard butter packet and a plastic knife. But overall it was a pleasant experience.

I had a 4:30pm plane to catch, so I wanted to grab a quick sammy before heading back home. Empire Baking Company was along the way to the airport so I made a quick pit-​stop. TIP: The Bakery is somewhat sandwiched (no pun intended) between a converging shopping plaza strip, so it might be a bit difficult to find from the street.
After a few u-​turns, we finally made it to the little shop. When you enter you’ll see handcrafted sammys in the fridge and if memory serves me correctly, they’re discounted from 5−6pm! I pondered over the offerings and decided on trying the curry chicken salad sandwich on pumpernickel with raison bread. The sammy was solid and I appreciated the soft artisan bread, but at a little less than $ 10 bucks it was definitely on the pricier side.
A worthwhile visit during their happy hour time slot, but if I were to redo my visit, I’d probably just pick up a loaf of bread and assemble a sammy at home :)

Forget ambiance. Ignore the sandwich pairing. Shrug off the drink menu. All that stuff is tinsel, pink foam dice, and mascara. A bakery exists for the bread.
Empire’s loaves are texturally complex and bursting with savory goodness. Try to catch them fresh off the oven.
Dallas, often seen as too busy counting its money to shake hands, will not be on anyone’s top-​ten lists for southern hospitality in the near future. Still, the yeasty goodwill at Empire provides a kitchen-​table oasis for natives and hungry travelers alike.

This place is pretty good. I came here at about 4 o clock to grab a late lunch and to my disappointment there was only one sandwich left. I tried their tuna sandwich, and it was pretty good. Not too much mayo, and the bread was not soggy. I just thought $ 9 for a pre-​made sandwich was a little bit on the expensive side. I also tried their Thai salad. It was skinny Thai noodles with some kind of sweet Thai sauce. It was a good lunch, and by the taste of everything you can tell that they use great products in their items. Next time I want to try their baked goods!

The BEST bread in town. Many restaurants source their bread from here.
Great bread, spreads and pastries.
Sandwiches are not as great as the bread. Otherwise would have been 5 stars.
You must try their baguette!

Rugulah yum-​uh-​lah! Raspberry and sugar and pastry and heaven. The breads look good and I’ve eaten then from restaurants around. So good! Not sure it’s better than competitor, village baking company, but it’s good! It’s bright and easily located at least!

Nice and fresh baguettes. I wish they had fresh baguettes sandwiches too. I will surely come here again!

Mmmm… the smell of fresh baked goodies. Hits you as soon as you walk in the door. Big ol’ rounds of Paesano bread stacked up, just waiting for me. Light but hole-​y inside, hard and crusty outside. Just right for soaking up the gravy from a pot of chili or beef stew.
You’re welcome.
Also, on the counter on this particular visit were slices of various breakfast pastries, just for the sampling. Some guy in line ahead of us wondered which he should try, and I said «every one». Big eyeroll from the guy… whatever. I sampled the chocolate croissant, the almond croissant and we ended up buying some for Big Game Day breakfast.
Mmmmm…

This would be a very good bakery in a medium sized city; Dallas should have better. The sweets have a good sweet and salty balance, but generally their texture is off. The sandwiches are good, but uncreative. The bread is good and clearly the reason to come here.

Without a doubt, the bread here is incredible. The sandwiches however, are not. Yeah I get that your bread is amazingly soft and thick. I know that they’re the epitome of bread perfection out of an oven. I guess it would make sense then that your bread would be ²⁄₃ of the ~$ 10 sandwich I bought, but come on!
I probably got only 2 slices of that Boar’s Head peppered turkey meat. Then take a piece of lettuce and sliced tomato, smash it in-​between two monstrous slabs of sourdough bread and you got yourself some bread with flavor smeared on it.
Do buy a loaf of their bread.
Do buy a jar of one of the spreads they sell.
Do go home and make your own sandwich instead with the bread and jar of spread you just bought.

The Carrot Cake Pecan Muffin was so fresh and moist! The muffin had just the right amount of carrots, fruits, and oil to balance the sweet and ginger flavor. I would highly recommend this muffin! Thankfully, we tried it because we initially came from the blueberry muffin, which they were out of.
The Chocolate Croissant was not a real winner in my book. The croissant was too buttery and not enough chocolate for the thick interior breading.
They also had samples of an orange lemon pound cake and it was simply divine.
I would come back here again for sure!

This BREAD. It is so amazing. We live in Arlington and my husband requests that I make the trip to get Empire Baking Company bread. We have tried several (Whole Wheat, Jalapeño Cheese, Mockingbird, Hippie Health) all delicious! Worth the drive every time. We love that it is baked daily, locally and uses only the best ingredients. The proof is in the bite
!

I haven’t wanted to come here for some time as I read about it a few years back in The New York Times. So this visit to Dallas I made a point of finding a location and trying it out. There turned out to be one not far from our hotel. I was surprised it wasn’t very busy for a Sunday morning. There wasn’t a great selection of things; not at all what was listed on their website but I purchased a scone and cinammon danish. The danish was great! Not super sweet but it was a good size and satisfying. I bought coffee across the way at the Starbucks because there didn’t seem to be anywhere to sit here, and it’s not big on atmosphere anyway. I took the coffee and baked goods back to the hotel and enjoyed both very much. I want to come back now and see what else they offer and maybe try their lunch offerings as well. It’s likely I’ll raise my rating then too.

The lunch I got here was a little more expensive than I’d planned but it was really great.
The sandwiches are all in a cooler, pre-​made. I got turkey that had apples and cheese with a lemonade and a salted chocolate chip cookie. Do not pass up the cookie!
I wanted to get a loaf of bread but got so distracted by all the other things, I forgot to get the freaking bread!

Holy shit, can we please talk about Empire Baking? Like, intimately talk about them? And how awesome they are? And how I want to retire inside their Jalapeño Cheese Bread? OK, let’s just talk about their bread as a whole.
Without a doubt, my favorite thing about Empire Baking are their loaves of bread. They come in a traditional loaf and there are sooo many kinds to choose from. The crusts are thick and crisp, but still with some give. The actual bread is always moist, but not wet, and firm but with considerable softness. As detailed above, the Jalapeño Cheese loaf is my spirit animal here. I would start there and work your way to other loaves that you’re interested in. It has the perfect amount of spice, but is not overwhelming.
I’m probably doing a poor job of describing how this place is heaven with carbs, so stop by today or place an order through Artizone and enjoy in whatever is the opposite of moderation.

A great grab-​n-​go spot for Dallas-​ites on the move.
In the coolers you can find freshly made sandwiches, salads and also salad trios with chicken or tuna salad, fruit and pasta salad.
There is also some of the best bread in Dallas baked fresh daily which will be sliced just for you to take home.