Berkshire Mountain Bakery

The breads are as amazing as others say. We first tried potato and onion paired with soup for dinner at home then came back for more along with the Chocolate-​to-​die-​for loaf. On our first visit they’d just made focaccia and passed out generous samples. What a great way to get to know a special place. There are wonderful soups in the freezer too. However, the woman who was working was more than grumpy the two times we visited. Not the best way to be with enthusiastic customers. I can’t imagine that she’s the owner (they’ve been in business for 35 years I was told). Her unpleasant attitude seemed to infect the cute young guy who was working on the pizza making side of the operation. He was subdued, but helpful. They have a table & chairs outside so you can start enjoying the great offerings right away. The old sign on the exterior wall is charming and hints at the authentic, flavorful goodies inside.

Chocolate croissants. And basically anything else.

I tasted bread and chocolate for the first time a few years (before Cooked was on Netflix) and quickly realized it was the best bread I’ve ever had. Today I made a stop at the actual bakery to get some, along with a few other loaves I’ve yet to try. Bread and chocolate tasted just like I remembered. I’ve never had anything like it– decadent and amazingly delicious. You need to try it.

I wanted to love this place but I couldn’t. My fiancé and I watched the Air episode of Cooked on Netflix and fell in love with the concept of this bakery. Living in Worcester did not stop us from driving an hour and 45 minutes in traffic the very next day in order to taste this bread. And don’t get me wrong, the bread was delicious. It was the atmosphere and customer service that left a bad taste in our mouths. The two employees who were present seemed flustered and overwhelmed by the 6 people (including us) who were in the bakery. They got orders wrong, moved slowly, and asked for clarification multiple times. I think they would have benefitted from an additional one or two sets of hands.
We got the chocolate bread, potato bread, sesame bread, a latte, a black coffee, and a tub of butter. Everything was delicious, we ate it outside and that was very pleasant. Realizing we should probably poke around the Berkshires for a bit and would want lunch afterward, and remembering that the bakery had pizza, we went back inside. At this point there was a third employee behind the pizza counter. After looking at the varieties sold we asked her what we thought was an innocent question: «I know that you have take and bake pizzas, but some reviewers online wrote that you can also bake pizzas for customers as well, if we for instance called ahead?» and she let me have it. She angrily snapped that no they do not really do that, also she had only just turned her oven on, and also she was going to have to charge us between 3 and 5 dollars for the service. She did not wait for a response, but scowled and walked away.
We literally ran out of the bakery. We were so confused. Does she decide what to charge for the «service» based off of how much she likes the customer? Why is there an oven if it is not for baking pizza? We ended up going to Betty’s pizza shack not far away from the bakery and it was fabulous, and served without the attitude.
Five stars for the bread, but the service was disappointing and made the trip not worth the effort :(

Either I am happy I live 2.5 hours away or very sad… either way DELICIOUS bread! I got a loaf of chocolate bread which was… i don’t know how to explain it, but omg. Being fat, I put butter on it, the butter that came from this same place and… I wanted to die from yum. I also got an onion potato loaf which I think I ate in less than a day, again, with their own butter. I got their sourdough spelt pizza crust and that was delicious.
They do sell all other kinds of baked goods and they’re all delicious. I can’t wait to drive there again, 2.5 hours… for bread.

hooked on bread & chocolate! out of this world. never disappointed, everything ive bought from this place is always a 10!

I visited this bakery today and was immediately impressed! They had a wide selection of breads, spreads, pastries, beverages, homemade ice cream and best of all: take and bake pizza!
I tried the Afogato Coffee, first time trying coffee with their homemade vanilla ice cream. Their ice cream was so rich and you could taste the delicious fat from it.
I also bought the Zorba Take ‘N’ Bake pizza. This pizza was used sourdough for the crust and loaded with vegetables! Perfect for a vegetarian and very nutritious. It had fresh mozzarella, roasted eggplant, feta cheese, kalamata olives, fresh garlic, oven roasted tomatoes and spinach.
They also had other vegan/​vegetarian friendly options for pizzas.
What was also fun to learn was that baker of this bakery was featured on Michael Pollan’s Netflix show, «Cooked.» So I watched the episode today, and the baker said how he ferments his bread. He creates a sourdough bread by letting water and flour rise on its own without using any starter culture, and basically the microbes from the air promote the fermentation. According to Michael Pollan, this is how bread was baked before the invention of start yeast cultures.
So what makes this bakery great is how they are essentially making ‘retro’ bread!

A cute little place in Western Massachusetts — I took a frozen pizza from here to take back with me to Buffalo, NY and boy was I glad I did; it was delicious! I also bought some coffee and it was a nice, smooth blend roasted in the Berkshires. Very tasty in a french press and a nice little thing to bring back.
I also tried a bite of a croissant that my friend had; yummy-​city! Loved the croissant. Didn’t get a chance to pick up any of the bread, but the BBQ flavored pizza w/​caramelized onions and the Brie cheese I picked up was delicious!
Would recommend stopping in here for sure!

We decided to take a leisurely drive north after seeing the bakery featured on «Cooked.» We eat healthy and fermented food is our jam! We were so excited to check it out.
We arrived to a quaint bakery in Housatonic, Mass. We bought the potato onion loaf. It’s amazing and I wish we had bought a case of it.
Here is my unsolicited advice to the owner– when your amazing bread and philosophy are broadcast in a foodie show – prepare! The staff could be a bit more helpful, welcoming and friendly to those who are trekking to bread Mecca. I didn’t feel welcomed or even paid attention to. Still, the bread is worth the 2 hour drive from Connecticut and I’ll be back. It’s the best bread north of New York City– hands down.
…and the owner is right– I’m gluten free and can eat it joyfully! Thank you!

One of my favorite food haunts in the Berkshires! I love the chocolate ciabattas and I always buy the frozen pizza dough to keep at home. The canalees are also amazing. You really can’t go wrong with anything. The garlic butter they sell is also divine!

Best bread hands down! The Bread and Chocolate is seriously addicting because it is blow your mind good! Toasted, French toast, bread pudding or just straight up– get some and you can thank me later. The semolina loaf was also delicious, I brought it home from Girl’s trip and the next day had it with dinner. It was still so moist and crunchy we didn’t even bother toasting it. I wish I had gotten a take and bake pizza, but it just gives me a reason to go back!

Try coming here early in the morning for grabbing breakfast. The croissants are freshest then. The almond croissant is the star of the show a perfect centerpiece for the first meal of the day! Extra Credit +1 because they sell FireCider

This pretty amazing bakery hidden in the hills of western Massachusetts focuses largely on rustic breads, but also boasts a few extra goodies.
The bread and chocolate here is the star and I can see why, it is a absolutely packed with high-​quality chocolate and is a steal. You can tell all the bread here is outstanding because although this place is in the middle of the woods and there was no one on the road heading here, once I stepped inside it was absolutely packed with carb-​loving locals.
A canele I bought here was good but soggy on the outside. However, this is mostly a time issue and not one based on cooking or quality in that caneles become pretty soft if they sit for a while and this shop just doesn’t have the turnover to allow the bakers to constantly put out fresh ones. So not their fault.
They actually have a mini bread and chocolate which you can buy that comes in focaccia bread rather than sourdough which I felt was even better than the original bread and chocolate. I was told that the original has a little shortening in the dough and I usually prefer butter, so this might be why I preferred the focaccia version.
Anyway, this is definitely one of the better bakeries in Mass and certainly one of the best to buy straight up bread. They deserve the shout out they got from Food Network and I highly recommend a stop here for anyone that has a soft spot for that sweet, sweet gluten.

5 stars for the bread and chocolate alone. This is possibly one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten and $ 5 for a loaf of it is a freaking steal.

Berkshire Mountain Bakery has one of the best chocolate croissants and almond croissants that I had in the US. All its breads are leavened wild yeasts. We brought a baguette to Tanglewood with us and it was wonderful. While we were in bakery, there were constant flow of people coming in to grab a loaf of bread. The locals are quite lucky to have such wonderful bakery in the community. On our way home, we stopped by bakery again to pick up a pizza to take home to bake. The pizza came out of my home oven just perfect with its thin and crispy crust.

Always a fan of the bread. For years I have also enjoyed Berkshire Mountain Bakery’s pizza dough used at baba Louies in Great Barrington Mass. Stopped in to purchase some bread and found that BMB has added a pizza oven for sit in (outside seating) or take out. AWESOME!!!
Fresh, flavors and a very friendly staff.
A new location to enjoy really great pizza. 1 step above Baba Louis pizza.

Amazing. I found out about this place from Housatonic Café which gets their bread from here.
We called in a pizza, came in, and hadn’t realized that it was a «take ‘n bake» place — but they kindly baked it for us! So the $ 8 medium pizza was between $ 10 and
$ 12, including our toppings. Man was it good. A thin crust, super flavorful (sourdough, I believe), baked to perfection, and the sausage topping had been made fresh that day! Drool.
We also got some potato onion bread and olive tapenade. I can’t wait to come back here. Everyone was so personable and courteous, even though we showed up right before closing.

I live 200 miles away, but I’m lucky enough to have a local farm store that stocks Berkshire Mountain Bakery’s bread. Their sourdoughs are among the best I’ve ever tasted – and more importantly, are the real deal. (Sourdough culture only, no yeast. Yeasted breads can just go take a hike.)
So happy to have found them.

Passed the open sign while out on a motorcycle road trip and made a u turn to check it out. I picked up a loaf of potato onion and peasant french. The woman behind the counter sliced it up for me and off I went. After being in the saddlebag for over 3 hours on a hot summer day, the bread was still outstanding. I’ll have to go back and try a few more kinds.

If someone ever asks you if you want to take a «bread roadtrip,» you should say yes.
A friend and I took the scenic route to Housatonic to procure some bread for Christmas, and it did not disappoint. I bought a loaf of potato onion, which was moist and flavorful, and an olive loaf, which I thought could have used more olives but was otherwise good. I paid somewhere around $ 8 total, so the bread is slightly pricier than what you’ll find in most supermarkets, but it is also higher quality than what you’ll find there, and it’s always nice to support a small business. There were a number of loaves and rolls to choose from, and samples were available for tasting.