Tartine is one of San Francisco’s biggest food success stories. Started in 2002 the owners Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson both won James Beard awards as pastry chef of the year and they turn out pastries and breads including their signature Morning Bun.
Tartine Manufactory, San Francisco
Please note that this story was written before the start of the COVID pandemic but the businesses featured are still in operation.
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San Francisco's sourdough bread is famous-in fact there is a particular strain of bacteria said to be responsible for the signature sour flavour of San Francisco bread (named L. sanfranciscensis, no less) and San Franciscans love their bread with a fierce loyalty. Ironically Elisabeth Prueitt, co-owner of Tartine is a coeliac.