Uprising Bread Company

I so wish I got to Vancouver more often so I could sample every delightful product. Their Grainful Bread is the absolute best!!!

Oh what a lovely pie. 'Oh What a Lovely Pie ' is the title of a 1990s record album by a cheeky Aussie punk band named 'The Cosmic Psychos. ' Only it wasn 't the kind of pie you get in a bakery that they were singing about. But I kept thinking about that album title as I was eating the huge slice of raspberry rhubarb pie I got at Uprising. Lovely size it was 1/4 of a 25 cm diameter pie, and only cost $3.50. Lovely flavour totally raspberry, without even a hint of the rhubarb, only I could tell from the tartness that the rhubarb was working as a taste accelerant. Lovely crust thick, not dainty, but crisp and not claggy. Even a lovely colour hot red, with just a hint of pink. I think the Psychos would have been excited to see that in the pie they were singing about.

Setting out to the Drive An Experiment. As we set out from Yaletown, were realized that neither one of us really knew how far Commercial Drive really was. Through Chinatown, through neighbourhoods off Pender, across Venables low and behold, one hour of walking later, stood our destination. To our advantage, right at the corner was our first stop, 'Uprising Breads Bakery '. Inside, the happy shop keep brew an espresso for me, and a hot chocolate for my father. Delightful, we sat, ate a chocolate croissant and morning glory muffin (all made on premises) and started writing notes. The bakery itself, bright yellow and red, was a bit of a dump. But the satisfying snack made up for the appearance. At the cashier station, a sign reads, 'we use only organically grown fairly traded locally roasted coffee '. Amiel, the barista, gave me his top 5 coffee shops on Commercial Drive I happily accepted!<br/ <br/ See full review at: [hidden link]

The Jalapeno Cornbread smelled lovely and was not at all spicy as I thought it might be. The cornbread was buttery, dense and had a lot of whole corns in it. This small little loaf was about $6 but I can guarantee you one slice is filling enough.

Always a great place to visit with friends and enjoy a great cup of coffee scone.