Country sourdough
Our everyday loaf. 48-hour ferment, crackly crust, open crumb. Sliced free if you ask.
$7.50Every day
Baked fresh Tuesday to Sunday
Bread worth the walk.
A small bakery on SE Division. We mix the dough on Monday, let it take its time, and pull the first loaves at seven. Butter, flour, salt, and not much else.
Doors at 7am, Tue–Sun
Stone-milled Oregon flour
Baked by seven people
Saturdays sell out by 1pm — come early.
Store hours
Open five days, closed Mondays
Monday is for mixing, maintenance and a walk. Tuesday morning the shelves are full again.
This week at the shop
Checking hours…- MondayClosed
- Tuesday7:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Wednesday7:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Thursday7:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Friday7:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Saturday7:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Sunday8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Holiday weeks get posted on the door and on the shop voicemail — we close the day before Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Year.
A morning, roughly
Everything is baked the day you buy it. If you want a particular loaf, the earlier the better.
- 6:00Dough comes out of the retarderThe overnight cold ferment is what makes the crust taste like something.
- 7:00Doors open, first loaves outSourdough, rye, baguettes. Coffee is already brewing.
- 9:00Pastry case is fullCroissants, cardamom buns, whatever the season suggests.
- 11:00Sandwiches until noonMade to order on the rye, while the bread lasts.
- 2:30Last bake, then we cleanAnything left at closing goes to the Sunnyside food pantry.
Visit & contact
1420 SE Division Street
Between 14th and 15th, on the north side of Division. Look for the green awning and the queue that looks longer than it is — it moves quickly.
- Address
- 1420 SE Division St
Portland, OR 97202 Get directions · street parking, bike racks out front - Phone
- (503) 555-0142 Call to hold a loaf or ask what's left in the case.
- hello@northwindbakery.com Special orders need three days' notice. We reply on Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Wholesale
- Restaurants & cafés We deliver Tuesday to Saturday within four miles. Ask for the wholesale sheet.
Send us a note
Special order, wholesale, or a question about the bake. We read everything.