Grateful Bread Company

So is it worth it to wait in an organized line on Saturdays only for 20-30 minutes to get bread/pastries/bagels? YES. Grateful Bread typically caters to high end restaurants and retailers, yet they open their doors on Saturdays 10am-2pm to let the rest of us get stuff we can eat at home. Its entertaining to listen to the other bread lovers and how they savor this bread. Some (most) buy in bulk and freeze things. Some splurge and consume within a day or two. The point is Grateful Bread uses the best ingredients to produce high quality baked products. While I am a relatively newcomer, my favorites have been the sourdough boutard and the croissants. Bagels are amazing, chewy, tasty, perfect. Friendly helpful staff. btw, the line is organized and you will be in and out in short order.

This Great Golden Bakery has an amazing selection of Baked goods every Saturday. There chocolate cookies are so delicious.

Open on Saturday only 10-2pm. Sign up for their weekly email, they list special menu with pastry of the week. There's usually a dmv style waiting line at 10am. They use a solid pine East Tyrolean stone mill from Austria at a speed of 200 lbs FPH (flour per hour). They don't use yeast accelerants, dough conditioners, preservatives, artificial flavors or colors, stabilizers, "enhancers", "improvers" or any additives to cut corners. GBC develop their own starters, maintaining many different starters on any given day, including our 23-year-old natural wild yeast sourdough starter. This is the Mercedes-Benz of bread, the best or nothing. Westword's Best of Denver Reader's Choice award for Best Bakery 2021. Prost for the toast!

Everything we've tried from Grateful Bread has been above and beyond amazing. Our recent trip yielded a chocolate croissant-type roll, jalapeño bread and a loaf of sourdough rosemary bread. The chocolate roll was the perfect amount of chocolate and pastry. I pulled each layer off and ate it individually. The jalapeño bread was hearty and spicy; perfect for dipping into lentil soup. And the rosemary bread... Wow! Hearty, but not heavy. Great structure and consistency. Looking forward to going back soon!

There is a bit of a wait but they have the system down to a science with numbers and lines and lots of people there working very hard but with smiles on their faces. This place is extremely busy and for good reason. They only use the best of incredients. Everything we tried today for the first time was great. The croissants (ham and turkey)were my favorite and by far the best croissants I've ever had anywhere of all time! Also the double chocolate cookie was hands down the best of all time in the cookie category for me! I like the tie dye signs and there's just an overall happy feel inside and outside the building. The wait is definitely worth it ! (Ps I have some pics but not much of the food because it got chomped up by all of us quick!)

I grew up in the bay area on San Francisco Sourdough in the 60s, 70s and 80s. It was the best you could get. I went away for 20 years and returned to my beloved San Francisco, only to find the bakeries that had the best sourdough are now gone. Boudini's is the big name now but it is a far cry from the sourdough I grew up on. Even the extra sour is not close. I was sad for years thinking great sourdough was just a sweet memory. But Saturday, I made my way to Grateful bread and bought on of their loafs of sourdough. I got home and thought I would try a taste of it. OMG! My Genuine San Francisco sourdough is back !!! I am so happy now. I was just going to have one slice but I have already had 5 slices and it isnt even meal time yet. It takes all my strength to hold back from getting piece number 6. I want to say thank you Grateful Bread for making a product like it used to be made. No short cuts or inferior product to cut costs, just good honest bread. Also got your white bread and hamburger buns, so very good!Next time I will buy other breads to that were recommended by the great people waiting outside with me. Definitely want to try the Rosemary sea salt sourdough and the almond croissants, they say are to die for. It is 40 miles round trip from my home so I will have to try to keep it down to every other week. Needless to say, I highly recommend Grateful Bread Company.

Amazing high quality breads and pastries!! My only regret is I live so far away in Aurora but I'll just have to plan more Saturday morning drives to Golden now that I stumbled on this gem. I got a Babka Roll, a Sticky Bun and a lemon cookie for sweets and a classic French Baguette and for savory choices: a braided Epi loaf and everything was excellent, particularly the baguette. I'll definitely be back!! :)

The rating says it all. The products speak louder. The best chocolate Babka ever. Lavender sourdough? Yep. Croissants, cookies, pain au chocolat...and on and on. Exquisite delights that are a feast for the eyes. Friendly, outgoing, kind and helpful staff. Retail customers can only get their fill on Saturdays. Get there! Share with your neighbors and friends.

So glad Jeff and Kathy's Grateful Bread is still open to feed their lucky patrons on Saturday mornings.Whether you're looking for fabulous sour dough bread, with tender crumb and chewy crusts or a yeast raised bread, they're all delicious! We tried the Emmer Batard, Jalapeño Cheddar and a plain SD Batard. The Jalapeño Cheddar pretzels are a mini twist on the the loaf. Orange glazed scones and both Almond & Chocolate Croissants will satisfy any sweet tooth.While they're only open to the retail public on Saturdays from 10-2, it's worth the trip. Well staffed to keep the customers moving along at a nice pace. Kudos to the bakers producing these amazing breads for us each week.They have a weekly email that lists the products available before you go.

Initial reactions:- This is an older people's bakery. Customers were mostly older adults.- Customers seemed to all be regulars.- If you're awkward like me and don't like situations where you feel out of place, maybe avoid. They have a older system where you take a number (like from a deli counter) and a sheet of paper to indicate your order (place quantity next to each item). Then you wait around outside in the parking lot until your number is called and/or written on the white board. Probably 40-50 numbers were picked before they opened at 10, so get there early. They have an 'on deck' area for the next numbers, but they don't tell you if you're supposed to wait there until they say go in or just go in when someone comes out, so I stood there awkwardly and uncomfortably. They indicate what is out of stock on the white board. Tough for a newbie to come up with an order without being able to see the items or see the prices. I'd guess the average person doesn't know the difference between batards and boules (fyi- loaves, they're both loaves). Hard to tell who was working and could answer questions so I just had to guess what I might want.- They use email as most bakeries use Instagram stories - sending an email in advance of the specials with pictures and sending an email during the day when there's no line and what's left. Probably caters better to the older crowd.Reviews:- Their name is Grateful BREAD, not Grateful Bread & Pastries, which aligns with my review. The breads were good, the pastries were not.- Bagels, pretzels, and loaves were delicious and cooked very well.- Croissants were very bready and not flakey with buttery layers. Cinnamon rolls were hard and dry, almost stale. Babka roll was dry and crusty. Their pastries all LOOK delicious, but I wouldn't recommend them. The chocolate cookie was okay.- I received each item I ordered in an individual bag, which seems wasteful. There's got to be a better packaging option. I did bring my own bag to contain all the small bags.- This was PRICEY. I saw the prices of the pastries on the counter inside, but not for the breads or bagels. Didn't receive an itemized receipt, so I'm still not sure how much everything cost. However, they did not ask for tips or spin a screen around for me to select/sign or anything, so hopefully the price means they're paying their employees fairly.I do appreciate that they open at 10am, a little later than most, and seem to have larger quantities of each item compared to other bakeries. If you're not an early bird, or want to get in a hike before going to a bakery this is your place. If you want delicious pastries and don't mind waking up a little earlier, there are many far better places in the Denver area.