Star Bakery

I was so sad when the Star Bakery closed. I have fond memories of walking there with my aunt (when I was a little girl) when we would visit the neighborhood. Now that it's reopened, I am hoping everyone will rediscover the reason it should have never closed. I just got the best rye bread of my life there for St. Patricks Day, in addition to picking up the very best cinnamon raisin bread on the planet (no kidding). If you haven't been there in a while or if you forgot that they closed and reopened or if you have never been there, it's worth a trip over to Coolidge Rd in Oak Park between 11 and 12 mile Rd. The breads are fresh baked, the bagels are amazing and you will never know what other amazing treats you will find there. So glad they are back!

Everyone has an instant story associated with a hometown business. Most people I know have a Star Bakery memory. My cousin lived nearby and as a boy we would deliver his newspaper route and ride bikes to Star for a huge cinnamon roll with the gooey brown sugar and raisins. Some days it required TWO chocolate milks to wrestle one down! They still sell 'em today.Members of my family have been buying at Star Bakery for over 70 years. Obviously, a legand in Northwest Detroit. It's not a modern day bakery. Most everything is a Jewish classic but made just like they did 60+ years ago. Seven layer cakes, small bumpy loafs, star sugar cookies that melt in your mouth and oh yeah, bread. Miles and miles of bread. Mandel bread, marble rye, really most any bread you can think of.It's about traditional with the bakers at Star. Not only are you exposed to well preserved ancient recipes and Orthodox Jewish delicacies, but, the fellowship will keep you coming back. If it seems too exclusive, it's not. Many popular breads, cookies and cakes for everyone. Take my word and try the Angel Wings and the Kichel. You'll be back for more. 8/20

I have loved, and will always love, Star Bakery. My childhood was filled with fluffy Star Bakery challah, sweet tea cookies, and an occasional earned hamantaschen. No one - NO ONE - makes kichel the way they do. It's so light and airy, yet has an amazing crunch and bite. My dad worked at star in high school, I never had a Shabbat at home without a star challah, and my kids beg to stop in when we are in Michigan for a visit. During this most recent trip, we stocked up big time and will freeze everything, eating it a little at a time to make sure it lasts until our next visit!

Most authentic NY style bagels in metro Detroit. Sensibly sized too, not ginormous. Service is a bit slow because they put 3 in each bag, rather than a bag big enough for a dozen.

I love coming to this bakery for their rye breads and bagels. Also their specialty items and sweet breads (babkas & danish's are wonderful).

Lovely little bakery. Used to live in the area and went back. My daughter loves the cinnamon bread and the cinnamon roll was delicious! I swear I had to bribe her to give me a little bite. The lady working was very kind and friendly. When I am in the area I will go back!

I am just sick to hear about your closing.Your bread was the best. Unfortunately your service was not up to par.I would go in at noon and the breadWas sold out and I would to order it and pick it up the next day.Im sorry.

Star saved me over $200 by shipping me Hamantashen for my Hebrew birthday Purim instead of having my medical ride drive me there. Star's hamentashen are heavenly with the same taste I remember when I was a little boy. I'm 75 yo now. When I'm. n the neighborhood I load on challah or rye bread and the 7-layer cakes. Why not? Stacy is a wonder THANKS THANKS THANKSP.S. Tbe H. was delivered today (by local overnight Fed Ex) excellent, fresh, and yummy for my tummy.

Let me preface this review by saying that Star Bakery has always been my very favorite ever since I was a kid. Everything there was always delicious no matter what you got. Their seven layer cake was always phenomenal and worth a 20 mile drive, and their cookies were firm (The extra large chocolate chip refrigerator cookies were always my first choice) - a little crunchy and not overly sweet. All the choices are still available but it seems that the new owner has changed the recipes --and not for the better. The Mondel bread was covered in so much cinnamon and sugar that it ruined the taste. My guests and I were scraping and shaking the sugar off in the sink and there was a good 2 tablespoons of sugar left in the bag after I took them out. I was looking forward to that big refrigerator cookie but when I took it out of the bag it literally bent over in my hand into three pieces. It was thinner, soft, and tasted completely different, not slightly crunchy and too sweet- a little like cookie dough. . The signature taste completely gone. The caraway rye bread was good last time I was there (about 3- 4 weeks ago) but I haven't tried this loaf yet. All the choices are still there, but even the mini assorted cookies that we used to get by the box do not taste the same at all. So.... If you see this review Star Bakery, please PLEASE consider returning to the ORIGINAL recipes as this is what has kept customers returning for the last 50+? years. We want to love you but some things are better left unchanged. 2 stars for the friendly service (as always!) and good selection.

This is the bakery of my youth. Picking up a small seedless rye and a couple of sprinkle cookies are some of my favorite memories. The quality is still there, but it appears the owners have six figure gambling debts because the cost of cookies and bread now is nothing short of price gouging. $2.89 for a chocolate chip cookie. I kid you not. $6 for a small rye. What used to cost a total of four to five dollars is now fourteen to fifteen dollars. And the owners are completely unapologetic. So, I am done with Star and will suffer through Zeman's goods instead. Too bad, all the way around.