- Boudin Bakery
The Boudin Bakery (pronounced "bo-DEEN") is a
baker y situated inSan Francisco, California known for itssourdough bread (called Original San Francisco Sourdough French Bread). It was established in 1849 byIsidore Boudin , son of a family of master bakers fromBurgundy, France , by blending the sourdough prevalent amongminer s in the Gold Rush with French techniques.Steven Giraudo, an artisan baker from Italy whose first job in America was at Boudin, bought the bakery in 1941 but later sold it.cite news|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2007-09-27|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/10/BUGITCMI9J1.DTL|title=Rising at the wharf|Owners of historic Boudin Bakery, home of the original San Francisco sourdough bread, to open flagship store|author=Pia Sarkar|date=2005-05-10] After a series of ownership changes the bakery was bought by two of Giraudo's sons through an investment bank.
The bakery has locations on Fisherman's Wharf near
San Francisco Bay ,Disney's California Adventure Park , and 30 other cafés scattered throughoutCalifornia . The main bakery in San Francisco is in theRichmond District on the corner of 10th Avenue andGeary Boulevard . The Boudin Bakery hosts the attraction The Bakery Tour atDisney's California Adventure , where tourists are given a tour about how sourdough bread is produced. The bakery still uses the same "starter" yeast-bacteria culture it developed during theCalifornia Gold Rush .In addition, they recently opened a bakery in Yorktown Shopping Center inLombard, Illinois , making it their first store outside California borders.References
External links
* [http://www.boudinbakery.com/ Official website]
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