The Bakery Run
Three bakeries, three neighborhoods, one bus and one train. Start at Tatte in Harvard Square, where the pastry case alone is worth the trip.
Take the 66 bus down to Clear Flour in Brookline for one of the best baguettes in the state. Then hop the Green Line D from Brookline Village to Copley and walk ten minutes through the South End to Flour Bakery for a sticky bun the size of your head. You're coming home with a bag and a story about how easy the trip was by bus and train.
- Length
- 5.7 mi
- Time
- 1 hr 30 min
- stops included
- Stops
- 3 stops
Starts at Tatte Bakery, ends at Flour Bakery · Directions
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Stop 1: Tatte Bakery
Start
Tatte's two-story Harvard Square cafe, open here since 2016, serves pastries, breakfast and coffee on Mass Ave a block from Harvard Yard.
Bluebikes: Harvard Square at Mass Ave/ Dunster, 1 bike there now, 2 min walk.
About this stopNext: Ride to Clear Flour Bread
2.4 mi · 10 min
Hop the 66 south from Harvard Square. Take a window seat on the left for the best view of the Brookline hills.
66 BusBoard at Harvard SquareHarvard St @ Beacon St(14 stops, toward Nubian)Fare: $1.70 · Charlie Card or phone tap
Transfers: Free transfer to the Green Line within 2 hours
Board at the front, any door to exit.
Stop 2: Clear Flour Bread
A Brookline bakery on Thorndike Street making European breads and pastries from long-fermented doughs, baked in a stone hearth oven.
About this stopNext: Ride to Flour Bakery
3.3 mi · 18 min
Green Line D from Brookline Village to Copley, then a 10-minute walk through the South End to Flour.
Green Line DBoard at Brookline VillageCopley(4 stops, toward Government Center)Fare: Free transfer from the 66
Board at any door — tap at the reader inside.
Stop 3: Flour Bakery
Finish
Joanne Chang opened her first Flour Bakery here on Washington Street in the South End in 2000. Its sticky buns are the thing to try.
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Getting there
- Bluebikes near the start, right now
- Harvard Square at Mass Ave/ Dunster2 min walk · 1 bike · 18 docks
- Church St4 min walk · 1 bike · 14 docks
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