Boudin Bakery
The Original San Francisco Sourdough Since 1849
In 1849, Isidore Boudin started a small bakery to feed the hungry miners flocking to San Francisco during the Gold Rush. He struck gold of his own using four simple ingredients: flour, water, salt, and mother dough, the original wild yeast that's been the starter for every Boudin loaf for over 170 years. Isidore's bakery grew into an institution, and Boudin sourdough soon became one of the city's culinary landmarks. Decades passed, and San Francisco's population evolved from pioneers to fortune-seekers to beat poets to hippies to misfits to tech moguls. Throughout all of that radical change, one thing remained the same: San Franciscans couldn't get enough of Boudin—The Original San Francisco Sourdough™. It's hard to imagine a dish being more entwined with a city's history.
The golden crunchy crust of a Boudin loaf shatters like porcelain when you bite into it, and gives way to a soft, chewy center with an unmistakable sourdough tang. This is what perfection tastes like, and it's easy to see why it's been a local staple since 1849. Order a loaf from Boudin today and taste the history of San Francisco baked into every bite.
