You can get a pleasing sort of time warp sensation visiting Oak Street these days, as more new small businesses continue to revitalize this vintage commercial stretch. Now, Oak Street even has its own artisan bakery, adding the reliably nostalgic aroma of baking bread and the sight of people strolling the sidewalk while picking apart a fresh baguette.
Chamain and Sean O’Mahony opened their Breads on Oak earlier in July, and though the bakery is only open on Fridays and Saturdays for now the quality of the first few loaves and pastries I’ve sampled here augurs good things to come.
The daily-changing bounty that the couple spreads out along the shop’s rustic-looking display counter and bread racks borrows from different baking traditions around Europe. From classic baguettes and buttery croissants, there are also round country loaves with olives or cheese, Irish soda bread, strawberry and apple fig bran muffins and cinnamon walnut coffee cakes. There’s also a wide range of vegan muffins, cookies and other dairy-free baked goods produced by Chamain O’Mahony, who is herself a vegan.
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