A few weeks ago we were driving back from the city when my husband decided we should stop in the Bronx and pick up dinner. We didn’t really have a plan of where we would go, but knew that we could find something on Arthur Avenue. We stumbled upon the quite famous Terranova Bakery on East 187th Street. We started talking to the owner and before long he was giving us a tour and telling us the history of how the business was started back in 1967. It was end of day so the oven had been turned off and most of the employees had gone home, but still he gave us a tour and even turned on the huge oven that holds 225 1.5 lb. loaves! They are loaded six at a time on a 25 foot wooden peel. It was fascinating and such fortunate timing that we came upon this unassuming storefront in the Bronx and had the opportunity of meeting Rudy. It’s what I love about New York. There are so many places and people like this in the five boroughs that I feel like you could canvas the city all day everyday and still jut scratch the surface.
Terranova Bakery . 691 East 187th Street . Bronx, New York
11 comments :
So great that you can causually get a tour of a bakery on the fly. I’d explore all day everyday if I were you. I’d never get anything done because that’s all I’d do!
XO,
Amber
Annie, your photography is amazing, what camera are you using these days? I love the shot of that mammoth oven!
Look at the texture on that bread. Gorgeous!
You can just smell the bread baking in the ovens and love the black & white photography. It lends an artist’s touch to an artisanal product!
xxoo
C + C
Rudy looks like a proud small business owner and his outgoing personality no doubt has been key to his long success! Note the sign in window… Rated # 1 Bread in NYC last year! I believe it!!
Your striking black & white pictures made this photo journal feel like an authentic old world story. Thanks for the tour!!
WOW rated #1 by Zagat. Thanks for the tour!
Incredible, Annie! Cannot believe you got a tour and were able to capture it so beautifully. I really need to make a trip back to NYC soon!
I’m loving seeing all these cool old places in NYC through your camera. What a neat bakery and rated #1 bread in NY according to the sign…must be delicious. Love the storefront and the picture of the oven….awesome. All the pictures actually.
Beautiful Annie, your images bring back memories as I grew up in a bakery just like this one amongst the bags of flour and the fascinating machineries. Your photography makes me want to pick up my camera and snap away…Have a wonderful day
Cxx
How cool is that Annie! I love when people open up their doors like that. You could tell how proud the owner is of his bakery. It looks so rustic and ancient. I mean look at those ovens and the wall of brick. Is that kitchen older than 1967? I love that you chose to add the nostalgia by showcasing the photos in black and white. You have such an amazing eye and these photos seriously belong in a magazine or on the walls in the bakery, especially the one of the owner chatting away in front of the oven. xoxo, Jackie
Annie, I have always wanted to shop Arthur Ave. and have never gotten around to it! Love your beautiful photos! You even make the Bronx look charming and inviting! How lucky to get that tour…I agree…I could spend days just exploring all the different parts of NYC!