Palermo Bakery Co

This place is amazing. They supply the majority of bread and rolls to the majority of nice restaurants and delis in the area! You definitely feel in the know going here, like you’re a G in the underground bread world. There is no counter, no service people. Just straight up bakers and rocks of delicious carbniness. Enter off the side by the loading area. The bread is so high quality and ridiculously cheap, ciabatta, marbled rye, telera, dinner rolls, sourdough, French, Italian plougjman’s, you name it! My favorites include the rounds for sourdough bread bowls and their amazing parbaked pizza crusts! Yum! Seriously bought a 12 pack of crusts, 5 various loaves, and 6 sesame seeded sub rolls for under $ 20! Like a boss, like a bread boss.

Palermo Bakery makes the best bread on the Monterey Peninsula! From the sourdough rolls to the ciabatta bread you really can’t go wrong with this place. They supply to many of the restaurants here on the Monterey Peninsula including some on the wharf and in Pebble Beach! Amazing stuff.

Been eating this bread my whole life, and it’s amazing. Most local delis and stores carry their French, Sesame, and Sourdough rolls and they are hard to resist!

Palermo Bakery… I bet, there is a 90% chance that your favorite deli makes their sandwiches on bread from Palermo Bakery. So ask yourself, what’s the most important part of a sandwich…
Can’t recall what year they opened but it seems like we’ve been eating their bread my whole life. The owners are great, anytime there is a local dinner fundraiser you’ll see the donated bags of PB everywhere.
The owner (s) are from a small fishing village in the Palermo region of Sicily, which most Sicilians of Monterey are also from. I’m going to butcher the spelling, schefatta (pronounced she-​Vad-​tha). Its 100% Sicilian, its a thick pizza, topped with, red sauce, onion, bread crumbs and graded parmesan, so damn good. I think you can only order it in large sheet’s, so its ideal for parties. My grandfather almost got into a fight in WWII because a Napolitano US-​sailor never heard of schefatta. They were day dreaming on things they wanted to eat if they were home. Food and women will make most Sicilian/​Italian men fight on the drop of a hat, unless we are to full from eating!!!
Where to find PB bread:
LaSala’s Bi-​Rite Market, Campangos Market, Troia’s, every chowder bowl on the wharf, Nob-​hill, most local restaurants, produce stands, Wharf Market Place & even Whole Foods. Remember Unilocalers buy local, some bread companies are outside of MRY County.

A friend told us about this place. If you want delicious and inexpensive breads this is the place to go. They are a wholesale distributor but they also sell to the public. It can be a bit intimidating trying to find the bakery, since there aren’t signs in the front of the building. You need to head to the back of the building where you’ll find the «Palermo Bakery» sign. Not sure what time they open but they close at noon.
When you walk thru the glass doors, you won’t see any counters just bags of flour and bakery equipment. Walk towards the back of the bakery and turn right. The man there was really nice and even offered my daughter a piece of bread to sample.
There are lots of breads to choose from on the bakery’s rack… baguettes, sourdough, ciabatta, hamburger buns, raisin sandwich loaf, whole wheat sandwich loaf, etc.
I bought 3 mini loaves each of ciabatta & french bread, sourdough & baguette and it only cost me $ 4.00 (no tax), can’t beat that here in Monterey.
We will definitely be coming here from now on.

We found out about Palomar by asking a favorite Carmel restaurant where they get their bread. They are primarily a wholesale bakery for restaurants, but they sell directly to the public. Warning — they close at noon, and the selection is varied, depending on what their various accounts have ordered. If you call early (6:30 am opening) they will hold your order for you. It’s a bit hard to find, but if you call, they will give you directions. My wife went there twice in two days, she was so ecstatic to have found them!

I discovered this place through the Marina Farmer’s Market. The gal there was so very informative & the ciabatta loaf I purchased was soooo good! Chewy on the inside & just right on the crust. It was a little more than I would pay for a loaf a bread $ 4, but so well worth it. I look forward to getting the other products like the sandwich loaves and pizza crusts. Definitely worth giving them a try!

They make some killer baguettes. You can pick up a fresh loaf or two at Monterey Produce.

They bake some fantastic bread!
We were first introduced to their bread when DH made a run for sandwiches during daughter’s surgery back in December. Can’t remember the name of the deli he got the sandwiches from. Can’t remember the sandwiches, either. But sure do remember the bread!
Unfortunately, they are not retail so no bread available through them to the public, but…
Have since found out that Los Gatos Meats as well as Willow Glen Meats uses Palermo Bakery for their sandwich rolls (my fave is the sesame roll!)
With advance notice, Los Gatos Meats and Willow Glen Meats can order some bread up for you. (Talk to Brian).
Los Gatos Meats and Smokehouse:
Willow Glen Meats and Smokehouse: