Welcome back to our Boulevard blog!

With summer right around the corner, we’re diving right into the sweetest things in life!

This week, we stepped into our SoMa bake kitchen to highlight some goodies in the making.

Let us introduce “The Cake Ladies”!

These dedicated women are the sugar plum fairies of our operation. 

Just as the perfect cake is built layer by layer, so it is in our kitchen. Communication is key to all our processes — as detailed as the recipes themselves! If one ingredient goes missing, the whole batch goes to waste. It takes a village, a little bit of science, and a pinch of love!

As we snuck through the prep tables to snag a few pictures, the buttery sweetness of the frosting wafted through the air — it was all we could do to keep from dipping our finger in the bowl for a taste!  On this particular day, the kitchen was prepping strawberry and lemon frosting for two of our popular summer cakes. 

One of the main ingredients in buttercream frosting is, of course, butter!  And many of our customers ask, “How do you make your icing taste so rich and creamy!?”

Well…not all butters are created equally!

When it comes to our baked goods, we use Plugrá European style butter, which makes precision baking consistent and scrumptious. It’s what makes our cakes rise higher and our croissants flake to perfection. (It’s also what keeps you awake at night when you know there’s an extra Boulevard cookie sitting on your kitchen counter!)

Taste it alongside regular table butter, and you will immediately know the difference. It blends and bends into the recipes with ease — and just makes your mouth water. 

Our cookies are crafted with the same love and quality. The bake staff were also busy dropping the daily cookie dough onto prep sheets prior to baking. Here you see our snickerdoodles and M&M chocolate chip…we fancy a big, generous scoop for a healthy-sized cookie!

Our recipes are crafted for the perfect “soft in the center, crisp around the edges” cookie. Make sure to show up early for your favorite, because many days we sell out by the lunch hour! They are delectable alongside (or dipped into) a cup of coffee.

If you have questions about our baked goods or want to pre-order something special for your summer parties, graduations, or birthdays, just let us know and we’ll customize an order! 

Thanks for following along…see you next time! 

Welcome to the Boulevard Blog! 

If you already visit Boulevard Bread Company, thank you! We hope you’ll enjoy following along as we post exciting new content for our followers. 

Our mission for this blog is to grow community and to give our friends and patrons a glimpse behind the scenes into the heart of what we do.

We’ll be featuring:

• our premium quality ingredients and artisan craftsmanship
• the local farmers and how we incorporate seasonal, fresh produce
• sneak peaks into our favorite recipes…and…last but certainly not least
• the staff that makes BBC amazing day in and day out

Many of our BBC regulars aren’t aware we operate 24 hours a day!!

We love seeing your smiling faces during daylight business hours, but we also have a full lineup of bakers, mixers, dough artisans, pastry chefs, baristas, cooks, and delivery staff who are working day and night to make all of this possible.  

Now 19 years in the making, this next-level deliciousness starts from the top down with a vision for BBC’s commitment to quality. Owners Christina and Sonia each bring their own unique knowledge of restaurant and culinary experience to the table. 

The two compliment each other, with Christina tending front-of-the house operation, Sonia ensuring the handcrafted meals and baked items from back-of-the-house are uniquely exceptional. 

BBC truly is a labor of love, and that’s part of the inspiration for this blog — we want to start showing our community WHY and HOW we put so much effort into making BBC great…and that the effort makes all the difference. 

Christina explains: “People see all these lovely items in the window and just don’t know how much preparation goes into it! For example, if you leave out one single ingredient in the dough making process — let’s say the salt or baking soda — the entire process is completely ruined. There is a unique progression for every baked good we serve. It requires getting all the steps right from start to finish, and we have a whole line of staff committed to those processes. There’s a science behind each bread; each pastry is shaped and cut by hand. We put a lot of hard work into making each recipe perfect so that it’s consistently wonderful from day to day.”

Taste the bear claw and you’ll understand…

Bread is just the beginning! 

The BBC philosophy of “great food with integrity” spreads into all areas: our cheeses, deli meats, espresso bar, full lunch and dinner menu items sourced from local ingredients…plus our full service bar with daily happy hour specials. 

We’ll soon be featuring these here, so stay tuned!

On top of all the delicacies, BBC is committed to green and sustainable products, which stems back to our roots — in fact, we were one of the first restaurants in Little Rock to implement green, recyclable dinnerware and environmentally friendly products. 

Above all else, our goal is to make you feel comfortable here with us. We want to provide the best consistency and quality in our foods, but also welcome you to feel like you’re part of our family. 

Bring your kids. Host your business meeting here. Pop up your laptop and stay for a while. You’re among friends who want to serve you only the best of flavor and the best of community.