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California transplant Tissa Stein began her passion for brick-oven baking by helping Jed Wallach open Wild Flour Bread bakery near Sebastopol, California. Her latest venute, Tabor Bread, is open Wednesday through Friday from 7 am to 6 pm ans Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 6 pm.

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Stein offers ten varieties of bread made with flour from the in-house mill, baked daily in the bakery's wood-fire oven. Current offerings include Batard loves of whole hard white wheat, Boule loaves of whole Red Fife and whole hard red wheat flours, Rye Pullman loaves with 100% whole rye flour and seeds, Light Rye Bread from rye and mixed bread flours, Baguettes made with kamut, White and Wheat Pullman Loaves, Spelt Bread, with rolled spelt flakes, Currant-Walnut Wheat bread, and Sesame loaves.

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In addition to the hearty loaves, Tabor Bread offers coffee service from Spella Caffe, pastries (also made with house-milled whole grains) like sweet and savory scones, muffins, cookies, coffee cake, tea cakes, shortbreads, seasonal fruit galettes, and weekend-only sticky buns.

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The breakfast menu includes toast with butter and house-made jam (think quince butter or pear cranberry ginger jam), house-made granola, and savory bread pudding. A lunch menu of soups, sandwiches, and salads is set to debut in December.

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Want your loaves hot? Fresh, hot bread is available daily starting at 9 am, and hot baguettes can be purchased from 4 pm to 6 pm. Day-old loaves are available at steep discounts.

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The small-but-mighty in-house mill transforms fresh, locally-grown whole grains into flour for rustic loaves.

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Gone are the medical office's waiting rooms and examination tables--in their place, a state-of-the-art bread kitchen mere feet from the in-house mill and oven for smooth operations.

Slide Show: Inside SE Hawthorne's New Tabor Bread

Posted Nov 27, 2012, 5:09pm

Tissa Stein's neighborhood bakery Tabor Bread is the first retail bakery in Portland to mill its own flour and bake all its bread in a wood-fired oven, and its cozy charm is set to cater to the crumb-and-crust needs of Southeast Portland. The new bakery sits in a former medical building near Albina Press and the Sapphire Hotel, extending Hawthorne's business strip one block to the east, and offers ten varieties of whole grain loaves, breakfast pastries (like weekend-only sticky buns), coffee service, and light breakfast dishes. Check out these photos for more details about the menu, mill, and upcoming lunch service.

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