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Mission

We are the Wide Awake Bakery. We aim to provide you with the best bread, pasta, and pastries you've ever had.

We are excited to be part of the thriving agriculture and food culture here in the Ithaca area, and we see the bakery as a way to honor and give back to our community.

News & Updates

Pain au Levain

May 24, 2013 | 16 Comments

Pain au Levain. The King of Breads. Coming out of the oven, hot, bursting, blooming, embracing the morning. Listen. You can hear them. Yes. They are talking …

Hope!

Hope!

May 22, 2013 | 11 Comments

Hope is on the oven this morning, and man, she’s making it sing. She’s been pulling out some beautiful Focaccia (garlic; thyme; rosemary; …

microbes

May 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

“Without your microbes, you ain’t worth nothin!” — …

Levain

Levain

May 7, 2013 | 14 Comments

Our bakery is built around the oven–tons of hot stone and steel, encased in insulation, and fired by a small but intense wood fire. It would be easy …