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CRUST bakery fenton mi logoCRUST is a full-service retail and wholesale baking company located in downtown Fenton, Michigan.  The bakery at 104 W. Caroline St. stretches for nearly a block and is easily identified by its bright yellow awnings.  Large glass windows look in on the busy kitchens and showcase the classically trained bakers at work alongside an impressive bread oven from Verona, Italy.  While most of the building is dedicated to production, a small retail space is modeled after bakeries the owners visited in Montreal, Toronto and New York.  The warehouse-styled space features a chandelier of interlocking glass Cs created by a local artist along with re-purposed seating and display pieces collected from area antique and consignment shops.

CRUST_bakery_Fenton_MI-30x20-bread-board-img_1045Most commercial baking facilities would shy away from a production facility with so few walls, since this is where most bakeries place equipment – ovens, proofers, refrigeration units and the like.  It would have been much easier and less costly to build a new facility to our specifications.  But we wanted to re-purpose and revitalize a building in this community’s downtown, just as we wanted to revitalize and preserve the traditional artisan methods of baking from scratch.

CRUST is owned by the same family that opened The Laundry, a popular dining destination in downtown Fenton since 1997.  Their bakery concept had been simmering since early 2009 and when offered the opportunity to revitalize another downtown property, the group embraced it and spent the next 13 months reworking the space on W. Caroline.  CRUST opened in February 1, 2012.

In fall 2017, CRUST expanded from 5,000 square feet to 13,000 square feet to make way for a major kitchen expansion, the addition of another oven from Italy, new equipment for bakers to divide and shape dough, plus an expansion of the packaging area for more online, wholesale and retail orders. The pastry kitchen will be adding more production equipment, plus a stovetop, ovens and more refrigeration.

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In March, 2018, MLIVE awarded CRUST “Michigan’s Best bakery.”


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Michigans Best Bakery - CRUST, Fenton, Michigan“We got 220 nominations and visited 45 bakeries on our search for Michigan’s Best, and it all bakes down to Crust in Fenton. The bakery was declared Michigan’s Best by our team of Amy Sherman and John Gonzalez after weeks of research. We won’t lie, we have the sweetest job in the world. For best bakery, we were looking for places that bake a variety of items, and bake them with care, excellent technique, and high-quality ingredients. We wanted a true bakery, not purely a doughnut shop, although many of our top picks made excellent doughnuts as well. Crust truly rose to the top, with an incredible baking facility, putting out absolutely amazing baked goods.”

ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR MORE?


CRUST_bakery_Fenton_MI-24x20-dough-handoff-img_0665CRUST is dedicated to excellence in artisan principles, with all-natural ingredients that are locally sourced and organic whenever possible.  The flours we use in our products are all unbleached and unbromated, and we partner with suppliers who source their wheat from non-GMO sources.  CRUST produces over 120 different baked goods, and all are handcrafted using traditional baking methods.  Their artisan breads were recently voted Mid-Michigan’s Best Bread, while their donuts were also ranked among the best in the state in a people’s choice vote in early 2014.   Other sweet selections include:  Viennoiserie pastries, cookies, muffins, scones, decorated event cakes and fruit pies.  A popular lunch menu features made-to-order sandwiches, rustic pizzas, salads and soup.

For more information, call the bakery, 810-629-8882, follow us on Facebook. CLICK HERE to check out our food menu.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

CRUST_bakery_Fenton_MI-24x20-croissant-rolling-img_1290CRUST is one of only twelve Michigan members of The Bread Bakers Guild of America, a non-profit alliance of professional  bakers, farmers, millers, suppliers, educators, students, home bakers, technical experts, and bakery owners and managers who work together to support the principles and  practices of producing the highest quality baked goods.  The Guild was formed in 1993 to shape the skills and knowledge of the artisan baking community through education.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

CRUST often opens its doors to the community for full-access tours, tastings, open houses and hands-on baking classes (fee charged for classes), but we also participate in a multitude of activities and events beyond the walls of the bakery.

CRUST-Cares-Logo-300x114It is an important part of CRUST’s mission to give back to the communities in which we operate, and we take our stewardship of this community very seriously.  Family-owned businesses like CRUST can help sustain smaller communities like Fenton, which is why we’ve committed to active roles in foundational organizations like the local Chamber of Commerce, Fenton Public School Foundation, LAFF Pathway, Fenton Community Center, Fenton Rotary, the Downtown Development Authority and local arts council.

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104 W. Caroline at River St. • Fenton, Michigan 48430

Our TEMPORARY HOURS are:

RESTAURANT DINE-IN:
Tue-Sun 8am-4pm
(No Reservations)

• RETAIL:
Tues-Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 8am-4pm

• CARRY OUT / CURBSIDE PICKUP:
Tue - Sun 8am-4pm

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