The Bread Essentials
Your Gluten Free & Nut Free Destination for good breads, sweets and our grocery section. We look forward to see you! The Bread Essentials
The story begins with the owner Josée who has more than 20 years of experience has a seasoned business manager for American Companies while cultivating for 10 years her passion for making bread and learning the art with French Bakers in Montreal. While learning, she stumbled upon this fantastic French Baker and his wife with whom a strong connection developed over time. After many months of discus
06/17/2026
*looks at watch*
It's "Time For A Tipple" o'clock.
(Hey, when you get up at 2:30 am to get to work for 5am... the drinkin' starts early 😄😉🙃🍻)
1. Mom went and picked up our order, so we are well-stocked for the weekend!
2. Miski Brewing Ancestral quinoa beer
Whistler Brewing Forager Lager
3. Good ol' noboatsonsunday original, and Wild Strawberry - my personal favourites. I even got cheeky and popped the cans on a boat near our parking lot. How convenient!!
4. BASK Wine ZERO SUGAR!!! Whhhaaaat??? I kid you not - if you didn't know, you wouldn't know! Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Rose
5. Heartwood Farm & Cidery Eve Goes Badass - she's got some cayenne pepper sassy attitude in that can. For a more subtle cider, we also have their classic Forest Garden, sweetened with local maple syrup.
6. Microbrasserie Nouvelle-France 's VERY popular (we can't keep it on the shelves!!!) Messagère Rousse Red Ale
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And now... the 'fine print':
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
You must be 19+ to buy any liqour from our store
WE ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING VALID FORMS OF ID
•Ontario driver's license
•Canadian passport
•Canadian citizenship card
•Canadian Armed Forces card
•LCBO-issued BYID (Bring Your ID) card
•Canadian Secure Indian Status card
•Permanent resident card
An Ontario health can only be used as a secondary form of ID.
To be legally acceptable ALL ID must be valid and NOT expired, with a clear photo of the purchaser.
We reserve the right to refuse sales to anyone without proper ID.
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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06/11/2026
Hello snackers!!
Back by popular demand... Cretors Popcorn Chicago Mix popcorn! We know you missed it - so many have asked for its return 😄 You get the best of both worlds with cheesey goodness and caramel sweetness.
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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06/11/2026
Good morning, friends!
What a beautiful day!
We have recently added Cha's Organics to our baking roster... currently we have their sweetened condensed coconut milk available.
Up your vegan baking game with organic and fair trade pure organic coconut and cane sugar.
Also a great addition to your coffee, drizzled over desserts, zhush up your smoothies, and heated low and slow it makes an amazing caramel.
(Or be like me and accidentally leave it near the south-facing window in your apartment and let the afternoon sun do the slow cooking so it turns into caramel... I kid you not!! It happened to me, lol)
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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06/09/2026
Good morning!
Since you folks INHALE our croissants (thank you!!) I'm making more. ☺️😄 We've improved the way we make them over the last few years, AND they are twice the size they used to be.
We have both butter, and vegan croissants - and both available as a regular roll up, and a pain au chocolat. They're available frozen for you to bake at home any day, or you can call us 3 hours in advance of when you're going to pick up, and we can bake them for you (minimum of 6).
We also bake them fresh Fridays and Saturdays - first come first served.
AND! We use our left over cuttings to make wee turkey sausage rolls (they can be a bit addictive, so mind how you go on those 😉)
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/26/2026
It's that time, folks!
Ice cream season!! (Unless you're like me and could indulge 365 days a year...)
We have sugar cones and plain cones.
And from we have their oat-based salted caramel, and chocolate fudge tubs, salted caramel IN a chocolate coating oat-based ice cream bars
And also, from their coconut cream based offerings in tropical sorbet (large and wee tubs), chocolate in wee tubs, coconut (large and wee tubs), and a rather stunning strawberry and rhubarb large tub 😍
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/26/2026
Good morning, friends!
Are you a granola person?
How do you like your granola?
Do you add milk, or snacks right out of the bag?
I mostly snack out of the bag... sometimes I'll have a bowl, with Baileys.
Wait, what???
Don't judge me!!
Anyway 😉
has become a fan favorite with their blueberry, and mint chocolate chip flying off the shelves, so we've upped the game and added their strawberry (with beet root!) to the roster.
(And I think we need more of the mint chocolate chip as that bag in the photo seems to have disappeared since I took the photo on the weekend, lol) (Baileys has a mint Irish cream.... just sayin')
Rawcology granolas are loaded with nothing but goodness, ingredients you can actually read and don't need to google. They're organic, vegan, keto and paleo friendly, peanut free, nutrient dense and free of refined sugars - and, obviously, gluten free.
We don't have any Baileys though... more's the pity.
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/26/2026
Hullooooo, and good morning!
has some crackin' good crackers and we've just added their cracked pepper and olive oil crackers to our little Breton cracker family 🥰
We also have herb and garlic, and garden vegetable for your snacking pleasure. Nothing better than some cheese and crackers in the afternoon... or anytime really.
Come and get 'em!!
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/21/2026
Uh oh... oh boy.
So, bear with us for the foreseeable future, friends. We have 2 injured arms, and a 3rd person with a badly bruised finger.
0.o
We're still plugging away and doing our best. Kudos to the girls for still coming in and doing what they can. 💝😘
The rest of us are considering wrapping ourselves in bubble wrap, just in case
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/20/2026
Wayhey!!
This week's snack... sweet and spicy gochujang crunchers! 😃😘
*whispers* if the spicy part puts you off, fear not! Tis very low... a mild heat. Just a superb flavouring of gochujang.
We also have their dill pickle, sour cream and onion (a bag of which I have also opened and mixed the gochujang into... don't judge me!!), BBQ, and salt and vinegar.
Enjoy them all straight from the bag or add them to a charcuterie board, slice some cheese, dip 'em, crumble them into a salad or over a pasta or slice of pizza...
What are you doing with yours?
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/19/2026
Hulloo everyone
It's that time again... we need those pesky ice packs cluttering up your space! We use them in shipping stuff that needs to be kept cold.
They don't have to be frozen.
Drop them by the bakery any time (if we're already closed, just leave them by the front door)
Thanks!!
Stay cool.
- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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406 Royal York Road
Toronto, ON
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Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 10am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 6pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 6pm |
| Friday | 10am - 6pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 10am - 5pm |