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If you’ve driven down Hallandale Beach Boulevard lately and noticed a line spilling out the door of the former Kosher Bagel Cove, there’s a good reason. Bakey, the Boston bakery known for its handcrafted breads, flaky pastries, and what many consider some of the country’s best babka, has officially opened its first South Florida location, and locals are already showing up in droves from breakfast through lunch.
The new kosher bakery at 668 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. marks Bakey’s Florida debut, with additional locations already planned for Fort Lauderdale and Aventura.
Babka is the star, but there’s plenty more to love
Bakey comes from master baker, cookbook author, and internationally acclaimed chef Uri Scheft, whose name has become synonymous with modern babka.
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Scheft founded Lehamim Bakery in Tel Aviv before co-founding New York City’s celebrated Breads Bakery, helping introduce a new generation of pastry lovers to the rich, twisted Eastern European bread. He later published the James Beard Award-nominated cookbook Breaking Breads and launched Bakey in Boston in 2021…