There’s something magical about discovering a place so good that you’d happily drive two hours just for lunch, and Denver’s House of Bread is exactly that kind of culinary pilgrimage destination.
While fancy restaurants with celebrity chefs and impossible reservations get all the magazine covers, this unassuming bakery-cafe has quietly built a reputation that has Coloradans plotting weekend drives from as far as Fort Collins and Colorado Springs just for a taste of what they’re baking.
The modest blue-roofed building doesn’t scream for attention as you drive by – it simply exists with the quiet confidence of an establishment that knows exactly how good it is without needing to broadcast it to the world.
And make no mistake, this confidence is entirely justified…