Excellent baked goods. The bread is fantastic (and I don't like bread that much!), and the pastries are full of flavor and not too sweet. It is obvious that they use good ingredients. One time I went to buy a treat for a friend who was in hospital, and when the cashier heard that I was buying it for a friend in hospital, he didn't charge me. Now that's kindness. Lovely employees, terrific products: I would give Clear Flour 10 stars if I could. read more

Paradise for bakery lovers! So many intriguing options -I had to try several. All were delicious and far better than any other bakery I've tried during my 40 years in Boston. Great quality and wide selection. Finished the croissant and apple tart on the drive home. The Rustic Olive Roll and Fougasse made it home, but the crusty seeded fougasse is going fast. Will become a regular read more

Clear Flour Bakery - Rustic Olive Roll and Fougasse - Bakeries Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

I've been coming to this bakery ever since I was little. Once you've tried their freshly baked breads, pastries, and desserts, it's easy to see why they've been around for so long. read more

Excellent bakery for breads and rotating selections of croissants, cookies, tea cakes, rustic tarts, etc. Very small space inside, currently limited to 3 customers at a time so definitely will have to stand in line outside. Line is 30-40 mins at any given time. read more

The almond croissant is to die for. The chocolate coconut macaroon made my husband very happy. The sticky bun can't be beat. Roslin Moore read more

Delicious selection, smells sooo good from the second you walk in. I also recommend joining their newsletter because it's precious.

Always so delicious-- desserts, breads. Particularly loved the break I bought yesterday w/hint of pineapple (we bought it for french toast but gobbled up most of it fresh :) Also really appreciate that you're open regular hours for 7/4 so we could get last minute cookies for our family cookout! read more

Amazing bread, fantastic service! I went there for the first time and I can't wait to go back!

It's pretty crazy how much of my money Clear Flour gets. The weekend specials always lure me in for another pastry that I absolutely do not need, but I never regret purchasing. Hands down the best bakery in Boston. Get an eclair or a cream puff if they have them that weekend, those are my favorite. Also, the ice cream is unbelievable. They had a cocoa krispies pint once that I still dream about... read more

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I had their rugelach and a thing that tasted like an excellent brownie. It was near closing and they gave me a free baguette making me a loyal customer for life!! read more

Great little bakery! They have a lot of different types of bread that all look really good. They also have different specialty breads depending on the day of the week. All of the bread seems to be freshly baked. I got the Morning Bun since it's one of their more popular items. It was flakey and buttery-like a croissant, but denser. It was good, but it would've been better warm. It was around $3-$4. Next time I'm in Boston, I want to try many of their other freshly baked breads and pastries! read more

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Walked 4 miles round trip and it was worth it!! I got a Gruyère croissant which was PHENOMENAL. So flakey and perfect cheese to dough ratio. Got a miche bread loaf which was also wonderful. Good size for the price. Can't miss!! read more

Amazing but longer and longer line ups. Wish they would open a 2nd store. It is so good but hard to get what you need. read more

The best bakery in Boston, I have been a dozen times and just wish that I lived closer so that I could get all my bread there. I love that they have savory things as well as sweet, they're all delicious and delicate. read more

I always get delicious baked goods here! Never a complaint. I got the mini coconut Bundt cake and a few cheese croissants this time. Last time I was there, I got a raspberry bostok. This time they only had the apple butter flavor. Any way you slice it, you'll come away with something good! The staff is friendly and they have definitely implemented social distancing/ sanitation guidelines. Just a note that their menu changes pretty often and they run out of certain items. read more

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Amazing bread, the line was long it moved fast though. The wait was completely worth it. Highly recommended!! read more

As a rule, I only leave bad reviews, because why would I put in the free labor to promote a business? This is my one exception: Clear Flour is what you'd call a good bakery in Europe, and, in our sad country--half-paved in asphalt and littered with the douche-affairs known as sports bars--a unicorn. read more

The best of the best. It really doesn't get any better than this. When I was in college, I walked for miles from Cambridge just to come here, because there's nothing else in the Boston area on its level. I'm not religious, but it felt like a pilgrimage to a holy site. Amazing selection of delicious breads and pastries, many of which are unique or hard to find in the United States. Not too expensive for the quality of the baked goods. I especially recommend the olive rolls, the tarts, the gibassier, and the fougasse, but everything is top notch. Note that you might have to wait in line, especially on weekends, and they sometimes run out, but this is just a testament to the excellence of their craft. read more

This is one of my favorite bakeries in Boston! It's a special hidden spot that I take all my out of town friends to try. My favorite item is the canale, and then the morning buns, and pretty much anything else. Their pastries are delicious and unique and the small space is always filled with the aroma of freshly baked breads. I wish the space was larger so I could sit down and enjoy the baked goods, but they're also just as good taken to go and enjoyed on a stroll through the park. read more

Hands-down the *best* bakery in Boston. Don't let the line dissuade you. Personal favorites, in no particular order: Dinkelbrot, cheese croissants, the "flower" rolls. Perfection. Their staff is amazing, incredibly patient _and_ friendly, even with lines at the door. read more

If I lived in the area, clear flour would have all my money. They changed the pastry game for me and introduced me to so much more than croissants and turnovers. Usually very busy on weekend mornings with lines out the door, but it is an extremely small bakery that fits like 10 people inside. Anything you get is fresh and tasty but my top recommendations are: Canneles - if you never heard of it, google it and then rush over here before 10am because they're sold out by 11, happens every time when I try. Bouchon - it's like a dark chocolate chip brownie but better. Morning bun WITH NUTS - unless you're allergic, then get it without read more

I made the mistake of coming in here hungry, on a Saturday morning, right after pay day. We were headed out to our friend's boat for the weekend and I stopped in to "just grab something quick for breakfast" and left with a GIANT bag with several boxes of baked goods. There was quite the line when we arrived, but it was moving relatively quickly. They had three young women behind the counter helping and checking everyone out, which was great. I sat in line thinking "well, I heard this is good, but how good can it really be?" My self-control flew out the front door at an astonishing speed once I made it inside. It is a tiny little spot, with only the people currently ordering able to fit, but when the weather is nice, you don't mind waiting outside. They have your regular, run-of-the-mill baked goods, but everything is just a little extra. The cheesecakes? That day, they were mango, passionfruit, blackberry, strawberry. Yes, that is ONE flavor of cheesecake. They had these amazing bundt almond cakes with rainbow icing for pride that we inhaled instantly. I have not yet had a cake that moist (sorry). They are known for their morning buns, which, as expected, were very delicious. I cannot rave enough about the variety of interesting flavors and beautiful presentation of their myriad of treats. The french macarons were light and not too sweet. The croissants flaky and flavorful. For about 7 pastries, two bags of rolls, and an entire cheesecake, I paid $60 - I found that to be pretty reasonable for a "craft bakery" (patent pending). I need you to know, it is worth the trip out to Allston/Brookline. Plenty of parking around, so you can pop in and out. My parents and I are big morning-run-followed-by-good-snacks-and-coffee-or-tea people, so I can't wait to take them here next time they visit Boston. read more

Hands down the best bakery I've had in Boston. And so blessed to have this place literally down the street from my apartment. I'm surprised it took me this long to find this place. My college counselor and my coworker were raving about this place (on the same day) and I they kept telling me how close it was to my place. So one day, after the gym I decided to stroll by for a looksie. It wasn't packed but both warned me that there is always a line out the door. I didn't buy anything or peruse, but today I finally went in to buy bread. And my oh my the bread here smells heavenly. The space in this bakery is very limited. You literally have to squeeze to eventually to get to the cashier but the line goes quick. There are two cashiers and the bakers are very attentive. You can tell they really love what they do. This place has so many things you could imagine. Their bread menu isn't set. It rotates and changes all the time. Additionally, the assortment levels of bread vary between weekday v. weekend. Weekends they have more bread options than on the weekdays, so keep that in mind. They take card which is awesome. They sell pasta sauce, pasta, cheese and more beyond your wildest dreams. Wanting everything I got the gruyere croissant, small olive dinner rolls, everything bagel macaron (yes you heard me right), chocolate shortbread cookies, and black sesame stick with garlic and herb butter. I've tried only the olive roll and the sesame stick so far but both are amazing. The crunch when you bite into them are amazing. I don't like fresh olives/actual olives but I like olive oil. So that wasn't my favorite but the black sesame stick was legit the best bread I think I've ever had in my entire life. I am definitely coming back for that. The rest look so good I'm excited to try it all! read more

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Read about this place in Sunset or Bon Appetit and how delicious their Gateau Basque is so when we were in the area we had to pop in. Sadly we didnt see that anywhere but there were plenty of other options, so we ordered a handful of pastries and enjoyed all of them immensely. The only reason this isn't a 5 star review is the person taking our order was a little ray of pitch black. This girl had bad vibes oozing out of her, didn't engage in typical conversation for a bakery "hi, how are you? What would you like? Here's your total, have a nice day". Literally none of that. Just a sour look on her face and blank stares until we started telling her what we wanted. Made us pretty uncomfortable since she was so unpleasant and it sucks that she works there. I get that people can have bad days but check your shitty attitude at the door and at least pretend you're happy to be working in a nationally recognized bakery. We're planning on coming back but will choose to not be helped by her again. read more

Great bakery in the Brookline area of Boston. Tucked away off the main road in a neighborhood, Clear Flour Bread has some delicious fresh baked goods, and seems like the kind of place where the earlier you go, the fresher the product. I had a delicious savory croissant with ham and cheese as well as a Pain Aux Raisin which was fresh, flaky and magnificent!!!! Coffee wasn't bad either. Very small inside and only a few small tables outside, so it's generally a 'to go' type of place. Very good and worth a try if you enjoy fresh baked goods!!! read more

I'm not sure why everyone loves this bakery. That being said, the cookies we got were good, and would have been better if my partner got me the right cookie, but it is just a bakery with fun signs.... It was the end of the day so the service was fast and it was good to see that they know what they are doing with preparing for the day as most things were nearly gone, but not sold out. (i.e. no waste and no dissatisfied customers) read more

I was super excited about trying our their croissants because multiple sites claimed it has the beets croissant in Boston. Personally I thought it was good, but does not justify the high price and the service was not very friendly (cashier seemed annoyed at all customers) read more

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Amazing. My mom found it one day (we grew up in Brookline) but if you mention it to anybody from St. Mary's to Cleveland circle every one is in on this hidden gem. I have a friend who drives up from NH EVERY few months to shop at 5-6 stores and I believe this is #2. I am a supermarket sale girl but every time I go in that store I swear I am changing my ways but maybe next time! read more

They also have great parking and close to the train station, so it's easy to get there. Beware of the weekend lines though!

Clear Flour Bakery is amazing. I've never had something I didn't like from them. I've mostly tried their pastries and desserts, but their bread is also great. Unfortunately they are not able to slice the bread though. The space is pretty small and the bakery is definitely popular, so expect to wait outside for a bit. Not due to slow service, the workers are great and friendly, but it can take people a while to decide what they want (understandably, everything looks delicious). read more

Bakery is great! But the guy at the counter needs an attitude adjustment, I wouldn't go in there just because of him. Everyone else is nice and friendly read more

Best fresh baled good around. This small nook in Brookline ia worth the long line. Fresh breads and pastry. I try to pick up bread every so often but when I go home to mom for the holidays I always pick up little of everything. read more

This place is a neighborhood gem. I found it by accident when parking on a side street. The smell of fresh bread drew me it. Delicious, humble and high-quality. read more

UGHHHH COOKIES ARE SO GOOOOOD. My boyfriend and I called before coming here because we were planning on coming here extremely late. Luckily still had cookies for us to buy!! Both of us are kind of on a mission to find the best cookies, so now we're becoming self-proclaimed cookie connoisseur, finding the best chocolate chip cookies out there. There's parking on the street. Never crowded! Plus on my book. It's kind of in an area where not a lot of stores are at? Just a laundromat and convenience store if my memory is servicing me correct. Get a chocolate chunk cookie! THEY'RE HUGE. My boyfriend couldn't help but steal multiple bites before even getting back into our car. He's in love with this place for their cookies. They're even good not warmed up!! read more

Proof that the simple joy of good bread cannot be overestimated. A local jewel. Don't pass up the morning buns or the Italian rustic loaves. read more

Delicious, delicious, bakery!!! A nice staff. You have to wait in line most opening hour. It IS worth it unless they run out of what you wanted. read more

I can't say enough good things about this bakery. If you love bread you will love this place

wow this place is a hidden gem!! I got their whole wheat sour dough, coconut bundt cake, and world peace cookie. The sour dough was fluffy on the inside, crispy on on the out side and overall delicious. The Bundt cake was covered in sweetened coconut and moist on the inside. read more

Nearly each day of my life I feel sad that I live too far from Boston to buy Clear Flour regularly. Along with Tartine in San Francisco, this is the best bakery in the United States in my humble opinion. As for the treats I am going to name my top ten here. Everything is virtually perfect in nearly every single way but if you are like me, you are reading this to get some idea of what to buy among all the ridiculous stuff on sale. Frankly, if you are about to eat here you are one of the luckier people in the world right now. I wish I were in your place. Anyway, top ten! 1) The Bouchon: Sometimes people order the chocolate pudding thing, but they are just confused. This is one of the most perfect, glorious, tasty items ever created in any bakery. When you bite into this you can taste like a quarter pound of Valrhona chocolate. 2) The Financiers: Jeeze Louise these are amazing. Chewy, almondy, with an almost custardy center and a crispy, buttery exterior. Just ever so slightly accented with fruit (sometimes blueberries, sometimes raspberries). A stunning treat. 3) The Almond Macaroon: You will notice these little gems not on the rack at the back but rather under glass right when you are ordering. Do not pass on these. In fact, order a few. They are worth it. Airy, light, and astonishingly good. NOTE: After a recent visit I feel the Bacon Egg and Cheese Croissant should also be #3. 4) The Baked Donuts: So stunningly light, not greasy, and enlivened either raisins or a touch of aniseed. These superb donuts are pillowy, decadent, and subtly sweet. 5) The Morning Buns: I thought they just had these on the weekend but I was wrong. They have them during the week too. They are insane. So light and full of cinnamon. Get the one with walnuts. 6) The Chocolate Chunk Cookies/Molasses Cookies: This is a dead tie. The chocolate chunk cookies literally have striations and levels of chocolate among excruciatingly perfect, buttery cookie crumb. The Molasses ones are everything you could want from such a cookie. Chewy and wonderfully spiced. 7) The Raspberry/Apricot Croissant. This should be higher but there is some tough competition here. The bright, fruity jam perfectly sets off the croissant's delicate layers. 8) The Monkey Bread: This is like the morning buns but all stuck together and with a lot more of the sweet syrup in it. Just really decadent and amazing. 9) The Baguette. I know, I know. The bread shouldn't be so low on this list. This is Clear Flour Bread after all. But listen, this is a top ten. Meaning I feel this is better than almost everything they sell and it is awesome so definitely get it. 10) Gruyere Croissant/Chocolate Croissant: While these both kind of take second seat to the glorious raspberry versions they are well, well worth a try. I also want to shout out to the awesome quiches, rustic tarts, the Chocolate Coconut Macaroon, and the rare Caneles and Pretzels; but if you walk into this place blindly and just order anything you will be happy. I have probably stood in line about 10 times here before the place even opened. Each time there has been a large amount of other like-minded people in front and behind me. Once it was so hot people could barely stay in the sun more than a few minutes without risking serious heat exhaustion and still the Clear Flour line was long and proud. It is well worth the wait. It is well worth the price. Trust me. This is about as good as bakeries get in the United States. read more

We can not WAIT to be able to come here a few more times so that we can give this the 5th star. My father gave us our mission : Bring a loaf of a great German type bread for Thanksgiving sandwiches. So off to Clear Flour Bread. Suggested by a few people we know, and backed up by our fellow Yelpers. Lucky for us, it is open until 8pm. At 7:30pm we got there, and bread was left. When we walked in, I knew that this had the potential to be a glorious relationship. Even though it was the end of the day, there were beautiful breads piled up on the shelf behind the counter. And of course, the stack right in the middle : German Rye. Mission accomplished. But then we couldn't JUST get the German bread. So we got an onion Focaccia for dinner. And I got a Bostok. Wow. The onion Focaccia, by the way, was incredible. The aroma that came out of our oven made us delirious with hunger. The onions weren't burned, but soft - not so soft that they made the bread soggy. So the middle was soft but not gummy. The crusts were crunchy, but not totally dry. They were a joy to eat. The crust could have been an appetizer on its own. Needless to say, we ate half of the Focaccia without worry. Tonight and tomorrow we shall attack the German bread. And next week we will go back to try other various and sundry breads... NOTE: on the clear flour website they let you know which days their products are available. We are DEF looking forward to trying the Gruyere croissant - avail only on Sundays! edited on 12/04/2006 we've been back. my goodness. fifth star has been achieved! Thank you Clear Flour! read more

Clear Flour Bakery - french flower bread - Bakeries Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts