RPM Bakehouse located in Jordan, Ontario is a bakery, cafe, and bottle shop owned by Pearl Morissette (the only 2 Michelin star restaurant in Ontario). Often drawing long lines, this bakery sits on the main street of the small town in a charming and quaint building that resembles an old house. I've previously had baked goods from RPM Bakehouse before when they did a popup in Toronto a few years ago in 2024, but was excited that I was able to finally visit the bakery in person recently.
The bakehouse is not accessible where there are a few steps you have to go up to enter. Their small semi-covered patio is accessible from the outside, however, in order to enter the building there are also steps to navigate in the back as well. Inside the cafe, there is seating for about 14-16 customers, however, there is more outside seating that customers can utilize when the weather is nice. Parking is free where the bakehouse is beside a big parking lot.
Menu wise, their pastries are all shown on display when you enter. There are also jams, eggs, wines, and other items you can purchase as well. In terms of their drinks, they have espresso based drinks, teas, as well as non-alcoholic options. Food wise, they have a separate breakfast and lunch menu where the food is made to order.
When we stopped by RPM Bakehouse on a Monday (which was a holiday as well), I was surprised that the line was pretty short. We showed up at the bakery around 10:15am where we were third in line when we entered the store. Looking around the space, I felt quite overwhelmed with all the delicious choices I had to make. There were also quite a number of people having their food already so it was difficult to find a table for 5 people.
Service wise, staff are friendly and efficient. They already know how busy the place can get and they try to clear tables as soon as possible when customers leave. As we were ordering we had originally asked for our items to go as there were no tables available for us to sit at. However, as we were waiting for our food, a few tables became available where our party of 5 had to split up into 2 tables. Staff were kind enough to put our food items on plates since we had found tables to dine at.
In terms of what we ordered, we got the breakfast sandwich, croissants for later, and some coffee drinks. I opted for the cortado which was made well. The portion for the breakfast sandwich (sausage, fried farm egg, aged white cheddar cheese, hot sauce, tomato jam, and glasgow bun) was pretty big! It was a heavy as well and I kind of wished that there was some acidity or something pickled to cut through the richness of the sandwich. Other than that the sausage and the jam tasted delicious though. I had the croissant later in the day and wowow the croissant was perfection. It was buttery and flaky, delicious. Would go back in a heartbeat for those croissants!
Overall, a charming and quaint bakehouse in Jordan owned by the Pearl Morissette group. A must stop if you are looking for great pastries and coffee! Expect a line during peak times but staff are efficient and quick. read more