Nantucket Bake Shop

This past Friday the boyfriend and I took a day-cation to the island of Nantucket. It was our first trip to the island as cognitive adults, and even our start time of 3:45am did not lessen our excitement.


The first thing we did upon arriving was travel in search of breakfast. We were visiting my sister, who lives and works there in the summertime, and she took us to a little tiny bakery outside the center of town.

And when I say tiny, I mean tiny. It was very hot, and very loud. (They were using a bread slicing machine behind where Tim is standing. If you've ever worked in a bakery you know how obscenely obnoxious a bread slicing machine is. And if you haven't, take a moment to appreciate the trials and tribulations that go into sliced bread.)

This was not just a breakfast type bake shop. They made desserts, custom wedding cakes, and take-home dinner pies. There were baked breads, cheese puffs, and other items with questionable meal-time placement. (Jamaican meat patties looked interesting.) Self serve coffee and tea was available.

Three of us ordered donuts. I can't really come up with a witty analogy for them so I'll just let you know they were a hundred million times better than any other donuts I have ever had (except for Congdon's in Ogunquit but that's a story for another day and they were pretty damn close). 

Soft, doughy, cooked to perfection and dripping with sweet sugary goodness. My sister got a ham and cheese croissant which was flakey, buttery, and oozing cheese. I can't really rate service, as we were yelling and pointing most of the time, but a few smiles would've undoubtedly improved the experience! The donut prices were reasonable (for Nantucket), but the croissant was way, way too expensive. 

It was packed about twenty seconds after we walked in, and by the time we left, there was a line out the door, (A testament to it's popularity with the locals) ending with this man in the fabulous pink pants. Worth a visit if you ever travel to Nantucket, about five minutes walk from the main part of town!

Nantucket Bake Shop

79 Orange St, Nantucket MA

Ham and Cheese Croissant: $5.25

Donut: $1.85