Originally Posted by
iahphx
I'm always amazed at how bad bread is in the USA. The bread you will get from an average bakery in France is better than 99.9% of the bread in the United States. It's surprising, given that food in the United States is generally quite good (the only other major food group we don't take much of an interest in is cheese).
Perhaps influenced by this bias, the best bread I've found in America is at Le Panier outside the Pike Market in Seattle. I stop there every time I'm in Seattle. It's like a Paris boulangerie to me.
You hit the nail on the head.
Moved here from YUL decades ago, still miss the rye bread and freshly baked French bread....by the time O got home, my wife always found half a loaf !
Found good double baked rye bread at Star Bakery Deli in Southfield, outside DTW.
This is followed by Sourdough Batard at some Trader Joe's.