Vancity Good Money Mob: Uprising Breads Bakery
byLast week Vancity launched the second round of their Good Money Mob in support of three local businesses. As their partner for this round, I selected Uprising Breads Bakery, CocoaNymph Chocolates & Confections, and Woodland Smokehouse & Commissary. The public can vote now on which business they would like to support through the Good Money Mob, meaning the business will get the support of Vancity and a “cash mob” from customers.
For the next few days, I’ll be featuring each of the participants and offering up a treat for my readers. With a chocolate croissant teasing me from the corner of my desk, the spotlight is on Uprising Breads Bakery today.
About Uprising Breads
Location #1: Venables at Commercial (1697 Venables, Vancouver)
Open every day at 7:00am, closing at 7:00pm Monday to Friday and 6:00pm on the weekends.
Location #2:Broadway at Balaclava (3066 West Broadway, Vancouver)
Open Monday to Sunday from 8:00am to 8:00pm.
Through their two bakery cafes, Uprising Breads serves two Vancouver neighbourhoods and also wholesales its products to markets (including IGA and Whole Foods) throughout the Lower Mainland.
I stopped by this morning to pick up a selection of muffins, scones and croissants, which are all baked on-premises each day. I also grabbed some of their granola (with pineapple and pumpkin seed). After doing a few laps I finally noticed the bread wall. Finnish Loaf, Irish Soda Bread, 100% Whole Wheat, Gluten-Free, Flax, Sourdough Light Rye, Raisin Bread, and much more.
The deli case contained salads, wraps, and sandwiches and the Salt Spring Coffee was flowing as a steady stream of customers in need of their morning pick-me-up came through the doors of the bakery on Venables. I even ran into a colleague who was sitting in the window with a coffee.
Their treats are honey or molasses sweetened, the breads contain natural ingredients (and nutritional info is available online), and they’ve been in business for over three decades.
Contest
I have a $50 gift card available for Uprising Breads Bakery to give away today so that one lucky reader can experience their cafes and tasty treats. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite bakery item (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow Uprising Breads Bakery on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about them. I will draw one winner at random from all entries tomorrow morning at 9:00am, before the next Good Money Mob business spotlight and giveaway — and be sure to VOTE!
Update The winner is Leah!
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I love croissants.
Macaroons!
Favourite bakery item? Even tie between chocolate croissants and macarons!
The sourdough light rye is so good that my roommates and I call it crack bread! I won’t eat any other bread!
fruit flan
Any kind of doughnut!
I like date bars and lemon squares!
French baguette
Chocolate croissant
I had the biggest cinnimon bun at Uprising when it opened in kits last fall. It was delicious.
I have a serious weekness for cinnamon buns…
I love the croissants and the jamaican patties mild and chicken are absolutely deelish!
Super fresh sourdough. Mmm….
Sourdough.
I love love LOVE donuts and of course warm cinamon buns!
Serious weakness for cheese buns. Cuz they’re cheesy.
I like a tasty tiramisu.
My fave bakery items is fresh rye bread – but also choc croissants.
cinnamon buns!!!!!!!!
Chocolate spelt muffins!
pain au chocolat!
Vanillekipferl
chocolate croissants
Laura’s Chocolate Chunk Cookies – Chocolate, coconut and cinnamon – mmmmm!
You can judge bakeries by their croissants!
Raspberry Pie
Croissants! Heaven. Yet to find some apricot jam filled croissants in Vancouver – if anyone has any leads, please let me know!
Raisin bread!
I love Cinnamon buns
chocolate croissants
Honey Crullers
that’s easy – chocolate croissants!
Cheese sticks!
Lemon meringue pie!
I love oatmeal raisin cookies.
Chocolate croissant
Their light rye bread is really good
Fruit flans
Just one?? Okay – cinnamon rolls
I love their breads. Irish soda is a favourite.
Pie!!
cinnamon buns! 😀
sourdough!!
My favourite item is a blueberry muffin!
I love apple pies!
freshly baked croissants!
any giant chocolate cookie
Olive or Walnut bread.
Bread!
chocolate croissant!
Anything that’s too much effort to make at home, or too much of a guilty pleasure like a croissant.
Olive bread or baguettes.
fruit/nut danish
Raisin bread!
A good quality rye bread is difficult to find but makes for an awesome sandwich
A gooey cinnamon roll with raisins.
I love croissants.
I accidentally stumbled across them one day, they are so cute! I enjoy rye bread 🙂
A croissant is pretty hard to beat.
Love scones!!!
chocolate croissants
French baguette
Sourdough bread – or any kind of bread.
challah bread to make weekend french toast with:)
Any type of bread
A quality almond croissant.
Apple pies!
Le Croissant!
Cupcakes!