After two months of preparation, Ballardite Megan Jensen is ready to open her vegan bakery in Ballard.
Bouteloua Bakery will open at 6 a.m. Thursday morning at 2019 NW Market St. Jensen says she’s ready! She’ll have an assortment of vegan goodies such as cinnamon rolls, croissants, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies and cakes, to just name a few.
The bakery will be open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Closed Wednesday. Get more information on their Facebook page.
Is it gluten free?
Nothing yummier than an eggless, butterless croissant. Personally, I’d rather eat the paper bag it came in. :-)
Welcome to the ‘hood! It’s nice to have a new business in the area – and something different, too.
I’ll be outside handing out free bacon strips to any customer who has an urge….
Welcome.. I can’t wait to check it out
I’ll bet Besalu is quaking in their boots.
Jerk!
Which I’m sure is where most of your meals and drinks come from.
Oh, come on people. If you don’t eat vegan, or are unwilling to experiment, don’t go. But please don’t diss the place before it even opens.
Beef-jerk!
Beef-jerk!
Doesn’t all food come home in a bag or do you carry it home on your oxen?
excellent answer
If you can’t make fun of vegans, who’s left?
Have fun with your triple bypass
Yes, because everyone who ears pork gets heart disease. I read that on the internets.
So, how do you know if someone is vegan?
Oh don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
Congrats Megan! Your sneak preview cookies were delicious. Clearly baked with love. Cheers to you for following your dream and sharing it with Ballard.
I’m not a vegan and probably won’t be going to this place, but welcome to the neighborhood anyway. There are vegans out there who need places to go, so may it serve them well.
Welcome to Ballard Bouteloua Bakery! There are a lot of folks who will really appreciate you.
Megan the vegan?
So it’s a bit of a soft opening, with only a few items on the shelves.
But they have this almond-poppyseed muffin that is made of deliciousness! There’s a slight nutty crunch to it; it’s so refreshing to taste a treat whose sumptuousness derives from FLAVOR rather than from excessive gooiness.
Seriously, everyone go eat these muffins before they’re gone!
We can always make fun of internet cranks who feel threatened by anything outside their very small comfort zone.
I’m not a vegan, nor have I played one on TV, but it’s nice to have options like this in the neighborhood for those people who are into it or have dietary needs. I’ll probably stop by to see what they have. Although I’ve had mixed results trying vegan options, one of my favorite snacks at Ladro is the vegan oat bar (which I suspect they would sell a lot more of if it didn’t have the word “vegan” in the name) so I look forward to finding something there that is equally as good.
The small minded and the douchey will mock this place as they mock anything that isn’t blessed by their talk radio simpletons, but another bakery is another bakery and it means snacks and jobs for Ballard, so what’s really not to like?
Well, I’ve never been harassed by an omni-vorve but had several of these loons approach my kids at the farmers market to give them vegan propaganda without my permission. Does that count as ‘outside [my] very small comfort zone’
bleurgh.
I give them 6 months. There’s only so many non-vegans entertained by flavored card board.
You’re too generous. I give them 6 weeks.
Funny. True or not, it’s funny.
Well said.
The comments on this blog never cease to entertain. Frustrate time to time, but still entertaining.
Go hug a tree. I grew up in Seattle and I will eat meat and wear leather shoes till I die. This place will not last in Ballard.
I’m not a vegan, but certainly welcome the variety to choose from. I love pizza and hamburgers, too . . . but we seem to have plenty of those options. Why does everyone have their knickers in a twist over a simple bakery (vegan or otherwise)?
As it is, my son has milk/dairy allergies and I can tell you that many of the vegan pastries my wife makes for him are damn good. But Bouteloua will be a welcome addition to the community.
Let it sink or swim on its own merits or whatever the consumer dictates.
Yes it does. It shows that your comfort zone is very small. I’m not a vegan, I don’t have a problem with gluten, and I just loves me some steak, but I’m not threatened in any way by vegans…it just means more meat for me!
Who said you couldn’t eat meat? or wear leather? This isn’t a city ordinance but just a new business catering to people who either need or want to eat vegan food. You don’t even have to go there if you don’t want to.
Oh, Nora Bell, we’re just ‘avin’ a laff at the silly vegan baked goods, not the nice lady who’s opening the bakery. What’s silly about vegan baked goods, you may ask? The way they attempt to simulate non-vegan food like croissants, cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies, all of which require animal products to be authentic. Vegan food doesn’t seem to have the confidence to present itself as what it is.
Much vegan food relies on highly processed industrial products of dubious nutritional value, such as soy milk and vegetable oil margarine. Call your curved slug of flour, vegetable oil and soy milk whatever you want, but it sure ain’t a croissant.
I prefer food that’s closer to its natural state, plant or animal; much of what passes as vegan food is as real as a stale Pop Tart, and about as tasty.
All this Vegan talk makes my hungry. I ate a Vegan once. Tough and stringy without much taste, but WTF, I was real regular after.
Much anger there is in this one.
What was her name?
Cant wait to come in! glad the vegan community is expanding, Ill be there sometime this week
well if you are like me and allergic to eggs and milk a vegan bakery is something to look forward to – I’m not vegan in my regular diet but eating vegan baked goods when I’m out on the town means I can enjoy a treat for a change instead of just watching my friends nosh with their coffee or tea
and I should know better than to even click on any MyBallard articles because all the cranky, snarky comments are really tired – an overload of comments slamming something by mainly people who haven’t even tried it? does it really have to always end up like this? and no I’m not getting all angry with the negative posters, it’s just sad to keep seeing it
Just had a cinnamon roll there this morning. It was great!
Been twice since Thursday and everything’s been great! Excellent coffee too. Welcome to the neighborhood and the best of luck!
Laughing as there was a vegan restaurant called “Cranks” in London :-)