Mother's Day Weekend preorder is live now 🍰
Hi! Here’s what I can promise you: If you come to the bakery some time between Friday, May 8th and Sunday, May 10th (known by us as “Mother’s Day Weekend”),...
My Madeleine moment 🌫️
Despite having a fairly crystal longterm memory now, I don’t have many distinct memories from my childhood in England. What I do recall always comes back to...
Mill tours, Mother's Day, ICE OUT fundraiser...and more
Hi! It’s springtime and almost summertime so that means there’s a massive amount of programming coming to Downtime Bakery soon. I’ve said it before but when...
Come to the matcha pop-up this Saturday with Bake by Miii! 🍵
Hello hello. Happy Thursday! Let’s get into the details of this week at good ole Downtime Bakery. Thursday Loaf This week, one of our stupendous bread...
Spring is here and so are the first glimpses of our spring menu
Good morning, Downtimeistas. It excites me to no end to witness the changing of the seasons, away from what was a brutally cold and dumb winter and into a...
🌷 Hot cross buns! Carrot cake! Quiche! Plus: 25% off all merch! 🌷
Hi there! Let’s keep this short and sweet so we can get to the goods. Next weekend, to welcome the start of spring, we’ll be doing a preorder of our...
Irish stout soda bread this week! Plus: hey, carrot cake on Saturday
Hello! I hope you’re having a wonderful week. Community Cooking Day Yesterday, we had our monthly Community Cooking Day and made some delicious tomato,...
Meet us at the Philadelphia Art Museum next Friday night
Hello! I’m writing to invite you to something special next Friday, March 13th! Recently, we had the honor of being asked by the Philadelphia Museum of Art to...
Fruit + nut sourdough is your Thursday special this week
Hi! Well, well, well, we are so back. It was invigorating and fulfilling to be back in the bakery this week after a few days being out. As Caro, one of our...
Get your snowy week bread — this time, by preorder! ☃️ 🥖
Hello there. This week, I got an up-close-and-personal look at the age-old human folly of “taking stuff for granted.” I like to think I’m a pretty grateful...
The bakery is closed today, Sunday, February 22nd
Hi there, I’m writing to let you know that the bakery is closed today, Sunday, February 22nd. We are unfortunately dealing with a medical issue and won’t be...
Will This Make You Happy tickets are on sale now! 🍑
Hello! We are positively thrilled with how Breakfast for Dinner went at the bakery last week. It was no small feat to run the bakery all day then turn the...
Tomato pie for the Super Bowl and cassatelle di Sant'Agata for Valentine's Day
Hi! Against the odds, we’ve officially made it to February. Congrats to you and me — by my logic, that means spring is right around the corner. I’m always...
💘 Nighttime at Downtime: Breakfast for Dinner 💘
Hi! It’s been a while, huh? Last time I wrote, we were about to go on winter break and now it’s already the end of January. Some thoughts, to start: It bears...
Four more days of Downtime until we go on break 😎
Hi there! 🌊 It’s Saturday but it feels kind of like Thursday because we prepped yesterday and are open Saturday through Tuesday. This is that part of the...
Do your last-minute holiday shopping on the Downtime Bakery retail shelves
Hello there! 🌊 Sam here! While our baked goods have been the deserving subject of many newsletters, we haven’t had a chance to talk at length about our ever-...
Holiday preorders are here 🎁
Hi there! A newsletter today with five announcements: There will be no 100% rye bread this week! It’ll be back next week.We are hosting our fourth Community...
Come buy a present at the first annual Nighttime at Downtime Art Market
Hullo. It’s me, Dayna. I’m heavily embracing the holiday spirit this year. Maybe it’s because the bakery had just opened last year and we were so frenzied in...
100% rye is on Thursday now (Plus! Downtime's First Night Market)
Hello there. It’s a rainy Wednesday evening and Sam is making veggie chili. While he cooks, I come to you with some updates from your friends at Downtime...
Rye miche for Thanksgiving
We are more than halfway sold on all of our Thanksgiving items, so if you are planning to preorder from us, now’s the time. A quick housekeeping note is that...
