So welcoming here !This Unit here is the office not a sale point as I thought but the person who open the door was absolutely adorable and so welcoming !I wish GCB will open soon one in NW Portland. Some building are on lease on Thurman Street !!! Just near by the Forest Park, it would have been nice to have one here.All the bakery from Grand Central is delicious, savory definitely The Best from a french point of view !???
Iden
Great sandwiches, bread, and pastries.
Iden Campbell McCollum
Great sandwiches, bread, and pastries.
Danny Ellis
Great place to work except for maybe one person
Jennie & Josh Borrud
This location no longer has a cafe on sight. The nearest cafe location is at 715 N. Fremont St.
Graham Hackett
Grand Central makes a good lunch, but could be so much better with one change.Appeal to the local labor force. Right in the middle of an industrial area, this place takes 20 minutes to make a sandwich and thus completely shuts out the hundreds of laborers within walking distance who have only 30 minutes for lunch. A selection of already made sandwiches might fix this, as might daily delivery agreements with local businesses. One only has to look at the nearest Jack in the Box during the lunch rush to see the missed opportunity.A quick, affordable alternative to fast food would make this place even busier. Right now it's just a pretty good, eight dollar sandwich.
Shiori Kanzaki
I went here hoping to enjoy delicious food and a beverage, but the workers don't listen very well. They aren't exactly friendly either. Although while my drink tasted horrible, the pastry wasn't bad.
Amanda H.
This location is a little too busy during the lunch hour. So, if you don't call in your order before hand plan on waiting about 20-30 minutes for your meal. I do, however, love the turkey chutney! I'm addicted. :) So, it is definitely worth the wait.
Joe R.
the bread is great at grand central. glad they are closing the nw location, so they can grow the bread production area. always poor service here.
Kathy H.
I love a great sandwich... The sandwiches here are good, not great. I had the turkey with cranberry chutney. The white bread came with a piece of leaf lettuce, harvarti cheese, and three slices of turkey; hardly a mouthful. Service is slow, it wasn't busy, the counter guy cranky and our three sandwiches came to $40..we drank water. We had to pickup our food at the counter, and bus our table. $40... $40....three sandwiches..many other options around.
I have been a long time customer of Grand Central Bakeries. I have enjoyed good food and service over the years. My experience today at the NW York location did not turn out well. When I ordered two rustic banquettes sliced the young man waiting on me got very terse. Then when I got the bread home I found it was all mangled and very few pieces were in full slice form. I am not sure I will do any of my bread for my catering there again if this the product I'll receive.
Nancy L.
BLT. Go now to Grand Central and get one. They only serve these when the tomatoes are ripe. I noticed a recent review stating that the service is surly, but that was not my experience. It took a bit of time to make my sandwich, but I spent that time eavesdropping on the conversation next to me and watching the process of preparing baguettes for proofing. Totally entertaining. I brought a book, but didn't need it. Terrific BLT.
Bert L.
THE WORST! I eat at grand central regularly but was running short on time at knew they are slow, so grabbed the new McDonald's Jalapeno double MEAL for $4.20. It was surprisingly good...but it was McDonald's. So the next day I go back to Grand central and order a Roast beef sandwich. The staff is surly as usual, but that's OK because their quality is so High. I paid $8.50, bu that's OK because the quality is so high. It took over 30 minutes to make my sandwich, but that's Ok because the quality is so high. I finally got my sandwich and the roast beef was the driest most grisley meat i have ever had. Grand Central did have better bread, but on EVERY other measure Price, service, speed and quality McDonalds beat it, and NOT by a small margin....by a mile! I never want to waste my money there again
Alyssa Carter
This review is not for the bread (which I love) but for the breakfast menu at Grand Central. We came here for coffee and some breakfast sandwiches and both left still feeling a little hungry and our wallets much lighter. In my opinion, you can get much better breakfast fare elsewhere. We didn't have any pastries which looked good, so I can't speak for that, however if you're legitimately hungry, find somewhere else to brunch!
Tara Connelly
Love the breakfast biscuit, donut muffin with coffee. Makes me :-D
So welcoming here !This Unit here is the office not a sale point as I thought but the person who open the door was absolutely adorable and so welcoming !I wish GCB will open soon one in NW Portland. Some building are on lease on Thurman Street !!! Just near by the Forest Park, it would have been nice to have one here.All the bakery from Grand Central is delicious, savory definitely The Best from a french point of view !???
Great sandwiches, bread, and pastries.
Great sandwiches, bread, and pastries.
Great place to work except for maybe one person
This location no longer has a cafe on sight. The nearest cafe location is at 715 N. Fremont St.
Grand Central makes a good lunch, but could be so much better with one change.Appeal to the local labor force. Right in the middle of an industrial area, this place takes 20 minutes to make a sandwich and thus completely shuts out the hundreds of laborers within walking distance who have only 30 minutes for lunch. A selection of already made sandwiches might fix this, as might daily delivery agreements with local businesses. One only has to look at the nearest Jack in the Box during the lunch rush to see the missed opportunity.A quick, affordable alternative to fast food would make this place even busier. Right now it's just a pretty good, eight dollar sandwich.
I went here hoping to enjoy delicious food and a beverage, but the workers don't listen very well. They aren't exactly friendly either. Although while my drink tasted horrible, the pastry wasn't bad.
This location is a little too busy during the lunch hour. So, if you don't call in your order before hand plan on waiting about 20-30 minutes for your meal. I do, however, love the turkey chutney! I'm addicted. :) So, it is definitely worth the wait.
the bread is great at grand central. glad they are closing the nw location, so they can grow the bread production area. always poor service here.
I love a great sandwich... The sandwiches here are good, not great. I had the turkey with cranberry chutney. The white bread came with a piece of leaf lettuce, harvarti cheese, and three slices of turkey; hardly a mouthful. Service is slow, it wasn't busy, the counter guy cranky and our three sandwiches came to $40..we drank water. We had to pickup our food at the counter, and bus our table. $40... $40....three sandwiches..many other options around.
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I have been a long time customer of Grand Central Bakeries. I have enjoyed good food and service over the years. My experience today at the NW York location did not turn out well. When I ordered two rustic banquettes sliced the young man waiting on me got very terse. Then when I got the bread home I found it was all mangled and very few pieces were in full slice form. I am not sure I will do any of my bread for my catering there again if this the product I'll receive.
BLT. Go now to Grand Central and get one. They only serve these when the tomatoes are ripe. I noticed a recent review stating that the service is surly, but that was not my experience. It took a bit of time to make my sandwich, but I spent that time eavesdropping on the conversation next to me and watching the process of preparing baguettes for proofing. Totally entertaining. I brought a book, but didn't need it. Terrific BLT.
THE WORST! I eat at grand central regularly but was running short on time at knew they are slow, so grabbed the new McDonald's Jalapeno double MEAL for $4.20. It was surprisingly good...but it was McDonald's. So the next day I go back to Grand central and order a Roast beef sandwich. The staff is surly as usual, but that's OK because their quality is so High. I paid $8.50, bu that's OK because the quality is so high. It took over 30 minutes to make my sandwich, but that's Ok because the quality is so high. I finally got my sandwich and the roast beef was the driest most grisley meat i have ever had. Grand Central did have better bread, but on EVERY other measure Price, service, speed and quality McDonalds beat it, and NOT by a small margin....by a mile! I never want to waste my money there again
This review is not for the bread (which I love) but for the breakfast menu at Grand Central. We came here for coffee and some breakfast sandwiches and both left still feeling a little hungry and our wallets much lighter. In my opinion, you can get much better breakfast fare elsewhere. We didn't have any pastries which looked good, so I can't speak for that, however if you're legitimately hungry, find somewhere else to brunch!
Love the breakfast biscuit, donut muffin with coffee. Makes me :-D