ZU Bakery
{{Short description|Bakery in Portland, Maine, U.S.}}
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ZU Bakery is a bakery located at 81 Clark Street in Portland, Maine, which won a James Beard award in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Genevieve |date=2023-03-07 |title=Designed to Flow |url=https://www.themainemag.com/designed-to-flow/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Maine Mag |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002191115/https://www.themainemag.com/designed-to-flow/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Pols |first=Mary |date=2014-04-27 |title=Barak Olins of Zu Bakery |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2014/04/27/meet__barak_olins_/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Press Herald |archive-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928202239/https://www.pressherald.com/2014/04/27/meet__barak_olins_/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Andrew |date=2022-12-14 |title=Dine Out Maine: The Best of 2022 |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/12/14/dine-out-maine-the-best-of-2022/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Press Herald |archive-date=2024-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116132712/https://www.pressherald.com/2022/12/14/dine-out-maine-the-best-of-2022/ |url-status=live }}
In addition to traditional French-style pastries and breads, it bakes Irish scones and Italian biscotti.
History
ZU Bakery was founded by Barak Olins in a barn in Freeport, Maine, owned by his brother and sister-in-law in 2000. It moved to Clark Street in Portland's West End in 2022. The bakery uses wood-fired ovens to bake French-style pastries.{{Cite web |title=Portland bakery, pastry chef win 2024 James Beard Awards |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/news/2024/06/11/portland-bakery--pastry-chef-win-2024-james-beard-awards- |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}} It won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Bakery in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/dining/james-beard-award-winners.html|title=The Full List of the 2024 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Award Winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612005440/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/dining/james-beard-award-winners.html|archive-date=June 12, 2024|first=Kim|last=Severson|access-date=June 12, 2024|work=The New York Times|url-status=live}}
See also
{{Portal|Food}}