Seastar Bakery Explained

Seastar Bakery
Street-Address:1603 Northeast Killingsworth Street
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Zip:97211
Country:United States
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Seastar Bakery was a bakery in Portland, Oregon, United States. Annie Moss and Katia Bezerra-Clark owned and operated the business, which shared a space with Handsome Pizza in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood starting in 2015. Seastar served breads, cookies, pastries, and toast, among other baked goods. Despite garnering a positive reception and being deemed one of the city's best bakeries by Eater Portland and Portland Monthly, Seastar closed in August 2022.

Description

Seastar Bakery shared a space with Handsome Pizza in the One Stop Building in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood.[1] The businesses used a custom wood-fired oven built by Hot Rock Masonry of Eastsound, Washington.[2] [3]

Seastar's menu included breads (challah, rosemary cornbread,[4] rye, sourdough), cookies, English muffins,[5] pastries, buckwheat scones, and toast.[6] Toast toppings included fruit, coconut-honey butter, and honey-nut butter, as well as coppa, pickles, and fried egg.[7] In 2019, Willamette Week said, "Starting in the morning, Seastar Bakery makes pizza-dough-muffin breakfast sandwiches, plus obscure-grain pastries and fancy toasts so fancy they almost don't seem like toast anymore—using spelt and cornbread and rye and something called kamut-sesame, made with grain first discovered in the tombs of the Pharaohs."[8]

According to Eater Portland, Seastar used "Pacific Northwestern flours and Oregon produce in its flavorful breads, chewy cookies, and ultra-flaky cinnamon rolls", as well as herbs and spices in its baked goods, such as sage in a glaze for the molasses cookie and turmeric for muffins.[9] The bakery used Camas Country Mill flour for croissants.[10] In 2021, Seastar served chai lattes on weekends.[11] The drink menu also included coffee, hot chocolate, and tea.

History

Katia Bezerra-Clark and Annie Moss, who were friends and colleagues at Tabor Bread,[12] owned and operated Seastar with Will Fain of Handsome Pizza starting in 2015.[13] [14] Fain had previously operated Handsome Pizza at the North Station food cart pod from 2011 to January 2015. Property development of the site caused him to relocate a few blocks east.[15]

In January 2017, Seastar and twenty other female-owned businesses collaborated on cookie boxes, raising funds for Planned Parenthood ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.[16]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Seastar stocked baking ingredients such as eggs, flour, and yeast. The bakery reportedly sold 600 pounds of Camas Country Mill flour in two days in April 2020.[17] Seastar was open for take-out and outdoor dining during the pandemic, but owners did not allow indoor dining until all staff were vaccinated.[18] Face masks were still required, as of April 2022.[19]

In 2022, owners announced plans to close on August 14.[20] [21] [22] The pizzeria No Saint moved into the space which had housed both Seastar and Handsome Pizza.[23] [24]

Reception

In 2017, Samantha Bakall included the fancy toast Little Beirut in The Oregonian "cheap eats" list of "99 delicious dishes for $10 and under".[25] Michelle Lopez included the Patsy's Biscuit in Eater Portland 2018 list of fifteen biscuits in the city "that would make any Southerner proud".[26] The website's Nick Townsend included the bakery in a 2021 list of eleven eateries for "charming" chai lattes in Portland. He described the chai latte as a "hidden gem on the menu" that is "distinctly peppery and restrained in its sweetness". Lopez and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Seastar in a 2022 list of "outstanding" bakeries in the Portland metropolitan area.

Portland Monthly included Seastar in a 2022 "opinionated guide" to the city's best bakeries. Katherine Chew Hamilton wrote, "These grain-centric baked goods are part free-spirited Portland and part French finesse, united by a love for butter."[27] She, Matthew Trueherz, and Karen Brooks also said, "Restaurant industry burnout is a real thing... We'll remember [Seastar Bakery and Handsome Pizza] for pastries including the turmeric Zena cakes, cinnamon rolls, and apricot-cardamom tarts, while pizza toppings ranged from ricotta to za’atar, plus pay-what-you-can cheese pies."

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Centoni . Danielle . 2015-01-23 . Handsome Pizza Teams Up with New Seastar Bakery to Open on NE Killingsworth . 2022-06-26 . . . en . 2017-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170311025816/http://pdx.eater.com/2015/1/23/7878827/handsome-pizza-teams-up-with-new-seastar-bakery-to-open-on-ne . live .
  2. Web site: Bakall . Samantha . 2015-08-06 . First look: Handsome Pizza and Seastar Bakery in Northeast Portland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220109055144/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/08/first_look_handsome_pizza_and.html . 2022-01-09 . 2022-06-26 . . en.
  3. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2015-01-23 . Handsome Pizza finds new location in NE Portland, partners with Seastar Bakery . 2023-05-03 . The Oregonian . en . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503052216/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/01/handsome_pizza_finds_new_locat.html . live .
  4. Book: Fodor's Inside Portland . 2020-04-07 . Fodor's Travel . 978-1-64097-251-3 . en . 2023-05-03 . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503021821/https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT198&lpg=PT198&dq=%22Seastar+Bakery%22+portland&source=bl&ots=-RaYrwsmuY&sig=ACfU3U28W0ueuWbWqLaBtYQuCwY80xXEDA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbyryThNj-AhW3GDQIHb3EDq04UBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false . live .
  5. Web site: Lopez . Michelle . 2020-04-13 . How to Get Desserts for Delivery or Takeout in Portland Right Now . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en . 2021-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211224045700/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/4/13/21219417/dessert-delivery-portland-takeout-cakes-cookies-ice-cream-doughnuts . live .
  6. Book: Stevenson, Jen . Portland Family Adventures: City Escapades, Day Trips, Weekend Getaways, and Itineraries for Fun-Loving Families . 2017-04-18 . Sasquatch Books . 978-1-63217-100-9 . en . 2023-05-03 . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503021821/https://books.google.com/books?id=U6a5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT224&lpg=PT224&dq=%22Seastar+Bakery%22+portland&source=bl&ots=pHKBvA2qYs&sig=ACfU3U3BhOIYUodK6M7nj4ntgT5QAOhX0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbyryThNj-AhW3GDQIHb3EDq04UBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false . live .
  7. Web site: Walsh . Chad . 2015-08-17 . Handsome Pizza Gets a New Home; Shares Space With Seastar Bakery . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en . 2015-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162935/http://pdx.eater.com/2015/8/17/9162819/handsome-pizza-seastar-bakery-now-open . live .
  8. Web site: Korfhage . Matthew . 2016-03-22 . How Handsome Pizza Got Too Fancy for Its Own Good . 2023-05-03 . Willamette Week . en . 2022-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303200659/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2016/03/22/handsome-pizza-goes-from-food-cart-to-fancy/ . live .
  9. Web site: Lopez . Michelle . 2015-12-01 . Outstanding Bakeries in Portland and Beyond . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210603063837/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-portland-bakeries . 2021-06-03 . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en.
  10. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2021-12-22 . The Flour Mill Behind Portland's Best Bakeries and Pizzerias . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103190627/https://pdx.eater.com/2021/12/22/22847329/camas-country-mill-flour-grains-portland-best-bakeries-pizza . 2022-01-03 . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en.
  11. Web site: Townsend . Nick . 2021-01-28 . 11 Places to Find Charming Chai Lattes in Portland . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en . 2021-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180147/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/chai-tea-portland . live .
  12. Book: Halloran, Amy . The New Bread Basket: How the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Millers, Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists Are Redefining Our Daily Loaf . 2015-06-26 . Chelsea Green Publishing . 978-1-60358-568-2 . en.
  13. Web site: Hamilton . Katherine Chew . Trueherz . Matthew . Brooks . Karen . 2022-12-29 . The Most Notable Portland Restaurants and Carts that Closed in 2022 . 2023-05-03 . Portland Monthly . en-US . 2023-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202154728/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2022/12/portland-restaurants-closed-closures-2022 . live .
  14. Web site: Bakall . Samantha . 2015-08-08 . The top 10 Portland food stories of the week: July 31 - Aug. 7 . 2023-05-03 . The Oregonian . en . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503052218/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/08/the_top_10_portland_food_stori.html . live .
  15. Web site: Waterhouse . Ben . 2015-09-08 . Handsome Pizza rises again in NE Portland: Cheap Eats . 2023-05-03 . The Oregonian . en . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503052218/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/09/handsome_pizzas_looking_fine_i.html . live .
  16. Web site: Bakall . Samantha . 2017-01-07 . All-star Portland chefs bake cookies for Planned Parenthood . 2023-05-03 . The Oregonian . en . 2022-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220822194910/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/01/cookie_grab_2017_brings_all-st.html . live .
  17. Web site: Teel . Emily . 2020-04-20 . Quarantine baking trend has Oregon mills running overtime, home bakers hunting for flour . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626160635/https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/04/20/oregon-wheat-growers-millers-coronavirus-quarantine-baking-craze/2993786001/ . 2022-06-26 . 2022-06-26 . . en-US.
  18. Web site: Hamilton . Katherine Chew . 2021-03-11 . Restaurant Calls Out Governor Brown over Lack of Vaccine Access for Workers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210515204612/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2021/03/restaurant-calls-out-governor-brown-over-lack-of-vaccine-access-for-workers . 2021-05-15 . 2022-06-26 . . en-US.
  19. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2022-03-30 . A Running List of Portland Restaurants Still Requiring Masks . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220424013750/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/3/30/22993848/portland-restaurants-still-requiring-masks . 2022-04-24 . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en.
  20. Web site: Wong . Janey . 2022-08-03 . Portland Legends Seastar Bakery and Handsome Pizza Will Close This Month . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803192651/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/8/3/23290891/seastar-bakery-handsome-pizza-closure . 2022-08-03 . 2022-08-03 . Eater Portland . en.
  21. Web site: Hamilton . Katherine Chew . 2022-08-03 . Handsome Pizza and Seastar Bakery Will Close August 14 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803235501/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2022/08/handsome-pizza-seastar-bakery-closing-portland . 2022-08-03 . 2022-08-04 . Portland Monthly . en-US.
  22. Web site: Wong . Janey . 2021-01-20 . Portland's Restaurant, Bar, and Food Cart Closures . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121191206/https://pdx.eater.com/22240842/portland-restaurant-bar-cafe-closings . 2021-01-21 . 2022-08-16 . Eater Portland . en.
  23. Web site: 2015-04-02 . The Hottest New Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland, April 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613141856/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-new-portland-restaurants-heatmap . 2022-06-13 . 2023-04-25 . Eater Portland . en.
  24. Web site: Wong . Janey . 2022-11-30 . Portland Pizza Pop-Up No Saint Didn't Just Open a New Restaurant — It Opened Two . 2023-05-03 . Eater Portland . en . 2023-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209054827/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/11/30/23486755/no-saint-restaurant-opening-wood-fire-pizza-mattinos-luncheonette . live .
  25. Web site: Bakall . Samantha . 2017-03-01 . 99 delicious dishes for $10 and under around Portland . 2022-06-26 . The Oregonian . en . 2021-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120201455/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland_cheap_eats/2017/03/cheap_eats_2017_99_delicious_d.html . live .
  26. Web site: Lopez . Michelle . 2018-06-19 . 15 Portland Biscuits That Would Make Any Southerner Proud . 2022-06-26 . Eater Portland . en . 2021-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510015024/https://pdx.eater.com/maps/portland-best-biscuits-and-gravy-jam-brunch-breakfast . live .
  27. Web site: Brooks . Karen . Karen Brooks (food critic) . Hamilton . Katherine Chew . 2022-04-08 . Portland's Best Bakeries, Ranked . 2022-06-26 . Portland Monthly . en-US . 2022-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414203708/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/best-bakeries-portland . live .

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