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THANKSGIVING

All three shops close at 1pm Thursday, November 26.

THANKSGIVING

All three shops close at 1pm Thursday, November 26.

THANKSGIVING

All three shops close at 1pm Thursday, November 26.

Freshly baked baguettes cooling in rows.

Great bread takes time.

Turtle Bread Company · Minneapolis, since 1994.

This season

Thanksgiving 2026

Three locations, three neighborhoods.


Turtle Bread Company's Chicago Avenue bakery in South Minneapolis, a brick storefront with sidewalk tables beneath the sign.
Turtle Bread Company's Chicago Avenue bakery in South Minneapolis, a brick storefront with sidewalk tables beneath the sign.

Chicago Ave

4762 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis

Open 7am–8pm · Kitchen until 2:30pm

Pizza Biga attached, open 5–8pm.

Turtle Bread's Linden Hills bakery, with patio seating outside its front windows.

Linden Hills

3421 W 44th St, Minneapolis

Open 7am–6pm, 5pm Sundays · Kitchen until 2:30pm

Tosca in the annex, Wed–Sun 5–8:30pm.

Turtle Bread's Longfellow bakery, a red brick storefront with green planters at the door.

Longfellow

4205 E 34th St, Minneapolis

Open 7am–4pm · Kitchen until 2:30pm

We started with one oven on West 44th Street.

Thirty-two years later the method has not changed much: long ferments, unhurried proofs, and the same sourdough culture we started with in 1994. Three rooms now, all of them baking before the city wakes up.