Awesome Accidental Finds: Fornax Bread Company and Tony’s Market

While in Roslindale, before going to Geoffrey’s Cafe, we walked around the stores to do some window shopping. The window shopping idea didn’t last long, because we found these two places.

Dane has a weakness for bread. Any kind of bread, if it’s freshly baked. He used to work at a bread bakery in PA and seems to have an uncanny ability to find fresh bread almost anywhere we go. We saw this place just around the corner from Geoffrey’s Cafe, and Dane had to go in.

Fornax Bread Company, Roslindale

The smell of fresh bread will get you every time. We went in to look and walked out with two fresh loaves of bread, the Sfilatino and the Garlic Twist. We always seem to find something we can use bread for, even if we have to make things up.

so many breads to choose from

i'll take one of each please and thank you.

Not to mention the tons of different pastries, cookies, and other baked goods. Now that I think about it, I’m kind of shocked we only ended up with two loaves of bread. Everything looked absolutely amazing and I’d certainly go back to give everything else a try.

On our way back to Geoffrey’s, we saw this store right next door. We actually joked, because in the window was a sign that said something about giving meat to your Valentine. Not what you’d typically think of for a Valentine’s Day gift. We decided to check it out and see if there was something we could pick up to make for dinner that night. And there was.

Tony's Market, Roslindale

Tony’s is a traditional Italian market with a great selection of fresh meat and domestic and imported Italian ingredients. I made a bee line for the pastas when I saw my favorite kind.

my favorite!

I love papardelle, but you don’t see it often in stores. I was so excited to bring some home and got to thinking about what to make with it. The perfect idea came to mind: tomato sauce with sausage. Coincidentally, Tony’s also had fresh sausage which is made on site. We picked up a few other things for the sauce before heading out.

italian happiness

I love stumbling upon places like both of these. If you’re in the area, go visit the Fornax Bread Company and Tony’s Market!

What are your favorite specialty stores to shop for ingredients?

Tags: awesome accidental finds, fun with food, ingredients, pasta