Short Street Bakehouse & Cafe

 

Located at 108 Short Street in Kernersville, Short Street Bakehouse & Café offers baked goods, premade foods, and coffee drinks. Winter hours are 9-6 weekdays (except for closures on Wednesday), 9-5 Saturdays, and 12-6 Sundays.

No offense to the skilled sourdough slingers, but finding brick-and-mortar bakeries this side of Spring Garden that offer varied fresh-baked breads has been an adventure. For that reason alone, I’m glad that Short Street has entered the game. Across two visits, I’ve spied everything from sourdough to harvest bread to marbled rye to challah. However, there is far more on offer here than just bread. Short Street has quite a few cookies, cakes, scones, and croissants as well. It occupies a small – or short, if you prefer – space, but it packs a lot of (constantly changing) inventory.

Everything I’ve tried so far has been a hit. The marbled rye was thickly sliced and made for a sturdy sandwich bread. An apple spice cookie packed in plenty of apple flavor while a red velvet cookie didn’t skimp on the chocolate chunks.

I can’t attest to their grab-and-go options, but for sweet treats, Short Street is hard to beat.