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BROOKLINE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — One bakery in Brookline is named the best in Massachusetts.
Clear Flour Bakery won the recognition from The Takeout, a food website, in their list of The Absolute Best Bakery In Each State. According to The Takeout's list, Clear Flour was the first bakery to introduce artisan bread to the Boston area, and they've won many awards including 14 Best of Boston distinctions.
Co-owner of Clear Four, Jon Goodman said, "whenever we get an alert about some sort of accolade it's wonderful to get and we want to share it with the community and the team here."
Clear Flour has been serving fresh bread to the community in Brookline since it opened in 1982, "Every day we make baguets, German rye, and rustic Italian bread, everything is made here," Goodman said. Keeping up with the Brookline community's needs every day takes many bakers. "There's 50 people in the bakery now and we're working basically around the clock to keep the storefront stocked for everyone," Goodman said.
When asked about her thoughts on making the bakery list, Assistant General Manager, Michelle Lawrence said, "when something like that comes out it either explains why we've been exceptionally busy in the past week, or we anticipate being a little busier because of it." She said it also makes her think, "do I need to increase bread numbers?" Goodman said, "well it's very cool, for sure, we kind of try to keep our heads down, get the work done in the bakery and make sure that everyone is taken care of here and the community's able to get what they want."
WBZ NewsRadio’s Emma Friedman (@EmmaFriedmanWBZ) reports.