orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2013 grand central bakery a grand central bakery in cedar mill oregon industry bakery founded seattle washington 1972 1972 founder gwenyth bassetti number of locations 11 2014 area served portland oregon and seattle washington number of employees 225 2012 website grandcentralbakery.com grand central baking company d.b.a. grand central bakery is an american bakery chain with locations in portland oregon and seattle washington and their metropolitan areas . it was founded in 1972 in seattle s grand central hotel building . the bakery is known for its artisan breads . 1 contents 1 history 2 today 3 references 4 external links history edit the predecessor to grand central bakery was a shop called the bakery that was opened in the former grand central hotel building aka the squire latimer building and today grand central on the park in seattle s pioneer square by gwenyth bassetti . 2 she left the business returning in june 1989 when the shop was renamed grand central bakery . in 1993 bassetti s son ben davis helped turn an old nursery building in portland s hawthorne district into the company s first location in portland . 2 today edit a grand central bakery location in portland oregon as of 2012 grand central s head baker in portland was sean coyne . 3 coyne was the head baker at per se from 2003 to march 2005 . 3 as of 2012 mel darbyshire was the head baker in seattle . she was replaced as head baker in portland by coyne . 3 as of december 2015 the company had six shops in the city of portland proper and in that month it opened its first suburban shop in oregon located in cedar mill an unincorporated area that is within the portland metropolitan area . 4 references edit leson nancy july 26 2000 . bread it s on a roll gaining momentum . the seattle times . retrieved june 10 2012 . a b grand central bakery history . grand central bakery . retrieved may 12 2012 . a b c russell michael november 3 2011 . meet sean coyne grand central bakery s new head baker in portland . the oregonian . retrieved june 10 2012 . owen wendy december 9 2015 . grand central bakery opens in cedar mill . the oregonian . retrieved 2016 02 15 . external links edit official website media related to squire latimer building at wikimedia commons image of president obama visiting grand central bakery in 2010 from the white house food portal oregon portal seattle portal washington portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grand central bakery & oldid 739996426 categories bakeries of the united statesamerican companies established in 1989restaurants in portland oregonrestaurants in seattlehidden categories orphaned articles from january 2013all orphaned articlescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 12 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view