St. Honoré Boulangerie NW Thurman

A neighborhood bakery and café with locations in Northwest Portland, Lake Oswego, and SE Division, Saint Honoré features handcrafted French bread, pastries, and savories. The menu and décor reflect Dominique Geulin’s heritage growing up in his family’s boulangerie in Normandy. Committed to using locally produced ingredients and sustainable flour, Dominique regularly visits with farmers to make sure the fruits and grains are the highest quality available. St. Honoré is located at 2335 NW Thurman in Portland, at 315 First Street in Lake Oswego, and at 3333 SE Division St. All locations are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. For more information, and to place your holiday orders, call or visit our web site at sainthonorebakery.com.

Established in 2003.
Step inside our cozy, rustic boulangerie and you instantly feel a connection with the old-world charms of France. From rows of wicker baskets holding our freshly baked bread to the glass-encased display of sugary pastries, St. Honoré’s ambience and design is pure French mixed with a Northwest vibe. «We create an experience for customers, as well as our workers,» says Dominique. «Everything is out in the open so people can talk with me while I roll out bread.» The boulangerie uses available natural light with floor to ceiling windows and light, natural wood. The flagstone floor and thick wooden tables evoke images of the French countryside — and the smell of fresh baked bread invades every nook of this neighborhood bakery. Choose an intimate table for two or congregate at the long, wooden community table where you may hear whisperings of French from your fellow diners.

Dominique Geulin’s passion for baking took root in the coastal Normandy town of Etretat. As a young boy, living above the family bakery, he learned the secrets to traditional bread baking from his father, Hubert

Dominique, 27, entered France’s most prestigious competition «Meilleur Ouvrier de France» to honor the country’s best artisan craftspeople and promote France’s long tradition of knowledge and artistry. After constructing a bread sculpture of the Eiffel Tower and executing a strenuous baking test for two days, Dominique received the award of Meilleur Ouvrier de France in the boulangerie category from late French President François Mitterand in 1990.

In 1991 Dominique returned to Portland where he eventually met and married his wife, Stephanie. Together, in December 2003, they opened St. Honore, their own French bakery. «It was and still is an awe-inspiring endeavor, but one we love.»