I LOVE bakeries so when I found out that this little place was on the way home from Convict Lake, I had to stop by. Erick Schatt’s is an amazing bakery in the city of Bishop, CA.
Here is some history about Erick Schatt’s Bakkery (two “ks”, not a typo):
The Original Sheepherder Bread® 1938 was introduced to the Owens Valley during the California Gold Rush by immigrant Basque sheepherders who missed the bread of their homeland. They shaped loaves of their traditional bread by hand, used stone ovens for baking, and produced the first sheepherder bread. Even today we shape the loaves by hand and bake in the finest European Stone Hearth Ovens. The Original Sheepherder Bread ® 1938, as well as all other delicious products, are made of only the purest ingredients: Well water from the Sierras, stone ground unbleached flour, and never any chemicals. Just like our bread, our pastries are made with only the finest ingredients. Real butter, grade AA eggs, unbleached flour, cane sugar, and artesian well water. We go to the growers to inspect and purchase our almonds and almond paste, pecans, and walnuts. (from Erick Schatt’s Bakkery website)
When you first walk in, it’s pretty overwhelming. There’s baked goods everywhere! In one area is the pastry/cake section, then you have the souvenir section and in the back corner is the deli where you can purchase a variety of sandwiches. All of their sandwiches come on the bread that is freshly baked on site. There’s a whole slue you can choose from. If you can’t decide, perhaps take some to go! In the very back is the day old bread where you get a slight discount from the freshly baked bread. For a discount, I’ll take day old bread! There are so many things to choose from I promise you, you don’t be disappointed. Oh and make sure you get in the Erick Schatt’s bakery truck that is parked out front for a great photo opp! (that is my little brother in the truck)
Here’s their Yelp page….yum…I can just smell the freshly baked bread now!
Erick Schatt’s Bakkery
763 N. Main Street
Bishop, CA 93514
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