Loaf & Lantern
8 Kiln Street, Shepherdstown (000) 000-0000

Village bakery · brick oven · since 2016

Loaf &Lantern

Bread mixed at four, out of the oven by seven, gone by the early afternoon.

Eight doors down from the old granary on Kiln Street, Shepherdstown. Look for the lantern lit over the door.

(000) 000-0000 Call to hold a loaf

We sell out by twomost days, sooner on Saturday

On the board this morning

Out of the oven

  • Kiln Street sourdough (40 loaves)
  • Seeded rye & caraway (18 loaves)
  • Butter croissants, first tray at 7
  • Sour cherry danish (small batch)
  • Cheddar & chive scones
  • Apple hand pies, out around 9

The board is chalked fresh each morning, so it shifts with the weather and the flour. Call us before you drive over and we'll put your name on a loaf and keep it behind the counter until close.

The list

Bread & pastry

Everything is made here on Kiln Street, in one oven, in one day. Prices are the same whether you buy one or six.

Loaves

Naturally leavened, baked on stone. Sliced free if you ask.

  • Kiln Street sourdough$7.50
    Two-day levain, stone-milled flour from Quill Run, a proper dark crust.
  • Half loaf of sourdough$4.00
    Cut on the day. For people who live alone and admit it.
  • Seeded rye & caraway$8.00
    Dense, sour, better on the second day.
  • Honey wheat sandwich loaf$6.50
    Soft tin loaf with local honey. The children's choice.
  • Buttermilk potato bread$6.00
  • Country baguette$4.25
    Two bakes, seven and eleven.
  • Olive & rosemary fougasseFri – Sun$8.50

Pastry & buns

Laminated by hand on Monday and Thursday. When they're gone, they're gone.

  • Butter croissant$4.25
    Three days of folding. Please eat it standing on the step, warm.
  • Almond croissant$5.00
    Yesterday's croissant, frangipane, a second bake.
  • Morning bun, orange & cardamom$4.75
  • Sticky bun with black walnut$5.25
    Walnuts from the Whitcomb place out on Sedge Hollow Road.
  • Apple hand pie$4.50
  • Sour cherry danishWed & Sat$4.75
  • Cheddar & chive scone$4.00
  • Cinnamon knot$3.75

From the counter

Coffee is from Bellhouse Roasters in Charles Town. Cash and cards both fine.

  • Drip coffee$2.75
    Refills a dollar, mug or paper.
  • Cultured butter, 4 oz$5.00
  • Jar of apple butter$8.00
    Made in October from Kearneysville seconds.
  • Bag of yesterday's bread$3.00
    Whatever is left, first thing. Excellent for toast.

We bake to the day, not to the demand. If you want six loaves for a table on Sunday, give us two days' notice and we'll have them cooling when you arrive.

Nora Whitcomb, baker

Opening hours

When the door is open

  • MondayClosed, oven rests
  • Tuesday7:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Wednesday7:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Thursday7:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Friday7:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Saturday6:30 am – 3:00 pm
  • Sunday8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Those are the closing times on paper. In practice the shelves are usually bare by two, and by noon on a market Saturday. Come early or call ahead.

How to find us

The way here

QUILL RUN TANNERY ST KILN ST QUARRY ST PARKING GRANARY LOAF & LANTERN 8 KILN ST

8 Kiln Street
Shepherdstown, West Virginia A narrow brick front between the barber and the old feed store, one block up from Tannery Street.

  • Free parking in the gravel lot behind the granary, a two minute walk.
  • Two steps up to the door; ring the bell and Wes will bring your order out to the sidewalk.
  • Dogs wait happily under the bench. There is a water bowl.
(000) 000-0000 tap to call