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Big Bear Bakery

A family-run bakery with shops in Battlefield and Partick, open every day, baking sourdough, pastries, pies and celebration cakes since 2007.

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Big Bear Bakery likes to call itself the worst kept secret in the Southside, and its shop in Battlefield has the queues to prove it.

It's a small family bakery run by Ian and Dominique, who have been baking cakes since 2007, opened the Battlefield shop on Sinclair Drive in 2018 and added a second in Partick, on Dowanhill Street, in 2022. Both shops now open every day. The shelves change each week as new flavours come out of the bakery: sourdough loaves, crisp croissants, pastel de nata and brookies, with pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches and focaccia on the savoury side, plus vegan and gluten-free bakes. There's coffee for the road, and celebration cakes to order. Check its Instagram stories for the day's menu before you set off, or pre-order on its website and collect on a Friday. From Battlefield, Queen's Park is a short walk away, so take your bag of bakes there for a picnic.

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Before you go

Both shops are open every day.

Pre-orders and celebration cakes are collected at either shop on a Friday, 10am to 3pm.

Where
54 Sinclair Drive, Battlefield, G42 9PY; and 21 Dowanhill Street, Partick, G11 5QR.
Open
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm.
Pre-orders
Online, for collection on Fridays, 10am to 3pm, or delivery in Glasgow.
Today's bakes
On its Instagram stories each day.
Access
A step-free entrance at Battlefield.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
8.30am–4pm
Tuesday
8.30am–4pm
Wednesday
8.30am–4pm
Thursday
8.30am–4pm
Friday
8.30am–4pm
Saturday
9am–5pm
Sunday
10am–4pm

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Where it is

On Sinclair Drive in Battlefield, on the Southside, G42 9PY, with a second shop on Dowanhill Street in Partick.

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