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Ross of Chapel Street, the Chapel Bakery, on Chapel Street in Aberdeen: a red sign reading Craft Bakers, Est 1954, over the shop window and an open door.
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Ross Bakery

A family bakery on Chapel Street in Aberdeen since 1954, known for its pies and savouries, which opens again late on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Ross Bakery has been baking on Chapel Street since 1954, when Alex and Margaret Ross set it up, and it's still in the family.

Their son David joined in 1965 and his son Simon in 1990, and today the two of them run it together, with pies and savouries at its heart. Step in under the red sign for a hot pie or a sausage roll, a filled roll or a burger, a baked potato or a salad box, and leave room for something from the cake counter. What makes Ross different is the late opening: on Friday and Saturday nights the shop opens again from nine until four in the morning, so you can pick up a hot pie on the way home. In the day it opens from seven, Monday to Saturday, and from eight until two on Sundays. Chapel Street runs north from the west end of Union Street, and the bakery's butteries can be sent by post across the UK.

Round the cornerThe Bread GuyThe city-centre shop of an Aberdeen bakery crowned Scottish Baker of the Year in 2024, on Thistle Street, for butteries, pies baked every day, slow-fermented bread and cakes.Under a mileSee itThe Bread Guys Bakery at 16 Thistle Street in Aberdeen: a granite corner with a purple sign over the open door and a board outside for coffee.
Before you go

Open every day, and again late on Friday and Saturday nights.

Where
44 Chapel Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1SP.
Open
Monday to Saturday 7am to 3.30pm, and Friday and Saturday nights 9pm to 4am. Sunday 8am to 2pm.
Food
Hot pies and savouries, filled rolls, burgers, sandwiches, baked potatoes, salad boxes and cakes.
By post
Butteries sent across the UK; online orders go out Monday to Thursday.
Phone
01224 643527

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
7am–3.30pm
Tuesday
7am–3.30pm
Wednesday
7am–3.30pm
Thursday
7am–3.30pm
Friday
7am–3.30pm, 9pm–midnight
Saturday
midnight–4am, 7am–3.30pm, 9pm–midnight
Sunday
midnight–4am, 8am–2pm

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Where it is

On Chapel Street, a short street running north from the west end of Union Street, AB10 1SP.

Close byChapel Street and the west end.
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  2. FoodstoryFoodstoryA warm, homely vegetarian and vegan cafe on Thistle Street in Aberdeen, with its own sourdough and baking, speciality coffee and an open mic every Wednesday.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Pedestrian crosses between First and Stagecoach buses under festive light decorationsUnion StreetAberdeen's grand main street, a mile of granite from the Castlegate to Holburn Junction, carried over the Denburn valley on a single great arch.Under a mile 2 min by road
  4. Granite steps lead up to a statue and His Majesty's Theatre in AberdeenUnion Terrace GardensA Victorian garden in a green valley in the centre of Aberdeen, opened in 1878 and reopened after its restoration, with lawns, a footbridge and pavilions.Under a mile 2 min by road
  5. Aberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen's great art gallery on Schoolhill, free to visit, with 700 years of art from Monet and the Scottish Colourists to Joan Eardley and Barbara Hepworth.Under a mile 2 min by road
  6. Ma Cameron's stone pub frontage with white door and bunting at number 6Ma Cameron'sAberdeen's oldest pub, on Little Belmont Street, with a snug bar dating from the 1700s, cask ales, pub food and a rooftop beer garden.Under a mile 3 min by road
  7. Juniper shop front beside a stone church with a rose windowBelmont StreetA cobbled street of granite buildings in the centre of Aberdeen, between Union Street and the Art Gallery, lined with independent cafés, bars and restaurants.Under a mile 2 min by road
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