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The Bread Maker's coffee house on Rosemount Viaduct on a sunny day, with a dark awning, tables on the pavement and a chalkboard by the door.
Aberdeen

The Bread Maker

A bakery and coffee house on Rosemount Viaduct in Aberdeen, a social enterprise where adults with learning disabilities train as apprentices, open since 2006.

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Welcome

The Bread Maker on Rosemount Viaduct is a bakery and coffee house with a big heart, and a lovely place to start the day in the middle of Aberdeen.

It's a social enterprise, open since December 2006, where adults with learning disabilities work as apprentices alongside skilled bakers, baking while the city sleeps and serving in the coffee house by day. Its artisan loaves turn up on menus across the city, and here you can take one home. Breakfast runs from half past eight until half past eleven, then there are sandwiches, wraps, salads and homemade soups through the day, with Italian coffee and something sweet to go with it. Sit in, or take it away and walk down to Union Terrace Gardens, a few minutes along the road. If you'd love to bake your own, its bread-making courses for groups of six cover everything from focaccia to sourdough and butteries. It opens Monday to Saturday.

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Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 4pm, to sit in or take away.

Breakfast is served until 11.30am.

Where
50-52 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1NT.
Open
Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 4pm. Closed on Sunday.
Food
Breakfast 8.30am to 11.30am; sandwiches, wraps, salads and homemade soups through the day.
Courses
Bread-making days for groups of six, £150 each with lunch.
Access
Wheelchair-accessible entrance, seating and toilet.
Phone
01224 641520

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
8.30am–4pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On Rosemount Viaduct, between the Central Library and Rosemount, AB25 1NT.

Close byRosemount Viaduct and the city centre.
  1. Granite façade of Aberdeen's Central Library, with "Public Library" carved above its arched entranceAberdeen Central LibraryAberdeen's granite public library on Rosemount Viaduct, opened by Andrew Carnegie in 1892, one of the three buildings the city calls Education, Salvation and Damnation.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. 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 as the crow flies
  3. 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 as the crow flies
  4. 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 as the crow flies
  5. Weathered statue and gravestones in a churchyard framed by autumn leavesKirk of St NicholasAberdeen's Mither Kirk in the city centre, a church founded in the 12th century and rebuilt by Gibbs and Simpson, with the largest carillon of bells in Britain.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. Wooden bar with hanging wine glasses, bottles and a lit fireplaceCafé BohemeAn intimate, candlelit French restaurant on cobbled Windmill Brae in Aberdeen, cooking French classics with Scottish produce, listed in the Michelin Guide.Under a mile as the crow flies
  7. Shop window listing opening hours, Tuesday to Sunday, reflecting the street outsideRosemount MarketA sustainable grocer and refill shop on Rosemount Place in Aberdeen, with organic food, bread, flowers, cookbooks and gifts.Under a mile as the crow flies
Directions
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