New Orleans baker Kate Heller started Leo’s Bread by selling her handmade loaves from the back of her station wagon. Soon, she’ll be opening the doors to a new storefront location for Leo’s Bread, right across the street from where those early pop-ups were held.
A bakery café for Leo’s Bread is taking shape at 2438 Bell St., a corner spot adjacent to Bayou Road. Heller expects to open this winter.
The building at 2418 Bell St., adjacent to Bayou Road, is slated to become a new bakery cafe.
The location is a former sheet metal shop with big garage doors where she can wheel in ovens and new baking equipment. Up front, the cafe will have a counter filled with bagels and croissants, semolina and sourdough loaves, focaccia, sandwiches, fresh juice and coffee.
Baker Kate Heller runs Leo's Bread. She was photographed on Oct. 25, 2017.(Photo by Todd A. Price)
“I always wanted a neighborhood bakery, especially in the neighborhood I live in,” said Heller. “This industry is so much work, you have to like what you do. To me, a lot of that has to do with the people you meet and interact with, and that’s what a neighborhood bakery brings.”
A bagel with scallion cream cheese from Leo's Bread at the Crescent City Farmers Market.
Today, Leo’s Bread is best known as a vendor at the Crescent City Farmers Market. At the Uptown market on Tuesdays, Heller sets up baskets of baked goods and dresses up her chewy, crusty bagels with hefty schmears of cream cheese.
She said she’ll continue to do the Tuesday markets after Leo’s Bread opens across town.
Bagels from Leo's Bread at the Crescent City Farmers Market.
The new location is across the street from Pagoda Café, which hosted early pop-ups for Leo’s Bread. Pagoda Café has been closed since March when the pandemic arrived; owner Shana Sassoon, who said she was excited for the Leo’s Bread plans, is now evaluating options for Pagoda Café’s future.
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From its start in 2014, Leo’s Bread began supplying small neighborhood restaurants, including the nearby 1000 Figs. Soon, Heller partnered with 1000 Figs proprietors Theresa Galli and Gavin Cady to open Echo's, an excellent wood-fire pizzeria in Mid-City. Last year, they closed and sold the business, which became a second location of Pizza Domenica.
Loaves from Leo's Bread shown here for sale at Echos Pizza in 2018.
Heller had been planning this new storefront for Leo’s Bread before the pandemic. After postponing its development through the intervening months, she decided it was time to move forward. Leo’s Bread has reached the point where it needs its own dedicated space, she explained.
“We’ll be able to expand everything we’re doing now,” Heller said. “More types of croissants, different types of bagels, more sandwiches. It’s exciting.”
2438 Bell St., projected to open winter 2021
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