Organic Bakery Cooking Up New Business Venture In Prince George's County

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Manifest Bread will be opening its first brick-and-mortar organic bakery in Riverdale Park's town center at 6208 Rhode Island Ave.

When it opens, the company will offer such treats as sourdough loaf, focaccia and bialy, along with a menu of sandwiches like muffaleta, jambon-beurre and pork rillette. There also will be a new selection of pastries and a selection of wine and beer for taking home or consuming in the store.

Owners Rick and Tyes Cook have spent most of their careers working in full service restaurants and are looking forward to this shift to retail with a focus on quality and hospitality.

"We started Manifest Bread as a way to test out bread recipes and techniques for use in restaurants, but as it turns out, there are many of you out there that need good bread in your daily lives We currently offer bread to be picked up or delivered in the DC area once a week. We've grown from a few dozen loaves/pastries a week to almost 300 pieces always selling out the quantity of items that we can produce," they wrote on KickStarter.

An exact opening date has not yet been made public.