WHAT IS COMMUNITY OVEN?

 

We are planning to return to Rockland, Maine to build a pizzeria and bakery that follows the same ethos as Lily Bistro: 100% locally-sourced food which builds community, and helps the people of Maine to live well and eat well.

 

Many of you probably remember Bob’s Bread from Lily Bistro.  A professional baker for 15 years, bread is Bob’s first love.  (We joke that, at times, BREAD has played the role of the other women in our lives!)

 

Now, we have an opportunity to share with you.  We have found a new space in Rockland, and in a great location!  The best part is this: it has an old-fashioned, wood-fired brick oven.  Wood cooks at a much higher heat and imparts a different flavor in the bread.  It’s the way people have made breads and pizzas in Italy for hundreds of years, and it’s the way we will bake at Community Oven.

 

Bob will be baking loaves of all your favorites—including his famous homemade sourdough!  And Bob’s crust will serve as a base for our wood-fired, brick-oven pizzas, which will be loaded up with all the fresh, local ingredients we used to gather for Lily Bistro.  (A gluten-free option is in the works, too!)

 

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