MARKS BAKERY
Marks Bakery sits nestled within Tobacco Factory in the busting heart of North St.
Serving our community with proper sourdough, artisinal pastries, fresh groceries and made-to-order lunches.
Plus; head through our shop to our covered courtyard and make time to pause with your coffee.
It’s simple, we really love bread.
Our bakery was born from a love of bread. It all started with a gifted bread making course, which sparked Mark’s passion for baking. 11 years on, our much loved Southville Sourdough sits alongside our full range of breads, pastries, cakes, breakfast and lunch sandwiches and specials, and perfectly poured Clifton Coffee.
OPENING TIMES
Monday — Saturday 8am-6pm
Sundays 9am-4pm
ORDER CELEBRATION CAKES
Plan ahead for the perfect addition to your next special celebration. With vegan and gluten free options available, you can cater for every taste.
LET US TAKE CARE OF LUNCH.
Whether you’re swinging by the bakery to grab a loaded made-to-order sandwich for the park, or putting together a special spread for your next event; we can make it happen.
We make fresh, modern seasonal lunches every day – with space in our covered courtyard to enjoy with a drink, or to go.
Our catering options cover all the buffet classics – but done properly. Think wholesome, seasonal interpretations of your favourite comfort foods – always made fresh on site with the very best ingredients.
CHECK OUT OUR CATERING PACK
5 ACRE FARM CIC + FLOWER BARN
Regenerative community interest farm – a space for nature-friendly produce and people.
We have close ties with 5 Acre Farm in Backwell. Their store was once housed within Tobacco Factory.
Now their fresh, seasonal produce not only feeds into our ever changing menu – but you can pick up their produce in store to take home and enjoy.
EXPLORE 5 ACRE FARM CICOur Suppliers
Bruton Dairy
The milk in our coffees comes from this traditional dairy who are passionate about animal welfare, the environment and fair deals for farmers.
Clifton Coffee
This local roaster is at the forefront of the UK specialty coffee scene, supplying high-quality blends to independent coffee shops, Michelin-starred restaurants and top hotels across the UK.
Mark’s Bread
Based just across the street, this award-winning artisan bakery uses local ingredients and traditional methods to produce deliciously fresh breads for our shop and kitchen.
Arbor Ales
This Bristol brewery has been inventing exciting ales since 2007. With their signature use of quality hops and home-grown yeast, Arbor are committed to pushing the boundaries of flavour and aroma.
Good Chemistry
Proving that there is a real science to crafting the perfect beer, brewers Bob and Kelly present a range of beautifully-bottled beers that are balanced and delicious.
Left Handed Giant
Brewers Rich, Bruce and Jack create modern, flavoursome beers that take inspiration from ‘giants’ of the craft beer world and the beautiful Avon Gorge.
Lost and Grounded
This young company combines the precision of German brewing and the idiosyncrasies of Belgian beers in their Bristol ‘brewhouse of dreams’.
New Bristol Brewery
These local brewers focus on taste and producing straightforward ales that really pack a punch. Their ‘hands-on beers’ are made with local ingredients and loving care.
Wiper & True
Brewing at various locations across Bristol, the creative ‘alchemists and inquisitors’ of Wiper & True are not afraid to experiment with flavour – whether roasting their own malts, adding wild ingredients like blackberries and chillies, or ageing beer on different kinds of wood.
Harper Of Hotwells
Beautiful hand-poured soy candles, all-natural soaps packed with essential oils – plus all in recyclable, 100% natural packaging. What’s not to love!
Gingerbeards
Small batch and independent, Gingerbeard’s mission is to bring their awesome tasting preserves and sauces to the people of Bristol and beyond. Once tinkering away with recipes in a one-bed basement flat in Montpelier, they now hand produce 200,000 units a year from their Kingswood base.
Wild Grove Soaps
Wild Grove started life as a kitchen passion project, then a market cult fixture, and now you can find them in store! Handmade, hand wrapped, eco and sustainable with minimal ingredients for a pure product and scent. These soaps and bath products are a real luxury – to you and the planet.
Hodmedod
Hodmedod work with British farms to source a range of top quality beans, ingredients and delicious foods. Particularly interested in searching out less well-known foods, like the fava bean – grown in Britain since the Iron Age but now almost forgotten – and black badger peas.
Dunleavy
Located in the heart of the beautiful Yeo Valley in Somerset, just outside Bristol, Dunleavy combine passion, sustainable agricultural practices and the latest viticultural techniques to produce multi-award winning rosé and sparkling wines from Regent and Seyval blanc grapes.
Easton Chilli
Ran by the fabulous Rikki; Easton Chilli began it’s life as a passion project in his kitchen – and is now a fully fledged Bristol institution. But what is Chilli Jam? Spicy, sweet and perfectly jammy, this condiment makes any meal delicious…
Boona Boona Coffee Roasters
From Totterdown start-up in a garden shed, to a 10kg roastery in Staple Hill; this independent coffee company has a firm sustainability ethos, with 10% of profit going to Avon Needs Trees. Read more about the charity here.
Bertha’s Pizza
Bertha’s journey began in a London back garden with a Sheffield steel wood-fired oven. Now a restaurant in Bristol’s Wapping Wharf slinging proper sourdough pizza and homemade gelato – plus an amazing frozen range, so you can recreate the experience at home…
Heart of BS13
We are happy to sell delicious ready meals in support of this charities important work; Heart of BS13’s Kitchen was set up to address food insecurity in BS13 – both immediate, through their Community Freezer, and long term, through various projects such as our Slow Cooker Club and Mobile Food Shop. Read more about them