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4561 Market St
Ventura, CA 93003

Ventura's Artisan Bakery & Café

We Knead the Dough, You Enjoy the Crust

Handcrafted sourdoughs, flaky pastries, and small-batch roasts — made fresh every morning at our Market Street kitchen. No shortcuts. No compromises.

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72hr Fermentation
12 Daily Batches
100% Local Ingredients
Fresh artisan sourdough bread on a wooden counter
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Our Story

Born from a love of real bread, honest coffee, and a community that shows up every morning.

Concrete Jungle Brewing Project started as a one-person operation in a borrowed kitchen — fueled by obsession with fermentation, a deep respect for wheat, and the belief that the best things take time.

Today, we're a full kitchen on Market Street, still turning out twelve batches a day, still hand-shaping every croissant, and still treating every customer like they're sitting at the counter. We source from local farms, roast in small batches, and never rush what nature does best.

This isn't a chain. It's a neighborhood bakery with a name that refuses to be quiet about it.

Baker's hands shaping sourdough dough
Fresh bread coming out of the oven
Assorted pastries on a marble counter
The Process

Time is the Secret Ingredient

01

Source

We work with local millers and Ventura County farms. Organic flour, pasture-raised eggs, seasonal fruit — if it's not right, it doesn't come in.

02

Ferment

Our sourdough starter is over 5 years old. Every loaf gets 72 hours of cold fermentation. The flavor develops slowly, and we never skip this step.

03

Shape & Bake

Hand-shaped, deck-fired, scored with intention. Every batch comes out of the oven before 6 AM so the morning rush gets the best of the day.

04

Serve

From our counter to your hands — warm, fresh, and made for the person standing in front of you. No reheating. No holding. Just bread, now.

Bakery process: bread baking in a deck oven

From the Neighborhood

What People Say

"The sourdough here is the real deal. I've tried every bakery in Ventura and nothing comes close to the crust on their country loaf. My family drives 20 minutes just for Saturday morning bread."

— Long-time regular, Ventura

"I come here for the cortado and stay for the atmosphere. It's become my Sunday ritual — a good coffee, a pastry, and people who actually remember your name. That's rare."

— Market Street regular

"The olive and rosemary focaccia is unreal. I brought a loaf to a dinner party and everyone asked where I got it. I told them and watched them all make plans to come here the next day."

— Local home cook

Find Us

Come Say Hello

Address

4561 Market St
Ventura, CA 93003-6482

Hours

Mon – Sat: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

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