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Updated April 2025
Tartine Manufactory in San Francisco opened 9 years ago in 2016, a natural outgrowth of the ridiculously popular Tartine Bakery, where lines regularly extend down the block. For anyone too impatient to wait until they get home (or back to a hotel room) to sample their Tartine goodies, Tartine Manufactory is an excellent bet–if you remember to reserve it in advance, particularly for weekend brunch.
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Tartine Manufactory Location and Hours
Tartine Manufactory is located at 595 Alabama Street in the Mission, about a 15 minute walk east from the original Tartine Bakery at 18th and Guerrero. With such amazing pastries courtesy of Tartine founder Elizabeth Prueitt, breakfast and brunch is a natural time to visit Tartine. Breakfast and lunch items, including breakfast sandwiches, omelet, french toast, yogurt, and tartines (sandwiches) are served 8am-4pm daily (no reservations taken), while dinner is served Wednesday-Sunday 5:30-9pm, for which reservations are taken.
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Tartine Manufactory Brunch Menu and Food
Here's the current breakfast and lunch menu as of our April 2025 visit.
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First to come out were my husband's breakfast sandwich and our teen's smoked salmon tartine, both of them excellent, although hungry eaters will want to order something in addition.
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My omelet was tasty and accompanied by a fresh salad and toast, but too small given the $16.95 price; I'd have expected it to be 50% larger or so.
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As on prior visits, we also ordered yogurt with fruit preserves (blueberry) and housemade granola, which comes in block form that you can crunch on or crumble over the yogurt.
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The bread pudding was good, this time served with pineapple and coconut, but I've preferred other fruit varieties in the past, such as with peaches or berries.
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From past visits, we've really enjoyed morning buns and other pastries. While it's hard to pick favorites when it comes to Tartine's pastries, we highly, highly recommend the morning buns. Not only are they just the right balance between crispy and gooey, the orange zest provides just the right counterpoint to the sweetness. They're rich, however, so since we were sampling other things, we split one among the three of us, saving the other one to take away.
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Next to arrive was my husband's Breakfast Sandwich, to which we added avocado and bacon. I tried a bite, a welcome bit of savory in all the sweetness. It was delicious, although I will say the bacon could have been crispier and the sandwich seemed a bit pricey for what it was.
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I thought the kitchen might have forgotten the yogurt, but it did come out at last, and was well worth waiting for. I can't remember when I've had yogurt this good, and it was nicely complemented by the homemade granola (which came in large hunks, artistic for the photo, but best crumbled by hand over the yogurt) and perfectly ripe strawberries, as well as honey
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The Verdict
It's always a danger to go to a new branch of a much loved eatery, as there's so much potential to come away disappointed. The restaurant industry is brutal, with thin margins, and there's often the temptation to reduce quality in a bid to cut costs. That may have happened at Tartine Manufactory, at least with its omelets, which I seem to remember being larger; perhaps it's due to the higher price of eggs, but I thought the portion was too small given the $17 + tax/tip pricing.
The morning buns are still excellent, as is the yogurt and bread pudding, and my husband and son loved their respective breakfast sandwich and smoked salmon tartine dishes.
Note that unlike during the pandemic, when there was service to the parklet, the current setup is that you line up to place your order, then find a seat and wait for your dishes to be brought to you.
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