Ember & Rye

Vol. 07·The Foundry District·Est. 2019

A neighborhood kitchen & bakehouse. Sourdough mornings, fire-cooked suppers, and a long table that never asks you to hurry.

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Fig. 01 — The long table

Chapter One

The Room

We took over the old brass foundry's canteen and kept almost everything: the worn terrazzo, the clerestory windows, the twelve-seat table the machinists ate at for forty years. We sanded it, oiled it, and put it back in the middle of the room.

Dinner here is unhurried on purpose. Courses arrive when the fire says they're ready. Neighbors share the long table; regulars keep their own napkin rings on the shelf by the door.

Seats38, plus 12 at the long table
MusicVinyl only, side B after nine
CorkageWaived on Tuesdays

Fig. 02 — The hearth, lit at 5 a.m.

Chapter Two

The Fire

Everything meaningful in this kitchen passes through one oven. The bake starts at five: rye loaves first, then seeded sourdough, then the morning pastry. By afternoon the same coals sear trout, blister peppers, and burnish the chicken we're quietly famous for.

Our flour comes stone-milled from a single farm upstate; our vegetables follow the market, so the menu shifts a little every week. If a dish disappears, it isn't gone — it's waiting for its season.

OvenFour tonnes of brick, oak-fired
LevainFed daily since 2019
Menu changesEvery Wednesday

Chapter Five

Hours & Rhythm

Mondayclosed — the oven rests
Tuesday – Friday7:00 – 22:00
Saturday8:00 – 23:00
Sunday8:00 – 15:00, long lunch only

Amaro hour, Tuesday to Friday, five to seven. The bakery counter opens at seven sharp and closes when the bread does.

Find us

The old foundry canteen,
3 Coppersmith Lane,
Foundry District

Look for the brick chimney with the flag; the door is around the side, past the wood store. Bikes lean happily on the rail.

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Keep a seat by the fire

Tables of one to six can be booked up to a month ahead. The long table is first-come — and somehow there's always room for one more.

Call to reserve Email the host stand