Laurel Fontana-Arney puts a pizza into the oven at Arizmendi bakery and cafe, which is in the Courthouse Square in downtown San Rafael. Arizmendi specializes in fresh-baked breads and pastries as well as a daily special pizza and offers customers the option of eating in or to-go. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel)

Tanya Henry of the Marin Independet Journal reviews the Fourth Street store, concluding

Fresh-baked breads, pastries and pizza are all on the menu at this latest outpost of Arizmendi, a cooperative bakery, part of Berkeley's Cheese Board. Quality ingredients and inspired offerings have made this longtime bakery an instant hit in Marin. 

Young Workers United gives Arizmendi four stars for worker satisfaction, security, mobility, and safety.  Download the Young Workers United publication: Dining with Justice: A Guide to Guilt Free Eating to read the complete list of winners.  

There story was picked up by several news sources copied here.   

 

UPDATE:  Thanks for coming out!  We have completed the hiring process.  If you are interested in working at the bakery keep an eye out for signs in the window which is where we will advertise upcoming openings.     

 

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A nice aritcle from Cynthia Joseph at  Oakland Local:

Arizmendi's baked goods. Photographs by Tony<br />
Nguyen.

Arizmendi's baked goods. Photographs by Tony Nguyen.

 

An article on Arizmendi from the publication Wheat Club.  Circa 2007? 

From the LA Times walking tour report, "Foodie paradise in Berkeley:"

"Food makes sense to everyone," says "epicurean concierge" Lisa Rogovin, "even if you're not a foodie."

It makes more sense after spending three hours with her in January as she led a walking tour of Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto, the place where the California food movement got its start. Some may argue that Berkeley is also the end-all of the movement, but it's certainly not the be-all.

The East  Bay Express interviews Kamil Dawson from Arizmendi Lakeshore in their small business section.  The full text is copied here.