Ninth Street Bakery - Durham

The place is really cool, the serving area is literally inside the bakery so you can see all the machinery and everything. The pastries are great but you'll have a hard time to find a hot drink for your breakfast. They only have american coffee and someextra watery hot cocoa. This morning I tried their cold brew coffee. It wasn't bad but for 3 dollars you'll get a bucket of icewith a few drops of coffee. It was literally 4 gulps and it was gone. I really liked it and I wish they'd have a better drinkselection.

Good food usually but today the staff looked like they have poor hygiene long, greasy hair and untrimmed beards. Normally I don't worry too much because they tie the hair back and cover their beards. But they were hanging out all over the place.Unsanitary and disgusting. Do better.

The food here is OK. I’m not a big fan of their bread so the sandwiches here are not my thing. The Indian lentil curry is pretty good, but the Thai curry and the vegan baked goods are mediocre. Selection of vegan baked goods is limited.

There were not many vegan spots for breakfast around Durham, so this place was great. I had a vegan hummus and veggie sandwich that came with chips and a pickle and a coconut chocolate banana ball. Both were delicious. My brother had the vegan curry lentil rice bowl, and that was also quite tasty. They provide a good amount of great tasting food at a reasonable price. I would totally recommend. Just be aware, the wheat bread isn’t vegan (honey). But the seven grain brain was good.

UPDATE Jan 2016: my review below reflects Ninth St Bakery when Chefs Matt Katya worked there. They are no longer there. Ninth St still offers vegan food, but they don't have the weekend vegan brunches or special dinners anymore. - Chef Matt and Chef Katya never fail to amaze. They ran Durham's vegan pop-ups Stay Fresh and Day One but now has merged them into Ninth St Bakery. Every Saturday night the menu is 100% vegan (and most items gluten-free or GF option) and changes weekly it is always very creative and tasty. There is a delicious dessert option too. My favorite menu so far was the southern picnic theme with chicken-fried tofu, biscuits, baked beans, cole slaw, watermelon salad and deviled eggs (inside a hollowed out small potato shell). I have no idea how he made those deviled eggs, but they tasted delicious! And also the lemon-braised tempeh on another night was the best tempeh I've ever had. Every Sunday, the brunch menu is 100% vegan and offers tofu huevos rancheros, tofu bacon biscuit sandwich, or pancake stack, and a couple other items. On weekdays, the lunch menu always has a few vegan standards (falafel, thai curry bowl, veg sandwich, etc) plus a vegan special and soup. The rest of the menu on weekdays is not vegan. Updated from previous review on Wednesday July 10, 2013 Updated from previous review on Tuesday April 15, 2014 Updated from previous review on 2016-01-08