Sadly, this wonderful bakery has closed.
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Hi. I used to be in downtown San Diego a lot, but either at 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m. and this place was always closed when I would drive or walk past. 
Bread on Market opens at 7:30 a.m., it is closed by 4 p.m. Sun-Thurs and 5 p.m. Fri and Sat, unless the Padres are playing an evening game and then they stay open until 7 p.m. They bake really good breads and pastries, make wonderful sandwiches, soups and salads. Then there is breakfast, my most favorite meal of the day.
The menu is on the side wall, and there is a chalkboard out front with specials listed.
You walk up, order and pay, get your own coffee or beverage and have a seat. It is small inside, only about ten tables and sometimes the line goes out the door.
Here is a kind of cross section of an almond croissant ($2.75). Filled with a delicate in house made marzipan, which is light and fluffy and not overly sweet , light layers of dough, baked to a crispy exterior and topped with coarsely chopped almonds, which give it a wonderful texture. It was fresh, but not out of the oven warm. 
This blueberry scone ($2.75), however, was hot from the oven at about 8 a.m. one Sunday a few weekends ago.
Flaky, creamy dough and filled with fresh blueberries. It was wonderful. One of the best scones I have ever had.
The Country Breakfast ($4.25) Two scrambled eggs, sliced Francese (a square roll of white bread with a chewy but soft crust), butter, cream cheese and strawberry jam with fresh fruit. Just enough and so fresh.
One Sunday, we decided to try the Cheese plate for breakfast ($7) Fresh baguette and a choice of two cheeses (this was Brie and Gorgonzola; we could also have chosen Goat, Cheddar or Jack) served with Kalamata olives, dried cranberries, apples and sliced strawberries. This was very nice and just enough for us.
We usually buy a loaf of rye bread when we are here; I don't have a photo, but it is filled with caraway seeds and very, very good. The sandwiches are excellent and cost between $7.50 and $7.95. An excellent place I wish I had stopped by sooner. Now it is a destination.
Bread on Market 730 Market Street San Diego 92101 (619) 795-2730 Website
I love croissants that have the marzipan filling!
I always try almond croissants when I can, Carol. The marzipan from Bread on Market is different than the ready made stuff. A fancy treat.
Can’t wait to try this place…just wondering, how does the bread compare to Bread & Cie or Con Panne?
*Much* smaller than Bread and Cie or Con Pane, James. That is the counter and bread selection in the photos and nine or ten tables, includes the ones out front. I think Bread on Market is better in terms of the breads I like- a simple baguette, the ‘fancy’ walnut raisin rye and a seedy rye. The breakfasts are simple, quality and so are the sandwiches. Get there early, I rarely see more than three people working and if you don’t like lines, that is best.
I have 4 groupons that I bought for this place and haven’t had the time to try it yet. I’m so glad you did a post on them! Now I’m going to try to make a bigger effort to try them out. Have you been able to try any of their sandwiches? I might want to grab some things for a picnic on the weekend.
Hi again, Kim. Everything is really good here. I like very simple sandwiches, made with really good bread and have had the baguette with salami (just salami and European butter)and the Tuscany (first one on the menu-fresh mozzarella with roasted peppers, olives,onion, tomato and arugala)and have had bites of the roast beef, turkey pesto and egg salad and have liked all of them. They make grilled sandwiches also and I want to try one when it is cooler out, maybe with some soup. They do a picnic box for $10-sandwich, chips and bottled beverage, but I am unsure if that is only on Baseball game days, when I try to stay away from downtown.
Oh man I thought they were closed on Sundays! Or at least, they used to be. When I visited they had already run out of pastries so I’ve been meaning to go back just for that. That almond croissant looks amazing!
Easy, free parking downtown all day Sunday, Mary. As you can see from the photo, we are there before 9. The line is out the door by then…