Big news for the holidays, bakers and people who love to eat delicious things: King Arthur Baking Company is opening a pop-up retail shop for the season on Newbury Street.
Located at 172 Newbury—next door to Ben & Jerry’s—King Arthur Baking Co. opens Thursday, Oct. 3, through December 31. Shoppers can visit the pop-up seven days a week between 10am–7pm, to pick up all the essentials needed for the busy baking season.
While the pop-up won’t host the Vermont brand’s famous baking classes, there will be plenty to browse in Boston. It will be stocked with a wide range of essentials, including King Arthur flours and other ingredients, boxed baking mixes, tools, appliances and more. King Arthur’s rich triple cocoa blend tops our shopping list: It makes everything chocolate even more chocolatey. The shop will also host events, like a author meet-and-greet for their latest baking book, The Big Book of Bread (date TBA).
King Arthur Baking Company, which is headquartered in Norwich, Vt., has a history that stretches far back to Boston. Henry Wood began importing flour from England to Long Wharf in 1790. His namesake enterprise was the first flour company in the young United States—and first food company in New England. As time passed, Henry Wood & Company began milling their flour from American-grown wheat. By 1896, it debuted "new and improved" flour at the Boston Food Fair and changed the business name to King Arthur. The company was headquartered in Boston for nearly 200 years before moving north to Vermont, making the Newbury Street pop-up a bit of a homecoming.
King Arthur’s STEM-focused outreach program Bake for Good will visit Boston-area schools to teach students in grades 4–7 the basics of breadmaking. Additionally, Bostonians should be on the lookout for the King Arthur Bake Truck throughout the season, which will roll up to local events and markets in the area to give away free baked treats.
You heard it here, folks! Boston’s baking game for this holiday season is about to be on point.