A popular Cincinnati bakery and cafe is expanding.
On Friday, Allez Bakery, which operates its flagship bakery on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine, as well as a cafe just across the street, announced that it would open another location, this time in Madisonville.
“Well, it’s time to give real information. What we ARE doing: opening a new building with bread and food and drinks and coffee and pastry and maybe a patio. What we AREN’T doing: closing the OG bakery, closing the cafe, nailing it every step of the way,” the bakery-cafe shared in an Instagram post.
The Madisonville location will be at 6012 Madison Road, close to soul food restaurant Millie’s Place and French-themed store and bakery French Rendez-Vous. Owners Thomas McKenna and Patrick Hague said the third location has been in the works for “four years,” with an ever-growing timeline. However, while there’s no set date just yet, the team said the new Allez’s opening is “definitely more imminent than it ever has been.”
“Last week we bought some art for the walls, built some tables and chairs, and fired up the new oven for baking. So that’s how close we are, and maybe we’ll see you in Madisonville. In about a month.”
McKenna and Hague first opened Allez at 1208 Main St. in 2017. Since then, the bakery has grown in popularity and it even received praise from Food & Wine magazine, which named it one of the best bakeries in the country in 2020 and in 2022 said it was one of three Ohio bakeries with the best bread. In February 2024, the team moved all prepared food over to the new cafe at 1201 Main St. You can check out the menu here.
Allez, 1208 Main St., Over-the-Rhine (bakery); 1201 Main St., Over-the-Rhine (cafe); coming soon to 6012 Madison Ave., Madisonville. More info: allezbakery.com.