Bread Head Sandwiches, the notable pop-up from veteran Trois Mec cooks Alex Williams and Jordan Snyder, lastly opened on Saturday, June 15. Discover the couple's crispy focaccia sandwiches on the nook of Montana close to sixteenth Road in a 500-square-foot house. That is the flagship location of Bread Head Restaurant Group, which is owned by Williams, Snyder, former Evening + Market director of operations Michael Pasternak, and Venice Manufacturers founder Greg Willsey.
Each Williams and Snyder come from advantageous eating backgrounds, however opened a extra informal restaurant on account of stark realizations sparked by the pandemic. “We had been closed and we didn't see the scalability and sustainability of advantageous eating,” says Williams. “With each of us being new mother and father, we want a work-life stability. If we now have to go the advantageous eating route, we now have to be there day in and day trip. With Bread Head, we're doing one thing easy and scrumptious.”
Bread Head's focaccia is a hybrid between focaccia and ciabatta with a slight crunch and baked contemporary each day. The sandwiches are assembled with basic components like ham and butter, roast beef, BLT, rooster salad, and a muffuletta that comes entire or reduce in half. The tomato soup is made with chile oil and the salad choices embody Caesar, appetizers, and a full reduce of bacon, blue cheese, iceberg lettuce, purple onion and tomato. You may even order focaccia bread with butter. Beverage choices embody home made lemonade and ice chilly vanilla beer.
If Bread Head opened based on its unique timeline in the summertime of 2023, it could have completely coincided with the beginning of the “scorching focaccia summer time,” together with locations like Florence, Italy's All'Antico Vinaio in Venice (and now Koreatown), and Chef Chris Bianco's Pane Bianco.
Though Bread Head generally is a grab-and-go expertise, the restaurant has 27 seats for eating inside and outdoors the patio. The group sees a shiny future forward with extra areas in LA and past. “We're rising this into the subsequent sandwich chain,” Williams says. “We'd like to see Bread Heads in each state.”
Bread Head Sandwiches is situated at 1518 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90403, and is open from 11 am to 7 pm from Wednesday to Sunday.