Soup dumplings, fine dining in Edmonds and 34 other new Seattle-area restaurant openings
The Seattle Times - January 8, 2022
Talented bread baker Conor O’Neill, who won fans over with the naturally leavened bread that he sold out of a production facility in Edmonds, opens The Cottage Bakery in Lynnwood. Now there are plenty of toasted-walnut sourdough and oat-porridge honey loaves to go around. Also, about 10 different baked goods are offered, from chocolate rye cookies to his popular cardamom bun (a take on a cinnamon bun). Read more.
Your weekend treats await at The Cottage, Community Bakery
Seattle refined - May 22, 2021
Saturday mornings in the Perrinville neighborhood of Edmonds have never been this exciting. The line begins around 9:30 a.m., and if you show up at noon, you could be out of luck. The Cottage, Community Bakery has become the area’s hot spot to supply the weekend with fresh baked goods that use hyperlocal ingredients. Read more.
Dining Newcomers, Mavericks & Trendsetters
visit edmonds - january 23, 2021
Young artisan baker Conor O’Neill of The Cottage, Community Bakery has made quite a name for himself with his Saturday bread pop-up in Perrinville, on the corner of Olympic View Drive and 76th Ave. W. He routinely sells out of his popular, homemade, heritage grain breads, pretzels, pastries, cookies, and specialty baked goods — usually within an hour of opening. Read more.
Explore the Unexpected
Visit edmonds - January 12, 2021
Last spring/summer, The Cottage, Community Bakery’s Conor O’Neill entered into a mutually-beneficial partnership with Kris and Kali Kelnero to host a Wed. bread pop-up. “Conor's pop-ups were a smash hit and we look forward to working with him as one of our local food vendors!” Read more.
Coffee Shops, Bakeries, & Cafes Enrich Edmonds Town
Visit Edmonds - January 3, 2021
The Cottage, Community Bakery provides a lot of amazing baked goods to a lot of amazing Edmonds establishments, including Jaiiya Café, Walnut Street Coffee, and Kelnero. At the annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony in 2019, baker Conor O’Neill’s salted chocolate chunk rye cookies stole the show, driving even more business to his Saturday Perrinville pop-up. Read more.
From a 4-pound pizza to Seattle’s best lasagna, food critic Tan Vinh dishes on his 3 favorite family meal deals
The Seattle Times - October 28, 2020
Chef Luis Brambila’s sides are a couple notches better than those in other chicken family meals — lumpy mashed potatoes studded with grilled, sweet green onions; mac and cheddar cheese cut with the zing and pop of kimchi; avocado rice that brims with herbaceous flavors; and four brioche from the stellar bakery The Cottage at Blue Ridge in Edmonds. Read more.
The Cottage, Community Bakery: Uncommonly Good
Visit Edmonds - October 05, 2020
The Instagram Live event popped up and Conor O’Neill was shaping puffy loaves of sourdough bread. Later, the loaves will be baked and delivered before 7 a.m. the next day to Walnut Street Coffee in Edmonds. The Cottage, Community Bakery (originally, The Cottage at Blue Ridge), O’Neill’s bakery, is spreading the love of naturally-leavened bread throughout his hometown. Read more.
From scratch: Meadowdale graduate finds his niche with baking bread
Edmonds beacon - september 27, 2020
Edmonds has a best-kept secret bakery. It pops up in plain sight most Saturdays in Perrinville, at Olympic View Drive and 76th Avenue West. It's there where, under two 10-foot-by-10-foot market tents, Conor O'Neill sells his bread, pastries, and cookies from Cottage at Blue Ridge Bakery while taking pleasure in conversations that pop up among customers. Read more.
The Seattle-area pop-up scene is hoppin’! Here are 3 more fun ones to try
The Seattle Times - August 12, 2020
The line looks a bit intense on Saturday mornings for Conor O’Neill’s bread stand Cottage at Blue Ridge — but that’s just the respectable 6 feet of spacing between each carb lover, as everyone patiently waits their turn to peruse the available loaves. Read more.
Chasing the “Perfect Loaf”
Welcome Magazine
People line up around the block at The Cottage at Blue Ridge’s Perrinville pop-up every Saturday for Conor O’Neill’s chocolate chunk rye cookies. In an hour, the cookies, Country Sourdough, Cardamom Buns, Bavarian Pretzels, everything is gone. Read more.
Cottage at Blue Ridge’s Popular Bread Popups Feed Hungry Community Throughout COVID-19 Crisis
Welcome Magazine
When COVID-19 closed many businesses down, Conor O'Neill's beloved Cottage at Blue Ridge stayed opened, following social distancing and sanitizing protocols to a "T." O'Neill's bread popups have become the stuff of legend in Perrinville — crossroad to Edmonds and Lynnwood. Read more.
A rising star: For Conor O’Neill and The Cottage at Blue Ridge, baking bread is all about creating community
The Seattle Times - April 28, 2020
SINCE LAST AUGUST, crowds have lined up on Saturday mornings to buy bread from The Cottage at Blue Ridge, a market stall that pops up regularly in Perrinville, a commercial crossroads where the cities of Edmonds and Lynnwood overlap. Read more.
Edmonds Restaurant News: Artisan baking a labor of love for Meadowdale grad
My Edmonds News - April 15, 2020
After baking a few loaves, a person really begins to appreciate what artisan bread makers are able to accomplish. One such artisan baker lives right here in our neighborhood. Edmonds resident Conor O’Neill has proven to be surprisingly productive. Read more.
Sharing culture at the cottage
Spoon full farms - March 5, 2020
It was one of those January mornings when the Sun didn’t rise, so much as roll over and decide to stay in bed. A single monotonous cloud blanketed the Seattle area, and on my drive north, I didn’t see a soul outside, until I reached the Cottage at Blue Ridge Bakery pop-up. Read more.