Boudin Bakery ( Anglicized pronunciation: ) is a

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y based in

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, known for its

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(trademarked as "The Original San Francisco Sourdough"). The bakery is recognized as the "oldest continually operating business in San Francisco.""Our Story"
''Boudin Bakery.'' Retrieved April 13, 2019. It was established in 1849 by Isidore Boudin, son of a family of master bakers from Burgundy, France, by blending the sourdough prevalent among

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s in the

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with French techniques. Steven Giraudo, an artisan baker from

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whose first job in America was at Boudin, bought the bakery in 1941 but later sold it in 1993 after Boudin became the cornerstone of the San Francisco Frenchbread Company. After a series of ownership changes the bakery was reacquired by Steven Giraudo's grandson, Daniel, in 2002. Under Daniel's leadership Boudin's products are available globally through

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and other grocery retailers. The bakery has locations on Fisherman's Wharf near

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and at

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as well as 30 other cafés throughout

. The main bakery in San Francisco is in the Richmond District on the corner of 10th Avenue and

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. The Boudin Bakery hosts the attraction "

The Bakery Tour The Boudin Bakery Tour, which opened with Disney California Adventure on February 8, 2001, is a tour that shows how sourdough bread is made, hosted by Boudin Bakery. In January 2015, the Boudin Bakery Tour was given an update. The tour video ...

" at Disney California Adventure, where guests are shown how sourdough bread is produced. The bakery still uses the same starter yeast-bacteria culture it developed during the California Gold Rush. The first outlet outside California was established in 1979 in the

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mall in

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. It closed in mid-2009.

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File:Boudin Bakery, Fisherman's Wharf stack.JPG, Concrete stack showing the bakery location at

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File:Bread in Boudin.jpg, A rack of bread in the flagship bakery in

File:Boudin Bakery, Fisherman's Wharf scorpion & lobster.JPG, Bread baked as a scorpion and lobster. File:Boudin Bakery, Fisherman's Wharf Boudin Cafe.JPG, Interior of the bakery café at

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