Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company
Welcome to Tall Grass!
Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company and Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen acknowledge that we are located on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Dakota, and Ininiwak. We would also like to acknowledge the other First Nations such as the Anish-Ininiwak, Dene, and Nehethowuk, who gathered at this ancient site sharing these lands and waterways. We acknowledge that we are on the homeland of the Métis and are grateful to the First Nations of Treaty One who agreed to share this beautiful prairie land, giving us the opportunity to cook and bake for you.
We opened Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company in Winnipeg’s Wolseley neighbourhood in 1990. The foundation of Tall Grass has always been based on baking with heritage varieties of organic wheat, grown by Manitoba farmers, milling our own flour and baking from scratch.
More than 30 years later, there are two Tall Grass bakery locations: one in Wolseley and the other at The Forks Market, along with Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen. We use Red Fife wheat in our bakery, a tasty, nutty ancient variety. It joined Spelt, another ancient grain, known for its low glycemic index and lower gluten content. As bakers in the land where we live and work, we consider it an honour to bake with these two ancient grains.
Summer's on its way!
SAVOURY DILL / SUMMER SONG
When the farmers begin their spring seeding, a date which varies depending upon whether this season comes early, late or somewhere in between – Tall Grass stops making the Harvest loaf, and begins baking Savoury dill bread (at the Wolseley Bakery) also known as Summer song (at The Forks Market).
This loaf combines white organic flour with whole wheat, as well as wheat and rye sourdough starter, and commercial yeast. A variety of herbs such as chives, green onions, parsley, garlic, and a good portion of dill add several layers of tastiness to this light, fluffy and flavourful loaf. Just the bread with which to celebrate the new seasons!
(Spring & Summer)
Pre-Paid pickup and delivery orders
We welcome you to our bakeries for in-person shopping, and also continue to offer pre-paid and delivery service at both our locations. Choose your most convenient bakery below!
–– your friends at Tall Grass and Grass Roots
Whenever possible we are using electric, hybrid-electric, hybrid-propane and vegetable oil powered vehicles and also a small 4-cylinder gasoline van with a large load capacity in order to meet our own standards for environmental integrity and your need for great bread!
In-person shopping at our bakeries
In the Wolseley bakery this means:
- 4 people in the bakery at a time
- people waiting to come into the bakery should stand behind the black line, socially distanced apart.
At Tall Grass bakery in The Forks Market this means:
- counter service
- people are asked to stand socially distanced apart, waiting to be served.
We thank you for your amazing support during the past three years, as we continue to respond, finding new ways to adapt to the shifts and changes. There has been something profoundly communal and transformative in each encounter with you, our customers. The degree of kindness, gentleness, and loyalty in these difficult times has been truly extraordinary. For this, we are very grateful, and we thank you. Our goal is to find ways to bake and make available your favorite items within these changing parameters.
Tall Grass and Grass Roots continue to be all about local, organic, fresh-milled, and made from scratch whole food.
Tall Grass updates and news
Any day is pie day
Pie is a celebration in a pan!
Whether you and yours are gathering for dessert and a coffee, or having the whole gang over – consider pie, as the tried and true tasty treat.
Our deep dish pie selection varies throughout the year. Seasonal pie choices include apple, Saskatoon rhubarb, prairie fruit, pecan as well as pumpkin.
Place an order by phone to reserve yours.
- 859 Westminster - 204-783-5097
- The Forks Market - 204-957-5097
Baked to please… Our cakes are amazing
Take a Tall Grass cake to your next special gathering. Choose from our classic luscious chocolate cake, our tangy lemon poppyseed cake, or our carrot cake with that creamy icing we've all loved since childhood.
Each of our three cakes now come in two different sizes: six inch for a you and your closest friends, and the nine inch for when the whole gang is scheduled to show up!
Call ahead to ensure your cake is waiting for you at the right moment.
- 859 Westminster - 204-783-5097
- The Forks Market - 204-957-5097
Calling our pie plates back home!
If you're one of our pie customers, Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company is asking you to look through your kitchen cupboards to see whether you might have some of our metal reusable pie plates waiting and eager to return to our bakeries.
Years ago, we began using sturdy metal deep dish pie plates for all our pies, out of respect for our Mother the Earth. Since that time, our deep dish pies have become customer favourites. Return these pie plates and we will give you $6 for each one.
payment
We offer the convenience of several payment options at all our locations:
featuring Desem Breads
Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside. European-inspired and naturally leavened.
traditional canning
We can do it. Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen takes a can-do attitude to traditional canning.
Opening hours
Fresh baking and local food, made from scratch. Check out our hours.
Featuring Desem breads
The loaves come out of the oven – crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside.
These are the hallmarks of the European-inspired, naturally leavened loaves featuring a sourdough starter. Desem breads are also well known for what’s not in them - no added commercial yeast, oil, sugar or honey. In the ‘Desem’ fermentation process, a natural culture occurs that allows the bread to rise.
At Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company, it all starts with our own freshly ground organic whole grain flour made from Red Fife, Spelt and Rye, as well as other grains.
A growing appreciation for the Desem style of nutrient-rich sourdough baking demands the use of a brick oven to bring out the finer details, as was done in Europe for centuries. This is where our brick oven upstairs at our bakery in Wolseley is at its best.
Try these finely crafted Desem breads:
- Multigrain sourdough
- Spelt sourdough.
Also emerging fresh from this oven are Ciabatta buns and baguettes, and the occasional pizza. Enjoy!
Traditional canning
Who has the time for traditional canning, the way Granny did it? We do!
At Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen we follow the time-honoured steps that bring you delicious local canning from the farm to your table. Come and watch us at working during the late summer and into the autumn at our kitchen in The Forks Market as we bring you summer in a jar through this prairie custom.
Our delicious choices include, but are not limited to:
- Apple and wild cranberry jam
- Manitoba Saskatoon jam
- Apricot sunrise jam
- Homestyle apple sauce
- Rhubarb apple chutney
- Salsas (mild, medium, or hot)
- Homestyle dill pickles
- Bread and butter pickles
- Pickled beets
- and much, much more!
At Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen, we are preserving more than food. We are preserving a heritage. A selection of our canned items is also available at Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company in Wolseley, 859 Westminster Avenue, and Tall Grass in The Forks Market.
Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company in Wolseley, 859 Westminster
OPEN Mondays-Fridays 7 AM-6 PM Saturdays 7 AM-5 PM
Closed Sundays and all holidays
Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company in The Forks Market
OPEN every day, 7 days a week
Mondays-Sundays 7 AM-7 PM
Grass Roots Prairie Kitchenin The Forks Market
OPEN every day, 7 days a week
Mondays-Sundays 10 AM-6 PM