Organic Sourdough Bakery in Little Italy

Swells is a San Diego sourdough bakery that started in 2022 as Pamela and Erik's farmers market table. A few years of Saturdays at the Little Italy Mercato and Sundays in La Jolla later, we've opened our first shop at 2254 India Street. Our bread and croissants are baked with organic flour, and every loaf gets a slow sourdough ferment. At the shop, expect sourdough loaves, bagels, open-face bagel sandwiches, sandwiches on our fresh bread and cookies, plus lattes and matcha with banana, raspberry or pumpkin cold foam, and croissants on weekends. You'll still find our bread at both markets.

What Goes In (and What Doesn't)

Every loaf starts with organic flour from Central Milling, including California stone-milled flour that keeps more of the whole grain's flavor. No bleaching. No bromate. From there it's flour, water, salt and a slow sourdough ferment, with time doing most of the work. The payoff is a crackling crust and a crumb worth tearing into.

  • Thursday–Sunday · 8am–2pm

    Swells Sourdough Bakery

    2254 India St, Little Italy

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  • Saturdays · 8am–2pm

    Little Italy Mercato

    Between Vincenzo and Princess Pub

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  • Sundays · 9am–1pm

    La Jolla Open Aire Market

    On the grounds of La Jolla Elementary

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