Website: https://dozen-nashville.com/
Dozen Bakery is a bakery and cafe located in Nashville, Tennessee. It bakes bread and pastries from scratch and operates a sit-down cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch, alongside a wholesale operation that supplies bread and pastries to local restaurants and coffee shops. The business is located on Grandview Avenue in Nashville and serves the surrounding community both through its retail cafe and its wholesale partnerships.
Menu
Dozen Bakery offers a range of baked goods and prepared food. Menu categories on the site include:
- Pastries, including items such as croissants
- Bread, including sourdough varieties
- A savory weekday menu, served weekdays from 7am to 2:30pm
- A savory weekend menu, served Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 2:30pm
- Beverages, including coffee and other drinks
The site shows offerings such as croissants, egg sandwiches, and focaccia. Bread, pastries, and beverages remain available until closing each day, while the kitchen for prepared savory items closes at 2:30pm. The bakery also accepts pre-orders and supplies pastries and bread to many local Nashville restaurants and coffee shops through its wholesale program. The cafe menu is organized into separate weekday and weekend offerings, allowing the kitchen to feature different savory items depending on the day, while the bakery counter carries fresh bread and pastry selections throughout operating hours.
About
Dozen Bakery was founded in 2009 by Claire Meneely as a one-woman holiday cookie pop-up, baking in a rented commercial kitchen and selling at local farmers markets. Through word-of-mouth, press coverage, and a growing team, the business expanded over the following years. The bakery and cafe location opened on February 2, 2015.
The bakery describes its purpose as being a cornerstone of the community, delivering exceptional quality with unwavering integrity. It organizes its work around four core values: community, quality, integrity, and education. These include supporting local sourcing and charitable partnerships, baking fresh daily with organic and seasonal ingredients, offering employee benefits such as healthcare, paid time off, 401k matching, and paid parental leave, and investing in staff skill development. Dozen is a member of the Bread Bakers Guild of America.
Under its community value, the bakery describes celebrating individuality and supporting less-privileged members of the community through partnerships, local sourcing, charitable donations, and stocking retail goods from small sustainable businesses. Under quality, it emphasizes baking fresh daily, using organic and seasonal ingredients, retaining employees, and making items from scratch. Under integrity, it describes ethics-based operations, transparent pay, and responsible sourcing.
On sustainability, Dozen earned Climate Neutral Certification through The Climate Label in April 2024 and again in 2025, and it participates in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Green Switch program for renewable energy sourcing.
Location & Contact
Address: 2522 Grandview Ave, Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615.712.8150
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7am to 4pm; Saturday and Sunday, 7am to 3pm. The kitchen closes at 2:30pm daily, with bread, pastries, and beverages available until closing.
Additional Information
The website includes pages for menus, pre-orders, wholesale, parking, sustainability, employment, frequently asked questions, and contact information. Dozen sources retail goods from small sustainable businesses and partners with local organizations as part of its community focus.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (dozen-nashville.com).