Wood Fired Naturally Leavened Bread appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Naturally-leavened country bread · Richmond
Sub Rosa's country sourdough loaf is the Richmond bread standard. Naturally-leavened, formerly wood-fired (now electric), with stone-milled local grain in every batch.
Evrim and Evin Dogu opened Sub Rosa Bakery on North 25th Street in Church Hill in 2012, baking naturally-leavened country breads in a wood-fired oven. Multiple James Beard Outstanding Baker semifinalist nominations followed across 2017 to 2020. A fire in November 2024 closed the bakery for over a year; Sub Rosa reopened December 16, 2025 with an electric oven (the wood-fired oven did not survive) and a renewed commitment to stone-ground flour in every loaf.
Where to eat in Richmond:
- Sub Rosa Bakery
- Lemaire
- Adarra