Opening on SE Division Street in 2008, Little t American Baker quickly set a new standard for baking excellence in Portland. Founded by owner Tim Healea, Little t fused is guided by four elements: "flour, science, hands and heart."
In 2023, Tim passed the reins of the bakery to longtime employee and head baker Dillon DeBauche. While the baked goods themselves rotate for the seasons or for the whim of the bakers, the goals of Little t Baker remain the same: Make the best bread and pastry fusing American and European traditions with the finest ingredients possible, using equal parts care and fun. Little t Baker celebrates the bounty of the Pacific Northwest by working with local growers and vendors for its breads, pastries, and sandwiches. Our breads feature local grains milled at local mills to ensure the freshest and most flavorful flour.
The bakery’s breads and pastry can also be found at Providore Fine Foods and restaurants across Portland. Our Division St. bakery offers a wide selection of pastries, specialty breads, sandwiches, and other baked goods.
2600 SE DIVISION ST @ SE 26TH AVE
PORTLAND, OREGON 97202
Open 7 days/week, 8am-2pm
(503) 238-3458
info@littletbaker.com
HOLIDAY HOURS
Thanksgiving Day: 8am-noon
Christmas Eve: 8am-noon
Christmas Day: closed
New Years Eve: 8am-noon
New Years Day: closed
Dillon DeBauche - Owner
Dillon DeBauche has been immersed in Portland’s culinary scene since 2003. He brings more than 20 years of baking experience, including culinary educations in Portland and Paris, France. His career has included baking and bakery consulting work in Portland, Austin, Texas; Australia, France, and China. He was the head baker of Little t American Baker for nearly 10 years before taking an educational opportunity as the lead baker and mill research and development consultant at Camas Country Mill in Junction City, Oregon.
Tim Healea - Founder
Growing up in Seattle, Tim moved to Chicago in 1990 to study at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. After getting his BA and feeling disillusioned in the fast-paced magazine publishing world in New York City, he decided to go into the culinary field and attended the Institute of Culinary Education in 1997. After picking up a copy of Nancy Silverton's groundbreaking Breads from La Brea bakery, Tim built his own sourdough starter and started baking bread for fun at home and at school. Ready for a move back to the Pacific Northwest, Tim joined Portland's pioneering artisan bakery Pearl Bakery as its first intern in 1998 and then served as its longtime head baker for nine years.
While at Pearl, Tim competed in the 2002 Coupe Du Monde de la Boulangerie with the Bread Bakers Guild Team USA, taking the silver medal in the prestigious competition. The youngest person on the team, he was given the nickname "Little T" to distinguish him from his teammate Tim Foley. After leaving Pearl Bakery, Tim consulted with Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen on its baking program before opening Little T American Baker in 2008.