Second Street Bakery
“If you want to balance out your cinnamon bread and other carby stuff a bit, you can get meats on a salad (like antipasto).”
“They also have a selection of stuffed rolls with items such as broccolli rabe, meatball and chicken.”
“Its the tiniest little take out italian sandwich shop and bread bakery, and everything is delicious.”
Second Street Bakery
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
8 reviews
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Either I didn't read closely enough or just didn't read period…but these cinnamon breads are HUGE. From the pics I thought they were the size of your typical pastry. They are about the size of half a loaf of french bread…huge. I got 3 not knowing this lol.
Cinnamon bread was a high 3 low 4 out of 5. Maybe a little too much cinnamon as I have a little bit of a bitter/burn sensation in my mouth…but maybe these arent meant for one human to consume? I had most of one. Parts of it were super dense, spongy, and tender while others were very hard. I would have preferred all soft and spongy.
Pizza was fantastic, super soft, great sauce and cheese ratios. Great flavor.
Stuffed pepperoni bread was also great.
Slow service but you get that in such a mom and pop/neighborhood type atmosphere. I didn't want to wait for my items to be heated and I'm glad the woman asked if I wanted them heated. Opted to take them as is and very happy with the decision.
Our friends came over for lunch and brought us a variety of sandwiches from here. Omg, everything was so good. I tried the eggplant sandwich and broccoli rabe chicken sandwich. Both were excellent. People gave rave reviews to the pizza rolls too. They said they were tasty and not greasy. We couldn't stop eating the sandwiches and stuffed ourselves so much that we didn't even have room for dinner that night. It was worth it.
This place is just too good. We got cinnamon bread and an eggplant roll with mozz all for 3.76. That's less than we paid for one croissant at a bakery near grove street two minutes prior to entering Second street. You can tell that most of the clientele have been coming here for years and it makes sense because the woman who waits on you is the sweetest, the prices are great and the food is really really delicious.
This is up the street from my mother in law and they have both been here for generations. I have enjoyed these small pizzas for years and they are so darn good! While most times I am enjoying these delicious treats when my MIL brings them out, every now and then we go down to JC and pick out own. Honestly, the simplicity of the items are what make them superb.
The stuffed breads are a family favorite but I like the smaller stuffed rolls, eggplant – delicious; meatball- pure yum and pepperoni is the perfect snack. Hubs likes the chicken. Today I picked up the cinnamon roll and was so pleasantly surprised!
Can't imagine there is any bad selection here.
This is what local homemade is all about. Hours are persnickety- closed Monday. Otherwise open 9:00-3:00.
Second Street is a pretty damned good Italian sandwich shop. I come here fairly regularly and the scene is usually the same. The place is dark with a low ceiling, and not all that clean looking even though it actually is clean. There will be at least 2-3 others waiting to order or get their sandwiches, including some Italians. The counter will be run by either a middle aged lady, or a younger guy, both of which are very nice and also efficient. After paying around $6 for a foot-long sandwich, you'll wait 3-5 minutes as your order is made fresh. Second Street is very much a time warp, and luckily the sandwiches make the jump.
My go-to is the chicken cutlet with broccoli rabe, provolone and thousand island dressing. The chicken cutlet is tender and crisp, and the broccoli rabe plays against the provolone well (except for the few times the provolone hasn't been sharp, boooo). It doesn't sound like the dressing fits in, but it does and helps to integrate the whole sandwich. I've gotten their braciole as well, which is tender and comes with a great tomato sauce. There's a lot else to try on the menu, but I haven't quite gotten past those 2 yet. The main thing I wish was better ironically is the homemade bread itself; it's good, but nothing special. I keep putting it off, but next time I'll buy some of the cinnamon bread as well; after all, they're a bakery, not just a deli. Bottom line is this is a gem in Jersey City, and it's even more awesome that I can walk down to it from my apartment.
I love to support this friendly neighborhood baker when I can.
This bakery isn't open at convenient times for me so that's a con, however when I can make it, the trip is worth it. Baked goods are made fresh but are best warmed up before enjoying. Sandwiches are absolutely fantastic, the combo of home made bread and great ingredients is always a win.
Amazing. I really can not say enough good things about this place. I have yet to have something I didn't like. It's super cheap and delicious. Fresh mozz? Did you really have to ask?
I could seriously eat every meal here and be happy… although not sure my pants would be as excited.
The only downside is they close at 3 during the week… which kind of leaves me out of luck. At least my pants are happy.
I'm pretty sad that I've lived in JC for 20 years and just tried this place out.
The lady behind the counter was super cute! She knew all about yelp and how she has great reviews.
I had the #4 which was Mozz cheese, Parm cheese (I think but def a second type of cheese) and sundried tomatos. Simple, yet amazing.
Its a cash or check place only!
Super Fast!
Extremely fresh!
Will def be back!