we are a cincinnati-based artisan bakery and wholesaler servicing chefs and the discerning.
We approach every loaf of bread with one resolve:
Make this one the best. Make the next one better.
quality is a discipline
Quality is about ingredients and intention. Patience is bread’s greatest virtue. We use a slower natural fermentation process to bring out the grain’s full character. Once the dough is ready, every loaf is handmade.
We bake with four simple ingredients: unbleached, unbromated wheat flour, water, salt, and sometimes yeast. That’s it. This restraint protects what bread should always be — robust in flavor and nutrition.
purpose is the work
Business should always create opportunity. We are deliberate in our hiring processes and focus on partnerships that strengthen our community. This is a place that supports second chances and the dignity of work. It crafts better bread, and a better Cincinnati.
ryan morgan
owner / head baker
Ryan didn’t intend on being a baker. He was a mechanic and an engineer — always fascinated by detail and process but fed his soul with motorcycles and Jimi Hendrix. Then life, as it often does, changed the plan. His family’s bakery needed his hands. He offered them. What he didn’t anticipate was baking would call on his talent for meticulous process and awaken a passion for artisanship. He began pursuing handcrafted methods, studying under master bakers, exploring the ancient grains and natural fermentation that would become the cornerstone of his bakery: Sixteen Bricks.
Based in Cincinnati, Sixteen Bricks reflects the city’s spirit: grounded in authenticity and committed to craft. Real ingredients, real process, and real flavor. This has earned Sixteen Bricks national attention from major food publications and esteemed restaurants. Sixteen Bricks goal remains simple: make the best bread possible. Then make the next one better.
