Colossus

Colossus is a neighborhood hospitality-driven bakery and cafe founded in our owner's hometown of Long Beach, CA. We specialize in whole grain sourdough breads and hand-crafted seasonal pastries.

We recently expanded our 2nd St location with a full-service dining room. We offer quick counter-service on one side, and full-service dine-in for brunch and dinner on the other. We have a low-intervention natural wine list that features small independent producers. Our menu is bistro meets California-Mediterranean. We feature elevated classics with ingredients that honor our honors Greek heritage and local seasonal produce.

We hope to see you in soon.

Colossus is one of the bakeries listed in Long Beach, California. The business is registered at 4716 2nd St, Long Beach, CA 90803; use this page to check its hours, phone number and Google rating before you make the trip. Google also lists it under restaurant, coffee shop, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

American bakeries range from wholesale operations that supply restaurants to neighborhood shops that sell bread, pastries, cookies and cakes over the counter, and many of them also pour coffee. Bagel shops boil and bake on site and sell out of favorite flavors by late morning; donut shops open before dawn and are often family-run; patisseries and cake studios take custom orders for weddings and birthdays and usually need one to two weeks' notice. Ice cream parlors, gelato shops and frozen yogurt bars are seasonal in the northern states and year-round in the South and on the West Coast. Prices are posted per item, by the dozen or by the pound, and most shops now take cards and mobile payment.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. The most common schedule is 6 am–9 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. The listed phone number is (562) 285-3142. Many businesses also reply to text messages on the same number if it is a cell phone. More information is available on its website, colossusbread.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.6 out of 5 from 294 reviews, which is a strong result for a bakery in Long Beach and suggests consistent service.

Long Beach is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. Traffic in Long Beach peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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