Gina's Bakery: News and Events

Vote Gina's for Best of Essex Award

Please take a moment to vote for Gina's Bakery in the annual Best of Essex awards. Your votes are appreciated!

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Purim is Approaching, Read about the Purim Holiday Here.

About Purim

Purim is one of the most colorful and joyful Jewish holidays. The story of Esther is read out loud and the audience makes noise, stomping their feet and using noisemakers to drown out the name of the villain, Haman. Costumes are encouraged and there are contests, games and lots of fun to celebrate this holiday.

It is traditional to give  gifts of food, especially fruit, nuts and Hamentashen to friends, family and neighbors.

There are four requirements (Mitzvot) at Purim

• Reading the Book of Esther out loud
• Being festive and rejoicing
• Giving gifts of fruits and nuts
• Offering gifts to the poor

Our Holiday Cookies are Sublime (and available Gift-Boxed)

Whether you want something that simply tastes fantastic or a beautifully presented gift, or a platter to bring to work, try our Holiday Cookies, they are available gift-packaged or in a regular bakery box/ bag!

For Christmas orders,  place your orders no later than Sunday, December 21st, you can download a PDF copy of our Cookie Order form here.

Cookie Types

• Gingerbread, large, decorated, $2.50/piece
• Signature Cookies
  Chocolate Chip, Snicker Doodle, Oatmeal Raisin, $1.00/piece Triple Chocolate Chip $1.25/piece
• Cut-outs (butter cookies),  non decorative packaging, $16.00/lb
• Elegant Collection
  Hand-made all butter cookies, including Pecan Crescents, Triple Chocolate Espresso, and Spritz with Fruit Centers,$18.00/lb

Gift Packages

• Gingerbread Cookies, 2 large gingerbread cookies, packaged in cellophane with a gift bow, $6.50
• Cookie Gift Boxes, (1 lb), gold or silver with bow
  • Cut-Outs, $23.00
  • Elegant, $24.00

• Cookie Tins
  • Signature, $24.00
  • Elegant, $32.00

Platters

• Small Platters (2+lbs)
  • Gingerbread, mix of small and large, $43.00
  • Cut-outs, $42.00
• Large Platters (4 lbs)
  • Gingerbread,$75.00
  • Cut-outs, $75.00

Photos of Our Renovated Storefront & Cafe

Our renovations are complete, and we wanted to share with you a few pics:

We're really proud of our new look - we all worked really hard to make our existing storefront roomier for our customers, and more pleasant to visit.

And while you wait for your baked goods, or while you sit and have something to eat, your kids can feel free to draw all over our chalkboard wall (please keep below the blue line, though!).

We're the same ownership, so nothing has changed - so even if you don't quite "approve" of our new look, please do continue to visit us! You'll still get the best baked goods in Northern New Jersey.

Thanks to all our faithful customers!

Gina's Cafe Hours Begin Thursday, July 3rd - Check Out Our Cafe Menu!

Check out our cafe menu, for an idea of what you can expect to eat-in or take-out:
Download ginas_cafe_menu.pdf

If you've always wanted to try one of our awesome upside down cakes, chocolate roulade, chocolate raspberry truffle torte, or other incredibly rich and special handmade desserts - but didn't necessarily want to buy the whole package - now you can just sit back at Gina's and have a piece, or even take a slice home with you.

This week, we're very excited to announce that beginning Thursday, July 3rd, our cafe hours go into effect. We'll now be open until 11:00pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, which means not only will you have more time to stop by and pick up our delicious baked goods, but for the first time you can actually sit down and enjoy items by-the-slice, such as our famous whole fruit pies and select cakes.

  We have some indoor seating, as well as plenty of outdoor seating under our awning, complete with lights for enjoying your pie slices and other goodies throughout the evening.

Gina's Bakery is a Sell-Out Hit at the Millburn Farmers Market

Hi there Gina's fans in Millburn and the surrounding area . We wanted to take a moment to thank you for coming back to see us at the 2008 Millburn Farmers Market.  Your support has been incredible, and we hope to continue to serve you and your families our delicious baked goods for many years to come. 

For those of you who have not come to the market, come visit us on Tuesdays throughout the summer at the market, right on the corner of Essex and Main Streets. You'll find Gina's well represented every Tuesday from now until October. 

We always feature a fabulous variety of handmade artisanal breads and sweet goods. If you live or work in the Millburn area, take a break and stop by, we'd love to see you.   

Please note that toward the end of the day we consistently sell out, so if you have any special requests or would like us to put together an order for you in advance to ensure you get what you are looking for,  please email us 24 hours prior to the start of the market. Parking is easy and you can also pick up your fresh fruits and vegetables at the same time :)

See you soon!

2008 Gina's Full Line Bakery Menu

Gina's is pleased to introduce our 2008 full line retail menu of baked goods.

Download ginas_menu_bakery_d2.pdf

Please note:  Since all of our items are made by hand in small batches,  some items on the menu may not be available every day.  However, most items may be special ordered 48 hours in advance to ensure availability.  Please email us with your order request and we will get right back to you.

If you are a restaurant or a reseller, please contact us for information about our wholesale program including free 7 day delivery.

Gina's Cafe and Tasting Event

Gian's bakery celebrated it's recent remodeling and the opening of Gina's Cafe with a first ever local tasting event.   If you didn't get an invitation, please sign up for our mailing list and we'll be sure to invite you to our next local event :)

Special cakes and treats were baked for the event along with some of our long time favorites and eveybody got to taste to their hearts content.   Many of the items will be featured in our new cafe by the slice and all of the items are available by special order.  In addition, you can always suprise yourself by walking in to see what we've got on any given day.  However, if you want to be sure to get what you want, please call or email us in advance to order your items.

Featured items included a fabulous triple coconut specialty cake.  This is a cake to die for with coconut buttercream, coconut whipped cream and coconut ZZZ on a light and fluffy yellow cake.  Also featured was a flourless chocolate roulade - delicious for everyone and perfect for people with gluten-free diets.

Also featured:

• Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes
• Brioche banana and chocolate bread puddingKey lime pies
• Gina's famous brioche toast (Best of New Jersey award winner)
• French style cheese cake
• Chocolate rasberry torte

Here are  a couple of pictures of the event and expect to see some more on Baristanet soon. 

We hope to see you again!

Gina's gets a fresh, new look

Hi all you Gina's fans.  We are pleased to unveil our new logo design in a hand painted sign for our bakery.  Jim from Fantastic Finishes did a beautiful job on the sign and we couldn't be more pleased with the result.

Grand Reopening Tasting Party: June 14th

Let your kickoff to summer begin with a tasting at artisan Gina's Bakery!

Did you read about our exciting renovations? They're in progress right now, and will end in a Grand Reopening Tasting Party at the new and improved Gina's Bakery on 110 Walnut Street in Montclair, on June 14th, from 11am to 3pm.

Our event – the first ever at Gina's Bakery – will coincide with Montclair's first farmers market of the year, so please make sure to put our Grand Reopening on your calendar.  We're just a short walk from the farmers market, which is at the Walnut Street Train Station, just down the road.

Whether you're a regular (and we know there are a lot of you) or you've never been to our one-of-a-kind true artisan bakery, we sure hope you'll stop by to check out our new digs and taste the latest and greatest! This is the perfect opportunity to sample our award-winning handmade  breads, pies, cupcakes and other treats.

Rain Date: If it's raining, we'll move the event to the following Saturday, June 21st, from 11am to 3pm. So don't worry, you'll get a second chance to try everything!

We look forward to seeing friends, both new and old!