The Pedretti’s Bakery storefront on Main Street in Elkader, with its striped awning and red door
Come in, we’reOpen

Pedretti’s Bakery. Baking fresh since 1968

  1. Tue6:00 am5:15 pm
  2. Wed6:00 am5:15 pm
  3. Thu6:00 am5:15 pm
  4. Fri6:00 am5:15 pm
  5. Sat6:00 am2:00 pm
  6. Sunclosed
  7. Monclosed
  • Tue – Fri · 6:00 am – 5:15 pm
  • Sat · 6:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Sun & Mon · closed

Cash or check only — sorry, no cards.

In the case

  • Hamburger Buns
  • French Bread
  • Raisin Bread
  • Croissants
  • Butterflake Rolls
See all 13 breads
A tray of golden rolls fresh from the oven
A tall rack of sheet pans filled with rolls
Bagged buns ready for the shelf
Rolls cooling on a bakery rack
Seven grain and raisin loaves bagged on the bread rack
A sourdough loaf on the shelf above the seven grain and raisin labels
Irish soda bread and white bread bagged on the shelf
Bagged loaves on the bread rack beside the shelf labels
Glazed raised donuts in a bakery box
Rows of long johns and glazed donuts on red trays
Rows of white, cinnamon and apple spice cake donuts
A tray of glazed donut holes
A tray of bismarcks
Long johns topped with chocolate and maple frosting
Trays of frosted sandwich cookies in the case
Rows of date filled and apricot filled sugar cookies
Chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies
Gingerbread men on a red tray
Date filled and apricot filled sugar cookies on red trays
Frosted sugar cookies decorated for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Frosted sugar cookies decorated for Iowa State
Congratulations Seniors sheet cake with a graduation cap
Cream sheet cake with a lattice pattern and pink rosebuds
Happy 55th Anniversary sheet cake with purple flowers
Decorated sheet cakes boxed on a rack for pickup
Graduation sheet cake in red, white and black
Cupcakes with pink and white frosting
Cupcakes with swirled purple and pink frosting
Chocolate cupcakes on the counter

* Selections vary by day and favorites may sell out.

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freshly baked every morning

Kind words

From our reviews on Facebook

  • The service was warm and welcoming… Everything we got was excellent!

    Amy S.

  • I have been coming here since I was little, what fond memories!

    Lisa P.

  • Their cookies and doughnuts are the best around! Worth traveling 2 hours for!

    Jason B.

  • Great people run this place. You couldn’t ask for nicer folks.

    Eric D.

  • Thank you for the delicious cakes for our wedding! … You helped make the wedding perfect!

    Sharon K.

  • The best bakery in all of northeast Iowa!

    Robyn C.
Main Street, Elkader

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Call ahead

Pick-up order

Name

Ready onat

Call ahead563-245-1280

In-store pickup only.

We’ll set it aside with your name on it.

Bagged hamburger buns stacked on a rack
Hamburger buns
Bagged hamburger buns stacked on blue bakery trays
Bagged and stacked

On local tables

You will find our buns beyond our own counter. These places serve them:

  • Fennelley’s Irish Pub
  • 2 MIT Burgers
  • Johnson’s Reception Hall
  • St. Olaf Tavern
  • Barney’s Tavern
Joe Pedretti leaning on the counter in front of the bread shelves, in black and white
Joe Pedretti

Since 1968

In 1968, Joe Pedretti was working at his brother’s bakery when he heard the bakery in Elkader was for sale. He bought it and moved his family here. Three generations later, we are still on the same corner.

Read the story

Same corner. Same building.
Third generation behind the counter.