The 222 Artisan Bakery storefront in downtown Edwardsville

Our story

Brought back by Edwardsville.The bakery the community kept.

An artisan bakery closed for over a year, returned to a new home at an old number. The city kept the 222 because we earned it.

The original 222

The bakery stood at222 N Main Street.

For years, 222 Artisan Bakery lived at 222 N Main. A real bench in a real kitchen. Saturday-morning regulars who never had to say their order. A starter for the sourdough that has now lived longer than most kitchens.

Then a changing landscape closed the doors. We were gone for more than a year. The starter stayed alive. The recipes stayed in our notebooks. But the storefront sat dark.

The original 222 Artisan Bakery storefront with the carved sign and gilt BREAKFAST and LUNCH lettering
The original 222

The food and atmosphere is awesome. They roast their own coffee, made fresh with locally sourced products. It is our go-to place.

Sherrie S. on Google

The neighborhood

The regulars asked,and they kept asking.

The regulars wouldn’t let us stay gone. They asked about us in the supermarket. They asked at the post office. They asked one another. The kind of asking that turns into something. A community that decides what it gets to keep.

So we started looking. A few blocks over, there was a building waiting for the right tenant. New address. Right neighborhood. Same town that wouldn’t let us go.

A wicker basket of whole wheat loaves wrapped in printed paper
Whole wheat in the case

The address

The city granted us222 St. Louis Street.

A new building at an old number. Edwardsville officially assigned us 222 so the brand could survive the move. That doesn’t happen for most businesses. It happened for us because the community asked it to.

The starter is back in its jar. The bench is back in use. Trevor still answers the email. The coffee is still roasted in-house at Plaid Coffee, his sister roastery a few minutes away. Sundays still smell like sourdough.

Trevor

  1. 222 N MainThe original bakery.
  2. A year awayClosed by a changing landscape.
  3. Community ralliedNeighbors brought us back.
  4. 222 St. LouisNew home, same 222.
Trevor and Kim together in front of the chalkboard menu wall at 222 Artisan Bakery
The team behind 222
2Generations
at the bench
1Year away,
then back
222The number
the city kept
513Google reviews
at 4.6 stars

From the roastery

Coffee, roasteda few minutes away.

Every bean served at 222 comes from Plaid Coffee Roasters, Trevor’s roasting operation a short drive from the bakery. Same hands, same standard — the beans go straight from the roaster to the espresso bar.

Visit Plaid Coffee → See the menu