Family owned and operated

Located next to the Holiday Market at Lake of the Pines

10934 Combie Road, Auburn, California 95602

ph: 530-268-0576 | fx: 530-268-1786

email: info AT gristmill DOT biz

Welcome to the Gristmill Bakery & Deli

The Gristmill Bakery and Deli, Auburn, CaliforniaOur website is designed to give you information. Once you have had a look around and decide that you would like to order from us, please give us a call to place your order. We do not have the capacity to discuss orders over email. We are busy baking and serving our customers. Please call and we will be able to give you our great service and answer your questions on the phone - the old fashioned way!

Croquembouche - Wow your holiday guests!

Croquembouche by the Gristmill

The Grismtill bakery is always creating something original for the holidays. From custom decorated holiday cakes to spectacular desserts for the season, we are up for your holiday dessert challenge. Give us a call and we can bake you up a delicious solution. Check out our custom cakes or come into the shop to see what else we have cookin'. You won't be disappointed.

Tying the knot? Check out our wedding cakes!

Cutting the wedding cake

There is no reason to go any where else. Our wedding cakes are beautifully deocrated and skillfully/securely put together. The cakes are tall, moist and delicious and covered to perfection in your choice of tastey icings. When you order your wedding cake from us, you won't be disappointed. Check out our wedding cake page, print our wedding cake flyer or call us to book a consultation and tasting.

Birthday party or special occasion? Theme the cake!

A rocking zebra and rocking first birthday from the Gristmill

The Grismtill bakery is an expert at custom cake decorating. Bring in a card or napkin and we can theme your cake to really make a party. So beautiful and perfectly decorated some people think it's a shame to cut our cakes, but you must! Our cakes are delicious and made to eat! Check out more custom cakes or come in for a visit as we have many more cake photos in our Cake Idea Book.

Feeding a group? Planning an event?

Deli Tray with peppers, Gristmill Deli, Lake of the Pines

For special events and parties we have a number of light catering options including an array of spectacular deli trays and hot items such as home made quiche and lasagna. We can help you feed your guests and you can relax and enjoy the party. We also specialize in lunches for sporting events, golf-tournaments and conferences. From brown bag lunches to spectacular fruit and deli trays, we'll make any gathering a memorable eating experience.

Need a Good morning wake-up call?

Kim makes an excellent espresso

We do coffee, espresso and breakfast. We brew a wide variety of coffees ready to go and custom make espresso just the way you like it. Coffee beans are sold by the pound and ground to your specification. If you are too sleepy to remember how you like your coffee, don't worry, we'll remember for you.

Hungry for lunch? We make more than sandwiches.

Ceylon taking an order

The Gristmill Bakery and Deli has an extensive lunch menu. It's not just sandwiches! Choose from hot soups, home-made salads, pizzabread, lasagna, quiche or wraps. We also make burgers and serve them up on our very own home-made hamburger buns fresh from the oven.

About Us & How to order

Mikki rolling danish at the Gristmill

The Gristmill is family owned and operated and we have been serving Lake of the Pines, Grass Valley, Auburn, Nevada City and other communities around Nevada County since 1992. Conveniently located on Combie Road off Highway 49 between Auburn and Grass Valley, we service many loyal customers along Highway 49 and Interstate 80. We are located next to the Holiday Market in the Lake Center shopping center.

We have a diverse product line of freshly baked breads and bakery goods, a full deli that hosts a variety of meats and cheeses and homemade salads.

If you aren't convinced by the mouth-watering pictures come visit our bustling bakery-deli-café in real life. Nothing is better than the real thing, especially when it comes to eateries. You can sit down and enjoy a meal or snack. You can order by phone, pick up and take-out for a meal on the run. Or you can get fresh bread, pies, cakes, meats, cheeses and salads for any meal or special occasion.

We work really hard and very long hours to make great food. We take and discuss orders over the phone. We are not set up to respond quickly to email inquiries. No orders will be considered with out a confirmation phone call. We want to get your order right and make the order process efficient. For us, that means we take orders by phone, so give us a call.

Check out the about us page if you'd like to know more about the family behind the Gristmill Bakery and Deli.