Fun With Flatbread

According to co-owner Phil Merrick, making flatbread at August First [1] bakery and café was always on his list of things to do. “We actually expected to do it sooner, but every time we’d set a date we’d postpone it,” he says.

But with the help of eager staffers, he’s finally ready to make it happen. “At my other bakery [in Wadhams, N.Y.], we did it five or six times a year, and it was really fun,” Merrick says. In Burlington, “Flatbread Friday” will be weekly.

The first one is January 15 from 6 to 9 p.m., complete with unlimited salad and topped bread for $12, plus extra for quaffs. With a new “kegerator” in the house, drinks will probably include draft Switchback [2] and a less expensive bottled offering such as Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Although toppings will change weekly — perhaps even hourly, depending on who’s slinging the “pies” — Merrick guarantees that meat eaters, vegetarians and cheese heads will always find a suitable selection.

The number of brews and the decision to add music — or not — will all depend on the crowd. “Ideally everybody will show up, and we’ll all have fun together and we can try lots of different things,” says Merrick.