Who We Are

The name says it all.  We are a small, local, independent bakery in the heart of the historic Five Points neighborhood in Athens, Georgia.  Our mission is simple: to provide our community with healthful, hearth-baked loaves of bread and delicious pastries, just as community bakeries have done for hundreds of years.  Our building is small, but we’ve provided a few seats for you inside at our window bar or right outside the door on the heart-pine bench to enjoy a coffee, a pastry, or a roll while you watch our hard-working bakers or Five Points life go by.

Kevin Scollo, Owner & Baker

Over the last 10 years, Kevin has worked in restaurants and bakeries in New York City and Cleveland, Ohio.  He was raised in Marietta, Georgia and made his way back down south when the opportunity arose to buy Independent Baking, Co. from the renowned baker and miller, Thom Leonard.  He intends to maintain the high standard that Thom has set for the bakery and to continue to supply Athens with world-class bread and pastries. Kevin is also a classically trained percussionist, with a music performance degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.