A sesame pan de muerto beside a bowl of hot chocolate with a wooden molinillo

Bakery · Bound Brook, Somerset County

Melissa's Bakery

A Mexican bakery and restaurant on Bound Brook's Main Street, known for pan de muerto in sesame and sugar styles each fall and rosca de reyes for Three Kings Day.

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Melissa's Bakery on East Main Street is a Mexican bakery that also serves tacos, tortas and other plates (Google lists it as Melissa's restaurant). In October it bakes pan de muerto two ways, with sesame and with sugar, and around the new year it takes orders for rosca de reyes for January 6.

What’s here

Made here
Pan de muerto, with sesame or sugar (October) · Rosca de reyes (late December to January 6)
Served here
Mexican plates: tacos, tortas and more

This season

Pan de muerto was last posted in October 2022 and roscas in January 2023; call to check 2026.

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