Rocket Bakery - Churchill Square

Affectionately known as "Baby Rocket"! Opened Mon - Sat 8:30a-6:00p
Sundays 9:00a-4:00p Welcome to Rocket Bakery & Fresh Food! Drop in! There are no bathrooms.

We are the home of house made breads, yummy desserts, deliciously prepared hot and cold dishes and tasty coffee! Step into our warm, friendly space at 272 Water Street where the aroma of hot-out-of-the-oven Rocket specialties will remind you of home! Everything is made from scratch in Rocket’s second floor bakery and kitchen, from the finest of ingredients with many sourced locally! We offer frien

09/10/2024
09/05/2024

Check this out! This Friday only, we’ve got Bakeapple Flakie Fridays! You don’t wanna miss it - place your preorder at rocketfood.ca before 3pm on Thursday, or visit us early on Friday morning! Thanks folks!🚀

09/02/2024

Yes! We’re open today at all locations! Hope to see you soon! 292/294 Water Street, 46 Bannister Street, Mount Pearl and Baby Rocket in Churchill Square!

08/13/2024

Here’s a great addition to Water Street! Safaa’s Kitchen at Rocket! That’s right! From 5-8 pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nites, Safaa from Safaa’s Kitchen will be cooking up her famous falafel sandwiches and chicken and beef shawarmas at Rocket! Drop on in and have a Rocket dessert and coffee once you’re finished your Safaa shawarma! 😃👍🚀

07/19/2024

We’re happy to announce that Rocket Water Street is now carrying the Newfoundland Chocolate Company’s Gelato in individual serving size cups! Seven flavours on-the-go! Vanilla, Salted Caramel, Milk Chocolate, Dark chocolate, Blueberry, Pistachio and Strawberry Cheesecake! So, now you can cruise the pedestrian mall with a little taste of sweeeet Newfoundland in your hand!

07/19/2024

All weekend long (or as long as they last!), we have these fun, Pride flakies featuring raspberry jam, fresh whipped cream and our own puff pastry at all 3 of our locations! Happy Pride, everyone!!

07/13/2024

Rocket’s take on The Crookie’s a hit! Our butter croissant plus our chocolate chunk cookie both inside AND on top! Is it over the top?! You be the judge! Either way, it’s Dee-licious!! 😃👍🚀

07/12/2024

Set up and William Prince sound check time for this year’s Festival!! Best wishes to everyone who has pulled this together! So happy to be a part of it again!! See you soon!!

07/09/2024

Tuesday, July 9! Celtic singer, Ellen MacIsaac, will be sitting in on our weekly trad session from 12:30-1:30 pm! Last week, we were thrilled to have Hussein Janmohamed sit in with Tony, Scott, Scott and Daunt! Hussein is a passionate advocate for collaborative singing and inclusion and he sang a community dance song (honouring the feminine divinity in all of us!!) from North India that is played and sung right across the region whether you are Muslim, Hindu or from other traditions and faiths. Cool! Drop in tomorrow (Tuesday) to Rocket Water Street and join in on the fun!! 294 Water Street!
HarbourVOICES

07/08/2024

Love our customers, family and friends who pitch in, when they can, to help us! This time, it’s Christa and Sarah! Thanks, you two!

06/21/2024

🍀Giveaway Newsflash!🍀

Big excitement around Jacob Collier coming to St. John’s for the HarbourVOICES! Choral Festival, June 28 - July 4! Jacob is the headliner at the Festival’s Gala Concert on July 2 at the Mary Brown’s Centre and Rocket and HarbourVOICES! have joined forces to offer an amazing GIVEAWAY: 2 tix to the Gala Concert and, to help you blast off for the concert of this rising star, a Rocket prize pack of Out-of-This-World Granola, Rocket House Blend Coffee and 3 packages of Rocket’s most popular cookies!

Here’s how you win:
👋 Follow both and (make sure to hit the follow button!)
♥️ Like, save and share this post on your story!
🚀 Tag your concert buddy below!

This giveaway closes on 26/06/24, we’ll select the winner via random generator and we’ll contact the winner via IG DM via no later than 5 pm on that day (no other accounts will notify winner). Winners must be able to pick up their prize!
Good luck! 🍀🍀🍀
.warren2 ammrose77 .johns

06/16/2024

Happy Father’s Day one and all! ❤️🚀 (and Mark!)

06/15/2024

Oh yeah! This is the ultimate Father’s Day treat from Rocket Bakery! Bring Dad in for one … or just pick one up for yourself. After all, you’ve put up with all the Dad jokes FOR YEARS!!
😉😂😉😂🚀

06/08/2024

Cranberry scones today at Rocket Bakery! Available at all three of our locations! Have it with a Rocket coffee and it’s a match made in heaven!

06/05/2024

It’s crazy but we did it! We started baking THE CROOKIE: our butter croissant with a Rocket Bakery chocolate chip cookie baked inside and on top! POW! It’s awesome! Try one at any of our locations! See you soon!

05/26/2024

What would we do without ‘im?! Thanks for the buff up, Mark! Stay tuned for more Mark projects! 😊

05/25/2024

Our Baby Rocket store manager, Will Clark, doesn’t really like to get his picture taken but he’ll do it for Sweet Rock Ice Cream, now restocked at Baby Rocket in Churchill Square! 😊👍🚀

We have:
French Vanilla Bean - a traditional French vanilla ice cream made with real vanilla bean!

Space Jam Jam - a fun twist on a Newfoundland Classic! Loads of jam jams and vanilla ice cream!

Devil’s footprints: made with hand picked wild partridgeberries!

Haul in the Jib: chocolate ice cream with NL sea salt and caramel!

Cookie Smash: tons of house made chocolate chip cookies and Oreo cookies! - mixed right into the ice cream along with loads of cookie chunks throughout!

05/20/2024

Rocket is open today (Monday)! Drop on by for a pastry, coffee, soup, salad, sandwich, fish cakes and more! Hope to see you at Rocket Water Street ( #294), Baby Rocket in Churchill Square or Rocket Mount Pearl (46 Bannister Street)! 😃👍🚀

05/19/2024

New Soup! Mulligatawny with veggies, chicken, rice and curry! Come on in to try it! Thanks, Farhan!
(Still!)

05/18/2024

NEW PRODUCT! Rocket Buns with Moroccan Chicken! The bun is a mix between a touton and an English muffin and is the perfect vessel for Ghizlane’s chicken concoction! Deliciously seasoned, these Rocket Buns are great with a bowl of soup or a salad! Thanks, Ghizlane!

05/16/2024

This Friday, we’re adding a twist! These Strawberry Cheesecake FLAKIES are stuffed full of homemade strawberry jam and a cheesecake filling, you don’t wanna miss them! Place a preorder by 3pm today at Rocketfood.ca to secure your Flakies for tomorrow, or stop by early and take your pick! We’ll see you then!!🍓🍰🚀

05/16/2024

Behind the scenes at the “Rocket Barn” in downtown St. John’s! Lots of changes and upgrades about to happen at both Rocket Water Street and Baby Rocket at Churchill Square! Stay tuned! The Barn may even get a facelift! 😊 Kelly

05/15/2024

Would you look at that! Even more time to grab all of your favourite treats!! Hope to see you soon!🚀❤️

05/15/2024

It’s proven! Singing is good for you and singing together with others has even MORE health benefits! So, what an amazing opportunity to boost your joy, happiness and overall health by singing together with choirs from all over the world right here in St. John’s June 29 - July 4 with the HarbourVOICES International Festival of Collective Singing Traditions! Plus! Be a part of Jacob Collier’s Audience Choir at the HarbourVoices Gala Performance on July 2 at the Mary Brown’s Centre! Check it all out at: www.HarbourVoices.ca!
ammrose77

05/11/2024

Happy Mother’s Day! Strawberry layer cake and blueberry flakies headline Rocket’s Moms’ Day offerings this year, while supplies last! Hope to see you at one of our locations tomorrow: 294 Water Street, Churchill Square and 46 Bannister Street in Mt Pearl! Kelly and the Rocket Gang

04/30/2024

One of our most popular products, our Fudgy Ballistic Brownies are topped with chocolate cream cheese icing! Yum!

04/29/2024

NEW!! Hey Gang! Our first ukulele jam in Mount Pearl will be this Thursday, May 4 from 7-8 pm! All levels are welcome and our group will be led by teacher extraordinaire, Gary Johnston! No need to be shy! Just bring your uke and your voice! (This time around, the café won’t be open for dinner but we’ll make it happen for our next jam on June 6!)

04/20/2024

Come and join in the fun with Alex Taylor as he hosts his weekly Sunday trad session at Rocket Mount Pearl! Sunday, April 21, 2 - 4 pm. All are welcome! Bring your instruments and/or sing along!

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Yes! We’re open today at all locations! Hope to see you soon! 292/294 Water Street, 46 Bannister Street, Mount Pearl and...
Here’s a great addition to Water Street! Safaa’s Kitchen at Rocket! That’s right! From 5-8 pm, Thursday, Friday and Satu...
We’re happy to announce that Rocket Water Street is now carrying the Newfoundland Chocolate Company’s Gelato in individu...
All weekend long (or as long as they last!), we have these fun, Pride flakies featuring raspberry jam, fresh whipped cre...
Rocket’s take on The Crookie’s a hit! Our butter croissant plus our chocolate chunk cookie both inside AND on top! Is it...
Set up and William Prince sound check time for this year’s @nlfolk Festival!! Best wishes to everyone who has pulled thi...
Tuesday, July 9! Celtic singer, Ellen MacIsaac, will be sitting in on our weekly trad session from 12:30-1:30 pm! Last w...
Happy Father’s Day one and all! ❤️🚀 (and Mark!)
Oh yeah! This is the ultimate Father’s Day treat from Rocket Bakery! Bring Dad in for one … or just pick one up for your...
Cranberry scones today at Rocket Bakery! Available at all three of our locations! Have it with a Rocket coffee and it’s ...
It’s crazy but we did it! We started baking THE CROOKIE: our butter croissant with a Rocket Bakery chocolate chip cookie...

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9 Churchill Square
St. John's, NL
A1B2X1

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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