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Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery Description

What's better than being handed a big, squishy wad of dough and being taught how to twist it into a pretzel? That's what happens at the start of the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery tour. The tour explores the large space where Sturgis started the first pretzel bakery in the U.S. back in the late 1700s. The guides are animated and enthusiastic, and at only 20 minutes or so the tour's short enough to hold the interest of most kids. Children will get some giggles out of the see-saw-like device used to knead pretzel dough.

Kid Tips

Babies: The tour is stroller-friendly, so you can keep little ones in their seats.

Toddlers & Pre-K: The pretzel dough is just like that other kind of dough that gets in your carpet. Ward off tantrums by warning kids that they don't get to keep it.

School-Age Kids: Eyes might get a bit wide when the tour operator shows the narrow ovens, which Sturgis cleaned by turning them off, cooling them down, then putting his children in them to clear out the salt.

Pre-Teens & Teens: Remind them that there's food at the end of the tour.

Planning Notes

It's okay not to wash hands. The pretzel dough that you roll is taken back, not baked. So it's okay if little hands aren't pristine.

Just about any time is good. There's usually not much of a wait.

The gift shop has goodies. You'll probably end up shelling out some of your own dough for a bag of their yummy pretzels.

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