Manifest Bread in Riverdale Park is expanding its bakery and opening a new sit-down restaurant in a vacant space next door.

Located at 6208 Rhode Island Ave., the popular organic bakery has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help pay for the costs of the build-out and buying a new oven.

The new space will have room for around 30 seats and at 3,000 square feet, nearly triple its current size. In the new space, it will serve a slightly expanded menu of breads, pastries and sandwiches during the day, then at night it will turn into a bar and restaurant.

Owners Rick and Tyes Cook told the Hyattsville Wire that the restaurant will intentionally limit its menu to seasonal ingredients and things that can be made in an oven.

“The menu and its contents simple and seasonal, will be limited to what can be produced from the oven and a couple other cooking elements,” Tyes Cook said. “These restrictions are what spark creativity.”

The two have been thinking about opening a restaurant for a while, but their plans got delayed as they spent time learning how to bake bread and opening the bakery in 2022.

Manifest Bread is closing on Sunday, July 28, for construction for four months, with Cook saying they hope to reopen by Thanksgiving.

You can contribute to the Kickstarter here.

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