Serving Butler, NJ
The bakery near Butler, NJ — just down Main Street
Cross the Pequannock River and you're here: The Magpie Bakery sits in Riverside Square on Bloomingdale's Main Street, about five minutes from any corner of Butler.
Down Main Street, over the river
If you live in Butler, you already know the way — when locals say they're heading “down Main Street,” they mean toward Bloomingdale. Follow Main Street out of downtown, cross the Pequannock River where Butler ends and Bloomingdale begins, and you'll find The Magpie Bakery in Riverside Square, the riverside plaza with the 7-Eleven on the corner. Coming from the Route 23 side of town instead? Turn onto Kiel Avenue at the Decker Road light, head north past the Butler Library, and follow Main Street the rest of the way. It's about a mile from the center of Butler — call it five minutes, door to door.
Your everyday bakery, one town over
That closeness is the whole point. Butler was called West Bloomingdale until 1881, when it was renamed for Richard Butler of the hard-rubber works that built the town — so a Bloomingdale bakery serving Butler is really just the original neighborhood looking after its own. At this distance The Magpie is an everyday stop, not a destination trip: coffee and a croissant before work, a warm cinnamon roll on a slow Saturday, a dozen donuts for the team, savory hand pies for an easy dinner. It's quicker than driving out Route 23 to a supermarket bakery case — and everything here left the oven the same morning. Browse the full menu (vegan options included) and order online so your box is ready when you walk in.
Cakes that cross the borough line
Butler and Bloomingdale already share their biggest milestones — Bloomingdale has no high school of its own, so its teens attend Butler High School, where they've recently made up more than 40% of enrollment. Graduation parties, team send-offs, communions, and birthdays cross the town line all the time, and so do the cakes. Custom cakes and cupcakes are what The Magpie is known for: owner and head baker Melanie Stripeikis has 30+ years of baking behind her, and neighbors reviewing the bakery keep mentioning the same things — cakes designed one-on-one with Melanie, wedding dessert spreads, and vegan and allergen-friendly bakes that don't feel like a compromise. Read all 317 reviews and you'll spot the pattern. Best of all for Butler families: your cake rides in the car for five minutes, not forty-five.
Trays for downtown Butler
Downtown Butler's compact Main Street still looks much as it did a century ago — the Butler Museum keeps local history in the 1888 railroad depot, and the 1936 Art Deco Borough Hall has WPA-era murals inside. If you work in one of those Main Street storefronts or offices, catering trays and corporate gifts with logo-printed cookies are an easy win — pickup is minutes away, so pastries arrive as fresh as they left the oven. Call (973) 291-6756 to plan a tray for the office, a team breakfast, or a school event.
Butler is our closest neighbor, but we bake for the whole valley — if you're coming from another direction, see our pages for Riverdale and Kinnelon.
Good to know
Questions, answered
How long does it take to get to The Magpie Bakery from Butler?
About five minutes. From downtown Butler, follow Main Street toward Bloomingdale, cross the Pequannock River at the borough line, and the bakery is in Riverside Square — roughly a mile all told. From the Route 23 side of town, take Kiel Avenue north from the Decker Road light into downtown first; it's still only a couple of miles.
Can I order a custom cake for a Butler High graduation or birthday?
Yes — custom cakes and cupcakes are a Magpie specialty, and Melanie designs each one with you. Call (973) 291-6756 ahead of your date to talk through the details. Pickup in Bloomingdale is about five minutes from Butler, so the cake barely spends any time in the car.
Is there parking at the bakery?
Yes — The Magpie Bakery is in Riverside Square, a strip plaza on Bloomingdale's Main Street with its own parking lot, so a quick morning stop from Butler really is quick.
Five minutes from Butler, fresh out of the oven
Order online and your box is waiting at the counter in Riverside Square — a straight shot down Main Street.