The story of Milbree Viking was started in 1991 by Liisa Ottavainen who began baking traditional Finnish style crispy rye bread in her home basement. 'Milbree' was born when Liisa opened her first store within Greater Toronto Area in July 1991. Milbree continued to focus on producing fresh baked goods until 2000, at which point the opportunity was seized to relocate to mid town Toronto and expand a thriving production bakery business. more... See more text