I hope you all are staying toasty warm. The harsh cold spell is supposed to be gone by tomorrow night. For those of you who have come in this week, you know we are doing a survey asking if you drove to the bakery or walked/bike/public transport. The city is taking steps to remove parking all the way down to Arlington Street, which is the light right above the bakery. City Council refuses to consider the needs of small businesses or the local community, they apparently believe that bikers can replace car drivers as the main support for small businesses, despite us telling them the contrary. So we plan to show them how wrong they are by collecting the data that drivers FAR outperform bikers/walkers/public transportation shoppers, both in terms of sheer numbers and in terms of spend amounts. And that the latter can’t carry small businesses alone. Many businesses are doing this survey to send to City Council. We are keeping daily records, so if you come in every day, every day we will ask you the same. Hope you don’t mind, but if we lose parking we will go out of business. Already some of the businesses in the affected areas are announcing that they are closing. City Council has ignored our words, but they will ignore the data to their own peril.
The Chicken pot pies are flying off the shelves, but don’t worry, we are making them as fast as you are buying. I personally love the vegan ones. They hit the sweet spot between being full of organic veggies and creamy warm sauce. One of our customers (thanks Shirely!) said they preferred a super saucy pot pie. So then I asked Danielle, our head baker, what she thought and she said New Englanders love their saucy pot pies. I’m a 4″ high veggie on my plate kind of gal, but thankfully I listened and we balanced out the sauce and filling to I think a perfect balance. I have to admit, the extra sauce is very pleasing in a comfort food sort of way. Let us know what you think!
We are working diligently on gluten free croissants. We are getting close. I’ve tasked one of our bakers with doing more trials, several a week if we need to, under my instruction, of course. I admit, I am the wizard of transforming gluten recipes into gluten free goodness. I want these puppies ready for Valentine’s day. Finger’s crossed. They are close, but not yet there. That’s the thing about gluten free baking, you have to figure out non-traditional ways to recreate classic treats.
Don’t forget we have the whole month’s menu published. So the “new” menu for next week is already up.
Sat Special is Coffee Cake: Cranberry-Meyer Lemon Buckle or Blueberry-Orange Buckle. Both DF.
Bread is Bagels (Vegan) and Challah (DF), loaves and rolls
Tea Bread is my favorite! : Cranberry-Orange, plain or with nuts.
Pot Pies will be generally available in Small and Medium sizes. The medium we consider to be “man size” or a two person meal, if light eaters and having salad etc. Pot pies come in Chicken (always organic free range), Veg, and Vegan. The difference between the Veg and the Vegan is the crust. Vegan crust has no egg and is made with flax seed instead. Our pot pies are otherwise, dairy free.
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We need 2 days notice for Frosted Cakes (not including Sunday and Monday when we are closed–Thanks for understanding!)
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