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LOCAL DISH
The Common Good Team
Bun in the Oven on the East Side
The second location of Common Good Bakery on Eighth Street has been a growing bun in the oven for months. The anticipation for its long-awaited “arrival” to open the doors and fire up the ovens will happen early January. Jason Gollan, chef and owner shared with us, “We’re working towards a January 16th opening. We will have the same menu and hours of operation as our original Common Good Bakery on Fourteenth St., with two exciting additions on Eighth: 1) Weekend Brunch! Saturdays and Sundays are about to get even better, and 2) A pizza and pasta wine bar menu called Common Good @ Night. We will have a full Class C liquor license.” If Common Good Bakery on Eighth is new to you and your neighborhood, you are in for a treat. It’s been five years since Jason’s hot morning buns and decadent croissant collection debuted—now they are legendary. Bonus for loyal Common Good Bakery guests at the Fourteenth St. location: they will finally welcome walk-in guests again! 537 W 14th St. & 1115 E 8th St. Traverse City commongoodbakery.com
Breaking Bread on the West Side
You may have recently heard that Steve and Stacey Wilcox, after twenty years of running Bay Bread Company, have hung up their aprons and hair nets and are passing along their prized baking pans and secret recipes to new owners Scott and Krystal Fluette. We wanted to show off their smiling faces. “We switched up our life path and bought a bakery,” laughs Krystal. They have donned the aprons and hair nets with excitement to continue the traditions that Bay Bread is renowned for, like its 40 varieties of bread, their massive wholesale deliveries to local grocery stores including Costco and Sam’s Club, as well providing daily fresh bread for numerous restaurants. The Fluettes are shaking things up too. They have already brought back
Happy New Owners - Scott and Krystal Fluette
the beloved biscotti, granola, and brownie recipes. It’s a true “hands on” family business, with taking their kids to work to roll dough on a few occasions. Scott also shared, “The most surprising thing is how personally involved you become with the people. They all tell us how they’re going to use it and who’s coming for dinner. I had no idea.” We think it must be the hidden power of bread. 601 Randolph St. Traverse City baybreadco.com
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