gluten-free Bread Basket

[gymnastjlf]

I just got an email saying that this wonderful bakery in my area is closing their doors on Saturday!

I called my father into the room and made him read the email as well, I really hoped I was somehow reading the email wrong. But unfortunately, unless I'm stuck in a bad dream, it's true, this bakery is down to their final hours. This news makes me very sad. This was the first gluten-free store I went to (my mom took me on the way home from my endoscopy!)...

December 28, 2006

Dear Gluten Free Bread Basket Customer,

We regret to inform you that as of Saturday, December 30th, 2006 the Gluten Free Bread Basket

will be closing.

For the past year and a half we have enjoyed creating and serving our fresh gluten free baked

products for you. Our decision to close was a very difficult one to make but one that has

become necessary.

Our original vision was to create a bakery with fresh-baked gluten free breads, cakes, cookies

and more. We have delivered on this vision and this has truly been a labor of love. As we do

not use any commercially available mixes and prepare all of our recipes ourselves from scratch,

the process to create the best gluten free products is a very labor intensive one.

Unfortunately, the intense hours and labor involved have begun to take a toll on ourselves and

our family life. It is with this in mind, that we have made the decision to close the bakery.

If we cannot serve our customers as well as we would like, then we feel it is in the best interest

of the business to bring it to a close.

We have enjoyed meeting the many of you who have been able to travel and come to our shop.

We have come to know so many of you personally and we will miss serving you.

We are open for business Thursday December 28 through Saturday, December 30

As a farewell gift to you, we will be having a sale on all our gluten-free packaged products.

All packaged products (pasta, cereals, pretzels, etc) will be discounted 20% during this time.

We will not be taking any orders for shipping during these final days.

Thank you for supporting our bakery. We hope we will get a chance to see you before Saturday

to help you stock up on our breads and other baked goods. And, of course, to say a proper good-bye.

Best wishes,

Kathy Iozzino & Marisa Frederick

[jkmunchkin]

I'm so sad. I got an email today saying The Gluten Free Breadbasket is closing as of this Saturday (Dec. 30th). I absolutely loved their bread. I can eat it without toasting it. I don't know what I'm going to do. Their bread changed my life.

[Suezboss]

Oh No!!! Do you know what their hours are F/S? I think I'll have to make a trip up there to stock up! (Have you gone yet?- do they have much left?)

[gymnastjlf]

I'm so sad. I got an email today saying The Gluten Free Breadbasket is closing as of this Saturday (Dec. 30th). I absolutely loved their bread. I can eat it without toasting it. I don't know what I'm going to do. Their bread changed my life.

I went this afternoon (around 3PM); they didn't have too much left in the way of baked goods; I saw a couple packages of dinner rolls, some pizza crusts, a bunch of ginger snap cookies, and a couple carrot muffins (which, I have to say, were very good!). They did, however, have a lot of packaged goods (cereals, pastas, and granola bars) left. All the packaged goods are 20% off.

Tomorrow (Saturday) I believe they are open 8AM - 4PM, at least according to their website. It was sad to see the shelves emptying out, I went in there for the first time not long after they opened, and as I was sitting eating my muffin this evening, my dad asked where I'm going to get my bagels, etc. from now. Honestly, I think I'd just rather go without!

Happy New Year, everyone!!!