WHAT HAPPENED/IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
Holy cow the landscaping at K street really came together! We had small equipment, truck loads of dirt, and workmen out front last week! The crew dug down in our front patio area under the big trees. They put in non-organic material, pavers, dirt and grass fertilizer- we are hoping the seeds will take and we will have grass started before first frost. We will put the black metal furniture out there (not as much as before, and minus the picnic tables) and keep the colored stuff on the front step in front of the garage doors. We are trying to sell those chairs that won’t stack but 4 high and have ordered better chairs- they are on their way!
A pop up for the children’s museum happened this Sunday, 9/18. It was outside at AH and was a huge success. About 30 kids and their families came by to explore and imagine and be intrigued! Thank you to AH staff for helping these guys get their name out there and promote this community minded effort. We might be able to host them at K street before the snow flies!
And finally, we got the good word the Harrison will be joining our team in early November. This is a HUGE come up for our bakery. He’s got mega talent and is a dedicated baker whose been working on his craft for nearly 10 years!! Harrison worked at Fire Island for a couple years about 6 years ago, and was skilled, passionate and fun to work beside. So we flew him up for the weekend, and after seeing our operation and spending time in Anchorage, he’s decided to move back and work with us full-time. HECK YEA BROSKIS!!
TRAINING…
Liam L is still training in bread and getting faster and wiser by the week! Porter and Alex round out a bad ass bread team. Thank you guys!! Molly still on oven and holding it down, pulling out gorgeous loaves of rustic bread. wahoooooo. Missing Nic and Lourdes, but we’ll see them back after another week in Italy!
Josie still training in croissant and working with Leslie to get our croissant numbers increased. Got some gorgeous crumb shots this week, and boy oh boy that lamination can’t be beat.
Branden is training in sandwiches but was out this past week. Naomi is still in training in sandos too when she’s not needed being counter lead. Miron is gone for another couple weeks but we’ve got the fire power to keep up and put out. Caden getting faster too! Caden starts with us full-time this next week so it will be awesome to get our new sandwiches out to the public. (a fall turkey, bacon and blue, chicken salad, and smoked beet!)
Maggie is doing a fabulous job cleaning Airport Heights bakery for about 2 hours each day, tuesday-Sunday. We are so stoked AH is getting the TLC it needs and deserves.
Amy B. is training in Scuffins at AH with Chelsea and Grace, and Liam William O is training at K. Grace came over last week to work with Liam on muffins and other scuffins related tasks and made mad product for the downtowners. Thank you Gracie!!
Remember, “First you’re slow, then you’re good, then you’re good and fast.” -Jerry
WHATS TO COME:
Construction still happening at K st…. we are moving through the permitting process and will see more workmen and equipment downstairs next week and into October. Don’t worry pals, we have the space at 91 and are still able to work out of there. However we are working hard to decommission the space- in fact Jerry worked everyday last week to take apart the oven. So many parts, so much mass.
We think we will continue to see a slight drop week over week in business. The tourist are mostly gone for the season and now we want a major emphasis on recognizing and serving our regulars, locals, neighbors. we are trying to bring back old favorites, like macarons and cinnamon rolls. But at this time we are just focusing on our current menu and transitioning to more fall appropriate items…
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK:
Positive review: “Great atmosphere for brunch and coffee with old friends! Food was better than great, coffee was hot, and friendly smiling faces behind the counter. Will definitely be paying this hidden gem another visit in the near future! (Most of my party had the sausage breakfast sandwich and all loved it!! Also had the brown butter brownie and the chocolate chocolate cupcake but they were gone before I could snap a photo!)”
Negative review: “The finest of pastries and friendliness of staff. I totally drive 100 miles round trip to get their brownies and peanut butter creamed cookies! Delicious nutritious sandwiches too; especially the beet.
Haha, that just another good review. Didn't find any negative ones so good, lets go with that. Tune out the bad, bring in the good!!
FACILITY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS:
Well, the annex was becoming quite the dumping ground, so Miron and friends took that place APART. They moved the big storage racks away from the windows and LET THERE BE LIGHT, so thats hella neat. Honestly feels like a whole new space. There was just too much stuff in there so even though it was raining, these guys set up tents outside and dragged everything out, only putting back what fit without overcrowding or being redundant! Thank you guys, looks awesome.
November -Thanksgiving is thursday the 24th, and we are open this day until 2pm. We are closed on Friday the 25th, and reopen for the weekend. No non-emergency time off request will be granted this week.
December- first two weeks are the last opportunity to use your PTO, unless previously
third and fourth week in Dec are black out dates, same as thanksgiving week. Xmas falls on a saturday. Xmas eve we are open until 2pm. Then closed christmas and the day after which leaves just the last week of december 12/28-12/31. Closed new years day at 2 (I think…. check back on this)
January- We are closed at both shops 1/1-1/18, reopening on the 19th!!! Lets get the heck outta here!!!! come talk to us about setting up a stage in another state.