25/03/2024
Hello All -
Today is a tough day. A very tough day. After much thought, bantering & many tears, David and I have made the decision to not reopen PattiCakes Bakery.
Last week we went to a cabin in Colorado to consider our options. The reality is I will be 66 tomorrow. If we rebuilt our warehouse downtown, I would be at least 67 when it was time to reassemble a new team. There are so many moving parts in food service. I simply don’t have the “want to” for this massive undertaking.
The PattiCakes behind Stoby’s is being converted into Stoby’s production (we are still waiting on equipment). Stobys desserts are being made in the old PattiCakes. And very soon we will have a dessert display case in the hostess area of Stoby’s where whole desserts can be purchased.
For our customers, thank you is inadequate. You all have made these last 18 years fly by. For my team members, each of you are simply the best. I will love each of you forever.
So what does the future hold for our, now vacant, lot downtown? Brad Lacy, President of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce & Conway Development Corporation, “summoned” us for dinner shortly after the fire to suggest building a boutique micro-hotel. We are pursuing this and are really quite excited about it. The idea is retail on the first floor & 8 rooms on the second floor. The new structure would take up the front half of the lot with gated parking in the back. If this project reaches fruition, we will post about it here.
Again, I would like to thank all of you for trusting us with your baking needs. This is a hard chapter to close.
~Patti
