The Walnut Creek Baking Company is opening today, exactly one week after the original Walnut Creek Baking Company closed due to their lease expiring, and the wife of the landlord is taking over.
Diablo Dish notes that the bakery will have, “the same products, some of the same staff, and the same name—at least until they can change it”, and here is what the landlord (and husband of the new bakery owner) has to say about the new bakery:
“There will be the same level of quality—and maybe even higher.”
Does this strike anybody as odd? The only thing I can think of is that the landlord, in addition to buying the equipment, also bought the rights to the former owner’s recipes and procedures. Otherwise there is a situation where one of the former head bakers, now working for the new owner, is using Denise’s recipes and baking techniques to try to replicate what Denise came up with from scratch. They did say, “maybe even higher”, but how so if they’re using the same recipes etc? Does this rub anyone the wrong way? This is something I have to see myself.
Check out the proof it’s opening today:
Apparently some employees remained loyal to the former owner:
If you drop by tomorrow please let us know your impressions, the suspense is driving me crazy.
