Popular Findlay Market bakery announces closure
A popular Findlay Market bakery has announced on Instagram that they are closing up shop permanently.Em’s Sourdough Bread, a bakery that has been in business for eight years at the market — and several decades overall — says that they will be closing.”I would like to thank our wonderful customers who brightened our day and were the reason that we were there.” the Em’s Sourdough Bread account wrote on Instagram. “We will miss being a part of your holiday celebrations, your special dinners and seeing you on weekend mornings for breakfast Sammie’s! There are some wonderful bakeries in and around OTR so I know you will have great options.”The post went on to thank the numerous employees that the bakery has employed over the years.”I would also like to thank all of the employees that came through the stand. We had artists, circus performers, musicians, mothers, fathers, students and drifters. They were the heart of Em’s and were what made Em’s so very special.”The post also thanked Findlay Market for hosting the business, as well as all the other vendors within the market for assisting them over the years.”Thank you to Findlay Market for giving Em’s the opportunity to be a small part of an iconic market in the heart of Cincinnati. Thank you to all of the vendors that helped us figure things out and were always there with a helping hand.”The statement — appearing to be written directly by Em’s Sourdough Bread owner Melissa Schroeder — concluded by thanking family, while referring to the bakery’s existence as a fulfilled dream.”And last but not least, Thank you to my wonderful family that put up with me following a dream and making it come true.” The post signed off with the bakery’s signature slogan, “Peace, Love, Bread.”According to the Em’s Sourdough Bread website, the business was started in Dayton in 1993 as Schroeder was looking for a way to work from home to participate in her kids’ activities.To achieve this, Schoeder turned to baking her mother’s sourdough bread recipe, the products of which she then began to sell around the Dayton area.The business grew, as well as the types of baked goods offered, and according to the website, it has been carried in several different markets over the years, such as Dorothy Lane Market, Zink’s Market, and Hidden Valley Farm.The business’s name of “Em” is derived from a mashup of the first initials of Schoeder’s first name of Melissa and her mother’s name of Ethel.However, Schoeder says that she temporarily disbanded her business in 1998, when she says her husband took a job in Shreveport, Louisiana. Schoeder would again later move back to Ohio, this time in Cincinnati, to work an unrelated job in 2003.The business was not destined to stay closed forever however. In 2015 the Em’s Sourdough Bread brand was relaunched by Schoeder, now based from within Findlay Market.In her post, Schoeder did not say what the reason behind the business’s closure is this time around. There was also no immediate indication from either the post or the Em’s Sourdough Bread website whether the bakery’s closure is immediate or whether the business will continue to remain open for awhile longer.Regardless, reaction was swift to the news, with the post announcing the bakery’s closure receiving hundreds of social media likes and several dozen comments within just a few hours.
A popular Findlay Market bakery has announced on Instagram that they are closing up shop permanently.
Em’s Sourdough Bread, a bakery that has been in business for eight years at the market — and several decades overall — says that they will be closing.
“I would like to thank our wonderful customers who brightened our day and were the reason that we were there.” the Em’s Sourdough Bread account wrote on Instagram. “We will miss being a part of your holiday celebrations, your special dinners and seeing you on weekend mornings for breakfast Sammie’s! There are some wonderful bakeries in and around OTR so I know you will have great options.”
The post went on to thank the numerous employees that the bakery has employed over the years.
“I would also like to thank all of the employees that came through the stand. We had artists, circus performers, musicians, mothers, fathers, students and drifters. They were the heart of Em’s and were what made Em’s so very special.”
The post also thanked Findlay Market for hosting the business, as well as all the other vendors within the market for assisting them over the years.
“Thank you to Findlay Market for giving Em’s the opportunity to be a small part of an iconic market in the heart of Cincinnati. Thank you to all of the vendors that helped us figure things out and were always there with a helping hand.”
The statement — appearing to be written directly by Em’s Sourdough Bread owner Melissa Schroeder — concluded by thanking family, while referring to the bakery’s existence as a fulfilled dream.
“And last but not least, Thank you to my wonderful family that put up with me following a dream and making it come true.”
The post signed off with the bakery’s signature slogan, “Peace, Love, Bread.”
According to the Em’s Sourdough Bread website, the business was started in Dayton in 1993 as Schroeder was looking for a way to work from home to participate in her kids’ activities.
To achieve this, Schoeder turned to baking her mother’s sourdough bread recipe, the products of which she then began to sell around the Dayton area.
The business grew, as well as the types of baked goods offered, and according to the website, it has been carried in several different markets over the years, such as Dorothy Lane Market, Zink’s Market, and Hidden Valley Farm.
The business’s name of “Em” is derived from a mashup of the first initials of Schoeder’s first name of Melissa and her mother’s name of Ethel.
However, Schoeder says that she temporarily disbanded her business in 1998, when she says her husband took a job in Shreveport, Louisiana. Schoeder would again later move back to Ohio, this time in Cincinnati, to work an unrelated job in 2003.
The business was not destined to stay closed forever however. In 2015 the Em’s Sourdough Bread brand was relaunched by Schoeder, now based from within Findlay Market.
In her post, Schoeder did not say what the reason behind the business’s closure is this time around. There was also no immediate indication from either the post or the Em’s Sourdough Bread website whether the bakery’s closure is immediate or whether the business will continue to remain open for awhile longer.
Regardless, reaction was swift to the news, with the post announcing the bakery’s closure receiving hundreds of social media likes and several dozen comments within just a few hours.
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