Yes, it's been quite a while since my last post. Things have been a little crazy with a variety of projects going on. I hope to start posting more regularly again though. The purpose of this blog from the start was to help promote some of my favorite businesses and places in the Pensacola community. We have some wonderful things here to take advantage of, but may have overlooked many of them. Sadly, some of the places I want to help have not survived long enough for me to promote them! These are tough economic times on everyone, but if we all do our part, we can help everyone make it through. I can't emphasize this enough:
Support your local businesses, or they won't be there to support you!
In my first post, I lamented the loss of the Ice Cream Club on Nine Mile Road. In January, two more of my favorites closed down. The Reverie Bakery downtown, and just a week later, Tuan's Sweet Things Bakery on Mobile Highway. Please do what you can to support local businesses like these so they will still be there to enjoy!
The Reverie Bakery was located on Jefferson Street downtown across from the News Journal. It was the same locale as the old Napoleon Bakery many old time Pensacola folks will remember. The Napoleon was sold and became Pittman's Bakery as I understand it, and when they closed down, it was up for sale again. My friend Angela Johnson was living in the Atlanta area at the time. She had worked at the Napoleon bakery years before, and had since trained as a European Style Pastry Chef. Through some complicated manouevers over the long distance, she bought the Bakery and moved back to Pensacola. This was her dream, thus the name "Reverie" which is French for Dream.
Unfortunately for Angela she opened just as the recession hit, and the business was in worse shape than she realized when she bought it long distance. She made a valiant effort, and had some highlights and awards at local festivals. She even supplied great breads to some local restaurants and grocery stores. But most of all she had some great food! I tried to go by any time I was in the downtown area. I loved the lunch specials, and the pastries, and the cookies, and, and....
In January of 2010, Angela was forced to close the doors for good. Her wonderful crew was with her to the end, and they will all be missed. But most of all, I will miss the food!
I went in to Tuan's Sweet Things bakery on Mobile Highway the following week to tell him about Reverie. Sadly he informed me that they too were closing down that week. I never even got to take pictures and interview them for this blog, but they are another of the places I will definitely miss.
Again I say, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, or they will no longer be there to support!
