Bell Street Bakery In Sequim, WA Closes Its Doors

SEQUIM — Bell Street Bakery, which over the past three years has grown in popularity as a quaint lunchtime gathering place and a local source of fresh retail and wholesale baked goods, has closed its doors.

Bakery owner Andre Barritelle said the reason for the closing was twofold: hard economic times and a newly formed partnership with the owners of The Garden Bistro that did not work out.

Twelve employees at the bakery and restaurant at 173 W. Bell St. lost their jobs, ending production of bread and other baked goods that were sold at the shop and to grocers and restaurants on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Barritelle declined to elaborate as to exactly what happened but said it has been a long struggle with different sets of managers over the years to keep the business afloat.

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