When I read that the owner of the Walnut Creek Baking Company Denise Vickers couldn’t come to an agreement with her landlord for a new lease and was going to sell the business to her landlord, my jaw dropped. What on earth is going on here?! So I dropped by over the weekend and saw these posters for a Customer Appreciation Celebration on August 31st from 8-11am. I naively thought that the issue had been resolved amicably and the bakery was saved. Wrong. That is the last day that the bakery will be open. After that it’s closing for good. There are currently no plans to move the bakery elsewhere.
In May I noted that the owner Denise Vickers recently published a cookbook titled, The Walnut Creek Baking Company Cookbook. They have been in business for 10 years now and have been the winner of Diablo’s Best of the East Bay since 2003 according to a sign on their window. I have had my fair share of the bakery’s pastries and cookies and can attest to delicious work they do.
Here’s a final look at the inside of the bakery:
This is terrible news that they are closing. I’m still hoping that this mess can somehow be averted so it can stay in business in downtown Walnut Creek. Who else is a Walnut Creek Baking Company fan?