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A Scottish bakery that has been producing potato scones, steak and kidney pies and shortbread to clients in Scarborough and Durham for practically 60 years is closing store.
The final day for the 2 remaining areas of However ‘n’ Ben Scottish Bakery in Whitby and Scarborough might be June 22. A apartment growth pushed out the bakery from its Pickering location final September.
“Better Canna Be” is the motto for the bakery, which may hint its roots again to a bakery that was established in Scotland in 1914.
Alexander Baird arrived in Canada along with his spouse and daughter in 1966, bringing with him all the standard household recipes from the household bakery in Scotland, and opened a butcher store and bakery in Scarborough two years later.
The bake home was quickly moved to 619 Kingston Street in Pickering and on their fiftieth anniversary in Canada the household opened a 3rd location in Whitby at 3500 Brock Rd. N.
The choice to shut the Whitby retailer and the placement at 1601 Ellesmere Street was a easy one: it was time to retire after 56 years in enterprise in Canada.
“The time has come to hang up our rolling pins and trade in those recipe books for travel and leisure magazine, read a statement from the family. “Saturday June 22 will be our last day of operation at our two retail outlets.”
However ‘n’ Ben has assembled a loyal following of their years serving the japanese GTA, with a full line of Scottish breads, scones, Aberdeen butteries, crumpets, soda scones and quite a lot of tea biscuits; fancy gadgets like empire biscuits, fern tarts and custard slices; and savory favourites resembling bridies, sausage rolls, roasted potato pies and meat pies like steak and Guiness and onion and mushroom.
Muffins for weddings and different particular occasions are additionally well-liked and the butcher aspect of the enterprise does massive enterprise too, with sq. and spherical sausage, black pudding, haggis and Ayrshire bacon on the menu.
“It has been with great pride and pleasure that our family business has produced six generations of bakers and millions of potato scones,” the message continued, with the bakery thanking its loyal clients over the previous 58 years and a “huge thank you” to the employees, each previous and current.
“Without them But ‘n’ Ben would not have become a household name in the British community.”
The response from the neighborhood was one among unhappiness from clients who will now not be capable to get their conventional “taste of back home.”
“Sad to hear that. I have been a regular customer since I came to Canada in 1976.” – Janette
“I’m going to miss these stores. Every couple weeks we picked up fresh square sausages, potatoes scones and cakes to have for breakfasts. The frozen stuff just tastes terrible at the other places. I will have to learn how to make these now.” – Leslee
“So sad. My family has shopped there since you opened. Happy retirement.” – Lynn
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