Blog
:: 7.10.2008
With much anticipation we are proud to announce that we have opened our bakery cafe at our new location. As always, in our retail, we have our handmade artisan breads, home made croissants and cookies, as well as an amazing selection of imported cheeses, pates, cured meats and retail gourmet food items, but we are also inviting you to come and enjoy your breakfast, lunch or early dinner with our panini sandwiches, salads, soups and handmade deserts at our beautifully designed European style cafe with indoor and outdoor seating. You can also just enjoy a cup of best coffee in town or a fresh squeezed juice and take a break from your day. We will be open Monday through Friday from 6:30 am till 8:00 pm, on Saturdays from 8:00 am till 6:00 pm and on Sundays from 9:00 am till 3:00 pm. We look forward to serving you again.:: 4.30.2008
Dear bread lovers,REOPENING SOON :: 4.13.2008
After a very long winter and tremendous efforts from all our employees, family, friends and contractors, our new location, at 15 Hinckley, is ready to start production. We will be mixing and trying out our new ovens for a couple of weeks before we start our bread deliveries.This procedure has taken longer than we could have ever predicted, but we are very happy and excited about our new beginning. The bakery is looking better than ever and we can't wait to start baking.
We will have some new policies, so that we can serve you better and have a product of the highest quality.
Regretfully, our retail store will not be open for at least another month or two.
We will call all our wholesale customers ahead of time to let them know the exact date and we will post more updates on our website.
We are looking forward to serving you again and we hope you will continue enjoying the bread we all love.
Pain D'Avignon Rising :: 1.08.2008
Dear Friends and Customers,It has been exactly 2 months since the devastating fire. The doors of our bakery have been closed since, but all of us have been working more than ever in order to reopen them and rebuild the bakery that has been a second home to more than 50 people that have been baking and delivering bread every day.
We have been delivering bread to a hand full of customers from our sister bakery in New York. Our bakers have worked through holidays, away from their families and are still there baking until our bakery on Cape Cod is ready for them to come back.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all our employees, the town of Hyannis, all of you who called and offered help, customers that have been sending e-mails and have been calling with their support and assurance that they will start ordering as soon as we are ready to deliver and our Cape Cod customers that have been coming to Amandine to get our bread.
This has been, and still is, the most difficult time that all of us have been going through. Our location at 192 Airport Rd has been damaged to such extent, that we were forced to look for a new location. As Cape Cod is home to us and to our employees, we were determined to stay here and finally we have started to organize our bakery at 15 Hinckley Rd in Hyannis across from the Airport. We still have a lot of work to do before our fist loaf comes out of the oven but we are doing everything possible to start baking hopefully by mid February or sooner.
Please check our web site for more updates.
Some Very Bad News :: 11.20.2007
To our valued customers and friends,
We have some very bad news. This past Wednesday, Nov. 7th, we had a mechanical fire in one our ovens which spread very quickly, and unfortunately our baking facility burned to the ground.
We were able to continue baking from our sister bakery in New York, but regretfully we had to make a very difficult decision to stop nearly all deliveries in order to devote all our time and energy in rebuilding and getting back on our feet as soon as possible.
We want to thank our bakers, packers and drivers for their devotion. Some of them are still working around the clock in order to supply everyone with bread. We were able to make our deliveries the morning after the fire because we know that our customers depended on us. This is thanks to remarkable efforts from our employees that without hesitation left our site and their families just a couple of hours after the incident, to get to the New York bakery. Our office staff has been working from homes talking to customers, taking orders and at the same time handling all other matters we are faced with after this devastating incident. We want to thank them and everyone else who helped and offered support, including our friends in New York.
This will be the first time in over 15 years that we will not make our rounds. Some of our customers have been with us since we opened in 1992 and some have joined us in the years to follow and we value their support and hope we'll continue our relationship in the shortest possible time.
Our dear Cape Cod customers will be able to buy our bread from our temporary location at "Amandine" located at 14 West Main Street on the West End Rotary in Hyannis.
Feel free to email or call us with your questions. In the meantime we'll post regular updates to our website. We thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.
- Pain D'Avignon