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Sept 2020
New bakery to open in Harrogate
A new bakery shop plans to open in Harrogate this month to serve up fresh bread, cakes and sandwiches.
Bakeri Baltzersen is the newest venture from the team behind Baltzersen's cafe. The bakery will open on the same street as the cafe and coffee shop on Oxford Street.
The owners originally planned to open in May but were forced to put their plans on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Now work has once again started at the Bakeri Baltzersen unit next to Harrogate Theatre and the key cutting and shoe repair shop Timpson.
The sign is up and so are the shelves for the bread as workmen start to decorate the premises in keeping with the Scandinavian style of Baltzersen's.
In recent months Baltzersen's has been using part of its cafe as a temporary bakery shop. It will return to being a coffee shop when this new bakery opens.
Paul Rawlinson, the owner of Baltzersen's, took inspiration from his Norwegian grandmother for the cafe, which opened in 2012. The business expanded in late 2018, opening a coffee shop in the neighbouring unit on Oxford Street.
News of the venture is a boost for the town's traders at a time when many businesses are struggling to survive as a result of the pandemic,
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