Mulier's Market was the kind of old-fashioned grocery store that still had wooden counters and floors. Customers consulted with the man behind the meat counter as he wrapped up just a single lamb chop (if that's all they needed) or cut up a chicken to their personal specifications. Established in 1937, it was run by the descendants of founder Omer Mulier for 75 years before closing in 2012. The market was considered almost hallowed ground by those who shopped there.
Now the space on Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Park is getting new life as the Bona Fide Bakery — and it's good news for the neighborhood that the successor is a locally owned business rather than a soulless chain.
As proprietor Mindy Lopus watches her huge Pavailler gas-fired oven being delivered in dozens of pieces — jigsaw-puzzle style — she marvels that when it's fully assembled and installed, it will produce hundreds of loaves of traditional European artisan breads.
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