KALAMAZOO – Just as a storefront on North Burdick Street now sits empty, the grocery store shelves once stocked with bread products made there also were empty Sunday, one day after Sarkozy Bakery, a 33-year-old Kalamazoo business, was destroyed by fire.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighters battled the early-morning fire at the bakery’s 120-year-old storefront for more than six hours on Saturday. With only a shell of the building remaining, Chief Jeff Hadley declared it a total loss.
A sign asking patrons to send notes to the bakery’s owner, Judy Sarkozy, was placed in front of seven empty shelves that usually hold her products in D&W Fresh Market on Parkview Avenue and Oakland Drive on Sunday. The board was filled with hand-written notes.
“We are so sad to hear about the loss of your bakery,” read a note from the Pepps family. “We will miss your delicious treats and bread.”
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