The snapping of Pratzel's kosher bakery back from the jaws of doom was a feelgood story in the spring of last year. You may recall that a coterie of local businesses agreed to offer free services to the buyer who would keep the ovens burning and save the 100-year-old, beloved bagelry from oblivion. But now, as the Jewish High Holy Days approach, when Pratzel’s Eastgate Bakery would ordinarily be selling challah and desserts like nobody’s business, there is nobody at the business.
About a year ago, Pratzel’s consolidated operations at an industrial park in Olivette. It would seem that Pratzel’s has indeed shuttered, and this time, no deus ex machina is swooping in to save the day.
A source in the bakery department at Straub’s Market in Clayton, which had carried Pratzel’s baked goods, said that Pratzel’s told them “the store was going on vacation for two weeks to do maintenance and cleaning. That was three weeks ago. We called them about our delivery, and they never called back, so one of us went over there [as did we, see right], and there’s mail piled up in the mailbox and paper covering over the windows. It seems like they closed without telling anybody.”
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