Lyndell's Bakery is a bakery in Ball Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. In December 2007, it celebrated 120 years of operation. [1] Lyndell's is a classic, full-service American bakery, a rare holdout in New England communities. [1]
Birger C. Lyndell, born in Sweden in 1866, moved to the United States in 1880, seven years before the founding of Lyndell's Bakery in 1887. [2] He lived in Newton until 1901, when he moved to Somerville at an address a block away from the original location of Lyndell's Bakery. [2] A 1940 Newton directory listed Lyndell as retired. [2] The identity of the original owner was lost until uncovered by Bob Hallett, a genealogy buff, who read about the 120 year anniversary in The Boston Globe . [2]
The bakery's second owner, Eugene Klemm, purchased the business in 1934 and brought a German influence to the recipes. [1] Klemm sold it to Herman and Janet Kett in 1968. [1] In 2000, Gary Bagarella and a partner, Bill Galatis, former executives with South Boston-based Watermark Donut Company, one of Dunkin' Donuts largest franchises, bought the bakery. [3] Bagarella sold his stake in the business to Galatis in early 2000. [1]
Everything is baked from scratch each day, and daily leftovers are donated to the Little Sisters of the Poor. [3] Lyndell's does a strong cake decorating business, and people who've left the area have been known to call from as far away as Georgia and ask for shipments of the bakery's honeycomb bread. [3]
Although customers expressed concerns that there would be radical changes brought by the new owners after 2000, [3] Bill Galatis learned quickly that it would be difficult and risky to make changes to the formula that had made Lyndell's a local institution. [1] The store had stopped opening on Sundays during World War II due to rationing; Galatis changed that and Sunday became their best sales day. [1] He also restored selling cream-filled pastries in the summer months. [1] However, he preserved the classic recipes, custom-decorated sheet cakes, and retro storefront sign that have kept customers coming back. [1]
The bakery has expanded its operations by opening additional locations in Cambridge, near Central Square (opened in 2010, closed in 2013), [4] and in Boston's North End (opened in 2009, closed in 2011). [5]
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