This summer, wine shop Parker’s Table will add a new element to its Richmond Heights location. As reported by St. Louis Magazine, shop owner Jon Parker announced plans to expand his business with a wholesale and retail bakery with pastry chef Summer Wright running the kitchen.
Wright, who has previously worked in the kitchens of Gerard Craft, Anthony Devoti and Daniel Boulud, joined the project after meeting Parker through a mutual friend. “We started exchanging emails back and forth and left it kind of open, so when I came back to St. Louis, we kept talking and it just happened naturally,” she said.
According to Parker, the yet-to-be-named bakery is still a work in progress. “A lot of the store is being reshaped to accommodate this, and we’re still working on how that all lays out,” he said. He hopes the setup will give customers an open view of the bakeshop, but he does not think there will be enough room to accommodate a sit-down space.
Wright said the bakery’s core product line will include multiple variations of croissants, morning buns, turnovers, galettes and layered cakes, along with smaller things like cookies and candies. Wright hopes to showcase some of those artisan products sold at the shop in her baked goods. “I would be lovely to be able to say, ‘We made this olive oil cake here, and here is the exact olive oil we used to make it if you’re interested,'” Wright said. There are still no set hours for the bakery, but it will be open Monday through Saturday.
This article appears in January 2014.