Brothers protect recipes and high quality at European Bakery & Pastry in Worcester
By Barbara M. Houle
Casey Griswold honed his competencies as an government chef in nearby dining establishments, but now with his brother Brett Griswold owns European Bakery & Pastry on Millbury Road in Worcester, a business that caters to a wide range of worldwide treats, focusing on Polish and Eastern European recipes. The new ownership turned powerful in August.
The chef explained he never ever really considered about obtaining a organization and that it was his brother who in the beginning was fascinated in investing regionally. “Brett requested me to look at out the bakery with him,” explained Casey Griswold. “Our wives joined us on the preliminary take a look at when we purchased bread, etc. Brett and I concluded soon after far more visits that we genuinely liked the area. He checked the numbers, asked me what I thought, and listed here we are.”
Because its founding in 1994, the bakery has created a sound retail and wholesale business, advertising merchandise to markets and dining establishments in and out of point out. The new house owners reported they have labored to improve the bakery’s kosher status, and with the assist of Eli Abramowitz, who does the bakery’s kosher inspections, parve items from the bakery are now certified Pas Yisroel.
Owning a culinary qualifications has helped Griswold navigate the food stuff side of the business.
“I realized likely into this enterprise that items would be sort of outrageous at initially, but I definitely had no idea how it would take in my whole everyday living, specifically throughout holidays,” stated Griswold.
“Hopefully, it quiets down a little just before Paczki Day in March, and then Easter,” joked Griswold, who with two right away bakers and output and entrance-finish workforce (some of whom communicate both equally English and Polish) have worked a chaotic holiday getaway program. FYI: The traditional, authentic Polish Paczki are deep-fried doughnuts with sweet fillings such as jam and usually covered with powdered sugar, icing or glaze.
“We’re extremely privileged to be so hectic for the duration of the pandemic,” mentioned Griswold, whose brother also can help with retail and wholesale, but devotes most of his time managing the small business conclusion of the bakery.
“We would not have been capable to do what we have with out the unbelievable amount of aid that we have obtained, primarily in the final number of months making ready for the vacations,” he mentioned. “The do the job ethic of the staff who labored here before us has been just outstanding. They are persons that get the job done till the occupation is accomplished, no matter what time it is. We definitely could not have accomplished this without the need of them.”
Griswold explained prior proprietors (Ziggy and Jerek) have been tremendously handy. Ziggy initially opened the bakery in 1994, he claimed, and normally shows up without the need of a phrase, helping prepare babka, a Polish yeast bread which is obtainable year-spherical but a staple primarily through holiday seasons like Xmas and Easter. “Ziggy even has pitched in to enable take care of equipment and make wholesale deliveries,” said Griswold.
In 2019, Stanley Siudak and Zbigniew Surowaniec bought residence at 23 Millbury St. that at that time provided European Bakery & Pastry, European Café & Deli and 9 upper-flooring flats to Edward Murphy of Westboro, according to The Worcester County Registry of Deeds and documented by Worcester Small business Journal.
The dish with Griswold:
He previously labored as government chef at Becker College’s Leicester Campus operated by Chartwell’s Bigger Schooling Eating Solutions and has worked at Sturbridge places to eat, like as government chef at Cedar Avenue Cafe, owned and operated by Table 3 Restaurant Team the Publick Property and the former Rovezzi’s Ristorante. He also was govt chef at The Overlook in Charlton. He graduated from UMass Dartmouth, where he was enrolled in pre-legislation courses.
He and his wife, Katie, reside in Woodstock, Connecticut. Griswold mentioned his wife has been super supportive in the new company. “When she’s not at her comprehensive-time career as a veterinary technician in Connecticut, she’s normally at the bakery aiding out, building Chrusciki (aka Angel Wings or bow ties), fragile, crispy minimal cookies, or doing work the front of the keep,” explained Griswold. His parents, Richard and Margaret Griswold of Woodstock, have furnished a wonderful deal of help to the stage of even helping with a vacation delivery, he said.
Online at www.telegram.com, study extra about Griswold, profiled in the Dining In column of Worcester Residing journal.
European Bakery & Pastry, 29 Millbury St., Worcester, is open up from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday shut Sunday and Monday. Telephone: (508) 767-1651. Connect on Facebook. On-road parking. Note: Polish newspapers and journals are marketed at the bakery. Rye breads, strudels, cookies, special celebration cakes and far more!
Griswold stressed that “even while the possession has changed, nothing else about the bakery has.
”It’s the same rye bread, made with the similar recipe, ingredients and equipment, by the identical people today that have been executing it since the bakery initial opened,” he claimed. “I think that when there’s a new business proprietor, people today often look for factors to transform, and we have had a couple reviews about the bread getting diverse, but I test to strain that it is the specific similar bread, baked by the exact individuals. We have not even re-adorned the location.” The homeowners, nonetheless, have refreshed the entrance close and made improvements right here and there.
Griswold stated a Yelp on-line critique explained the bakery as “dimly lit and utilitarian, but the bread is the ideal.” “I assume I have come to embrace that,” he mentioned.
Griswold is amongst regional chefs who stay passionate and embrace the operate they do, regardless of COVID-19 problems.
Down the highway may, Griswold and his workforce may well increase some offerings, but for now the focus is to proceed with the authentic Polish and Jap European recipes on hand.
Griswold admitted he did try out a new recipe for fig doughnuts and has even uncovered to converse a several words like hello, thank you and goodbye in Polish. “Anything extra and I’m in problems,” he reported.
Pleased New Year!
I glimpse ahead to dishing extra about local chefs and dining establishments in the Table Hoppin column in 2021. I have to confess that assembly deadlines in 2020, producing and sharing excellent news about an market devastated and battling amid the pandemic hasn’t constantly been a piece of cake. In the course of the past year, having said that, restaurateurs have emphasised how critical local community support has been. Curbside provider, acquire-out and meal kits generally have been the lifelines to remaining open.
As for 2021, on the web predictions for the most significant meals developments include things like anything from comfort food items, condiments and a joyful, around-the-leading return to indoor dining. Glance for much more cafe-type foods packaged for families and plant-dependent and healthy vegetarian dishes with seasonal substances.
Simply cannot wait for the local update!
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