About eight years ago, Daniellan
opened up Ivy Bakery (www.ivybakery.com) in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It was the tiny bake shop
off of third avenue that pumped out amazing small batches of organic sweets
like nothing Bay Ridge had every seen before.
She also sold some really good
coffee.
And the coffee is what brought
Michelle, from Root Hill Cafe and Daniellan together.
Root Hill was still about a year away
from opening –
Michelle had a lot more time on her hands.
She was always on the lookout for a
good cup of coffee in her neighborhood.
On her daily walks with her dog she would stop for coffee - everywhere.
It was with great pleasure that she
finally discovered Ivy Bakery.
A friendship was born.
Once Root Hill opened, Ivy Bakery and
Root Hill tried to work together. The timing was never right.
They kept up on each other's goings
on and time passed.
One day Daniellan stopped by Root Hill
with big news - she was closing up Bay Ridge and re-opening in a big brand new
space on Houston Street - just blocks away from where she grew up! - Ivy Bakery
was going home.
Ivy Bakery & Root Hill lost
track of each other for a while. Each busy doing what small businesses do -
growing, stretching, creating, struggling..
Then one spring-like night last March
while Michelle was walking her dog on Third Ave, at the exact corner where she
had first met Daniallan eight years earlier– she walked right into her.
It had been a long time.
Daniellian had just closed her SOHO
shop and was thinking about her future.
Michelle, was doing the same.
Cut to: Five months later when Maria,
Michelle and Andrew started planning root hill’s return.
They wanted to partner up with
someone that they knew, someone that had a similar vision.
Hmmmm.
Daniellan?
Michelle hung up and called
Daniellan.
Daniellan said she had spent that entire morning
calling realtors about spaces. She was ready to start again.
Funny how things work, huh?
Think of us now as a hybrid of amazing desserts and
kick ass coffee and then some..
Root Hill Cafe is front of the house, come in and
enjoy amazing coffee, loose teas, breakfast, sandwiches, smoothies and
pastries. Ivy
Bakery is back of the house, baking her
famous Butter Gooies, Tres Leches, Pies, and desserts that are rotated into
Root Hill Cafe's Daily Menu.
For Ivy the primary focus will be custom orders,
catering, and classes. So drop in to say hello, have an espresso drink (check out our roaster! http://www.nobletreecoffee.com), try our amazing sweets, place an order for
your holiday pies, birthday cakes or take a cooking or baking class! And by the way - MORE TO COME!
Hope all is well and look forward to seeing you at IVY@RHC.
Gift certificates available!
