AURIE MacMillan owns Cafe Strange Brew on the South Side.
She has a partnership in Mesa on Duke Street with Andrea Bartolini.
They’ve both been chefs for around 16 years.
When the opportunity came up to take a unit across from Mesa, the idea to open a neighbourhood bakery was formed.
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Enter mutual friend John Meechan, who will be head baker and a shareholder.
Andrea and Laurie will apply their own experience in the kitchen to develop new bakes.
John’s background is pastry chefing at Ottolenghi and NOPI – he was head of pastry there. He also had a brief stint at E5 Bakehouse, and a bakery in Berlin.
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Together the trio are joining forces to open the bakery on Duke Street, to be called Sweet Jane, a nod to The Velvet Underground.
They will launch around March, with a full refurbishment currently in process.
The unit will retain antique tiles and original cornice while being kitted out with everything a modern bakery needs.
As first evidence of the Sweet Jane collaboration, there will be a popup at Mesa – an alternative Burns Supper with a Middle Eastern food theme on Saturday.
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