Sheila Stevens is bringing another business to downtown
Hollister, and this time it’s a bakery that will take over Elegant
Touch’s vacant location. The already named Heavenly Bakery, with a
possible addition of
”
the,
”
will open Feb. 1 after the holiday season, Stevens said. The new
business will focus on baked goods such as cookies, bagels and
cakes.
Sheila Stevens is bringing another business to downtown Hollister, and this time it’s a bakery that will take over Elegant Touch’s vacant location.
The already named Heavenly Bakery, with a possible addition of “the,” will open Feb. 1 after the holiday season, Stevens said. The new business will focus on baked goods such as cookies, bagels and cakes.
“We want to put (in the spot) an old-fashioned bakery that sells breads and all types of pastries,” Stevens said.
The business will be her third in downtown. Stevens is also the owner of the downtown clothing store She’s and restaurant Knife and Fork.
Knife and Fork will also use bread from the bakery, and the two businesses will share some desserts, Stevens said. Knife and Fork’s most popular dessert, its lemon cake, will be sold at the bakery.
Stevens also has plans to sell ice cream, breakfast items and coffee at the bakery, she said. It will take the place of the Elegant Touch, which closed in early October.
“It won’t just be cakes and cookies,” Stevens said. “You name it and we will sell it.”
But mostly, the business will stick with baking, she said.
“To be honest, I’ve always thought that the building would always be a good spot for a bakery,” she said. “I think it’s time we have an old-fashioned bakery in Hollister.
“We used to have one – why can’t we have one again?”
But one of the biggest reasons to open the business was to keep people downtown, she said.
“We hope you’ll shop at all three stores,” she said. “You go from She’s to Knife and Fork and to the bakery. It’s important to keep people downtown.”
