Ohman opened Plainview, which he ran until 1923. Plainview Bakery – 19 Parker St./273 Central St. Later, when Ohman opened the Plainview Bakery in 1921 at 36 Parker St., the storefront became known as the Central Bakery run by Robert Moody and Isaac Backman until 1928. Gustaf Ohman first opened a bakery in the Newton Block beginning in 1914 and remained there until 1920. Kunze died following a lengthy illness in 1942 at the age of 62, but by that time his daughter, Anne, took over the bakery and ran it on Willow Street until 1965. from Lithuania and ran the bakery on Limerick Street until 1935, when it relocated to 10 Willow St. This bakery was operated by Stanley Kunze who came to the U.S.
Kunze’s Bakery – 57 Limerick/10 Willow St. Starzynski’s closed for the last time during Labor Day weekend of 1961, but great memories of one of Gardner’s finest bakeries still remain. Son Vic bought Brazell’s Package Store and Ziggy went to work for him. Starzynski nearing her mid-60s, it was time for retirement. In time, her daughter Gladys’ husband, Hugh Hunter, also was added as a baker.īy 1961, with all of her children married and Mrs. Antoni Starzynski took over the business in 1917, but after his sudden death in 1929 at the age of 43, it fell to his wife, Stanislawa, and sons Victor and Zigmund to assume the bakery. Today, it is the A1 Market.Īmong some of Gardner’s other well-known bakeries of yesteryear are: The Carlberg Insurance Agency relocated at the former doughnut shop for many years, and later was used as Lasting Memories One Hour Photo. “I remember the day the old Post Office Building burned, Magnus Carlberg had his insurance business there and he asked my father that day about buying the building,” she said. Gallien remained in business until around 1970 when he and his wife relocated to Florida. “He also had a chocolate frosted doughnut, which was covered with chocolate frosting and not glaze like you would have today.” Well, his doughnuts tasted a lot like those,” she said. “Today, people really like the Krispy Kreme Donuts. Jalbert recalled working for her father throughout her high school years and remembered how delicious the warm doughnuts tasted shortly after they emerged from the deep fryer. Those were always popular among the Gardner High football players.” “Then in the fall during football season, he’d make orange frosted doughnuts that looked like footballs. “During Easter he would make egg-shaped doughnuts and we’d decorate them with purple frosting so they looked like Easter eggs,” she said.
His daughter also recalled that he created specialty doughnut treats to commemorate holidays or other seasons. “He’d have coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts, and in the evening he would provide doughnuts for various social clubs and gatherings in the city.” “He did a lot of retail business, but he also had a loyal clientele,” noted his daughter, Martha (Gallien) Jalbert.
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