![]() ![]() About 20 years ago, he took over as owner. "I was the only kid in the first grade with a paycheck," he said with a laugh. Scarborough began working in the family business at age 6. "When we were growing up, my mom, she was real funny," Scarborough recalled. #Bakery story 2 gingerbread cookie cutter full#In 1950, Scarborough's father became full owner. Scarborough's father, Charles, began as a partner in the bakery in 1946. She had been an integral part of the store since at least the late 1940s. ![]() The bakery's closing has been most difficult for Scarborough's mother, Frances, he said. They'll serve as sweet mementos after the bitterness of the explosion, which injured his friends and temporarily covered the bakery in debris. Martinez had already stored away his beloved items: longhorn and holiday cookie cutters, a favorite rolling pin. Camp's employee, wove through the store as he helped customers search for equipment: a cookie sheet, portion-control cups, mixers. Scarborough began emptying the bakery's contents Monday morning, and will continue - from 9 a.m. Not that liquidating the venture was easy. "I thought this would be as good a point as any." ![]() "I had just done my run, and all good things must come to an end," he said. He does not go into great detail about the process leading to the resolution to close for good. The decision - it wasn't a snap decision." "And we had talked about it and we went back and forth whether to open or not to open. "The emotional decision for my mom and myself was so tough," he said. In the months after the explosion, Scarborough sometimes walked inside the bakery, taking in the memories and pondering when or whether to reopen. "My whole world disintegrated around me," he said. ![]()
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