9-18-2023 4:36am

SIMON'S SAYS THEY

We are happy to let everyone know that new owners have taken over and the bakery will not be closing. They will be continuing with all the same recipes.

(From Hunt Valley Life 4/13/2023)

There was an article posted this morning about the bakery closing later this year. One question asked that was not in the article was what will I miss the most. And my answer was my loyal customers.

I started as a sales clerk in 1978 at the Taylor Avenue store. Since then I have seen the same names on cookie orders every holiday. I see people regularly every week coming in for their goodies. I have been fortunate to get to know these people from their continued visits. Some have moved to Delaware, California, South Carolina etc. and still come by and I love that.

This past year we had several regular customers pass and it was so saddening. One 94 year old man came in every Saturday for his raisin buns. Such a nice guy who brought a smile to all our faces every Saturday. Another who loved his jelly rolls and ordered every holiday. He loved to chat with us, such a sweet man.

I did see the family name on an Easter order, so they are still getting their goodies. We have been blessed by so many people who leave the area but return for visits when they are in town. And people who have been coming to us for over 50 years.I will miss my long time customers when I close and I have enjoyed serving them over my 45 years here and I just wanted you all to know how much I appreciate them and that seeing them is what I will miss. --Eileen Gotcher

Simon’s Bakery has served up sweets in Baltimore since the 1800s. Now it could close.

By Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Banner

Taeden Sidney, 3, admires an Easter display at Simon’s Bakery. The shop, whose roots in Baltimore go back to the 1800s, is up for sale. (Christina Tkacik/The Baltimore Banner)

Three-year-old Taeden Sidney stopped in his tracks and stood on his tippy-toes for a better look at the Easter bunny in the window of Simon’s Bakery in Cockeysville.

When Eileen Gotcher’s father, George Simon, was running the business, he always put trains in the window for holidays. But after she and her brother took over in 2020, Gotcher swapped in other decor, instead opting for plastic eggs, blow-up ducks and stuffed animals. Simon died last year at 90, though “he planned on retiring at 94,” said Gotcher, who first began working at the bakery herself 45 years ago at the Loch Raven Boulevard and Taylor Avenue location.

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