Back in the Saddle

Yes, you read it right: as Tom Sietsema reported in The Washington Post on Wednesday, David Guas and his would be partners in Bayou Bakery have “parted ways,” and so the hotly anticipated southern bakery/coffee house is on hold – for a moment.

Guas is right back in the saddle, looking for another vintage space in a lively neighborhood to replace the downtown Clarendon venue where he’d been planning to set up shop. All the public support and media attention focused on his southern themed bakery, especially after the disappointing word got out, redoubled his determination to make Bayou Bakery a reality.

Once established, it will be a warm and welcoming place you’ll wonder what you ever did without, where the pages of Guas’ forthcoming cookbook, Damgoodsweet, comes to life for friends and neighbors in the Washington area. With its progressive coffee program, hot pressed French bread sandwiches, creamy sno-balls, southern pies, cakes, puddings, and Guas’ signature hot beignets, Bayou Bakery will be well worth the wait.

So stay tuned: the proof is in the pudding – and the suspense only sweetens it.