Plans for an artisanal bakery on the site of the former Jiffy Lube on Perkins Road near College Drive have fallen through, sending the 1,900-square-foot space back on the market for lease.
In November, Kalurah Street Grill pastry chef Kaila Kay and the restaurant’s executive chef, Kelley McCann, announced plans to lease the vacant building for a new venture to be called Cane & Fig Artisan Bakery. Kalurah Street Grill co-owners Brad Watts and Chad Hughes were going to back the new venture, which they hoped would be open by this spring.
But Hank Saurage, whose Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate firm is listing the property for lease, says the deal fell through earlier this year because renovating the former oil change stop into a commercial kitchen and retail storefront proved too expensive.
He could not say whether the group plans to try open the bakery elsewhere. None of the four involved in the venture returned multiple calls seeking comment.
Kay, who is one of the few restaurant-based pastry chefs in the region, said last fall she planned to serve artisan breads, croissants and pastries at the bakery, which would have serviced Kalurah Street Grill and her other restaurant clients in the area.
Saurage says while the building was ultimately not the right fit for Cane & Fig, it’s in a great location across from Rouzan, and would be ideal for a convenience store, restaurant, gas station or service/retail user.
