The Little Barb's Bakery will close its Durham Food Hall stall on May 31, ending a three-year run at the food hall to make way for a standalone location.
Owner Barbara Nigro said the bakery's lease had simply run its course. She had set a clear benchmark from the start: stay three years, build a following, then decide whether Little Barb's could support a place of its own. "My main goal was to be there for three years and then see if Little Barb's had established itself and could fly out on its own," Nigro said. "I felt like now was the time."
The bakery built its reputation on layered cakes and protest cookies, drawing a loyal customer base over its three years at the food hall. A standalone shop. A bigger kitchen. Room to grow.
Nigro said she is close to signing a new brick-and-mortar deal and hopes to reopen by September.