{"id":7567,"date":"2024-09-04T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsmidwest.org\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:42:52","slug":"a-tiny-bakery-thrives-in-this-rural-minnesota-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsmidwest.org\/stories\/a-tiny-bakery-thrives-in-this-rural-minnesota-community\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tiny Bakery Thrives In This Rural Minnesota Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article was originally published in 2023 by\u00a0Root River Current<\/a> and is reprinted with the publisher’s permission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep in the countryside of Fillmore County, there is an unexpected treasure in the little hamlet of Newburg, north of Mabel. A thriving\u2013but almost secret\u2013authentic French bakery is open only on Saturdays, and only for two hours. Yet throngs of the cognoscenti place their preorders on Friday, or arrive to take their chances on what appears in the display case. Welcome to\u00a0Newburg Vintage Home and Garden and Small Batch Bakery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixteen years ago, Irene and Glenn Fishburn left their high-powered California life for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to be closer to grandchildren. They began their quest for somewhere peaceful to retire. They landed in Newburg, where they settled in with their new neighbors and created first a garden shop, and then a bakery. Locals and visitors from afar find their way at the appointed hours to partake of exquisite croissants and other sweet delicacies made by Irene, baker extraordinaire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple had traveled for two years seeking the right place. After their first idea of a lavender farm in Oregon fell through due to lack of a well, and then a Door County opportunity turned sour when they saw the summer tourist crowds, a stay in Lanesboro stirred their imaginations. Always on the lookout, Irene says \u201cI found this place on the Internet on a Friday night, and called the realtor the next morning, and that was it!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cA close community of 19 people became like instant relatives from day one that we arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n IRENE FISHBURN, NEWBURG VINTAGE HOME AND GARDEN AND SMALL BATCH BAKERY<\/cite>\n <\/blockquote>\n\n