"On Jan. 27, butcher paper covered the windows of the It's All Good Bakery at 5622 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and signs announced, "We are permanently closed. Thank you for 30 years of support!" A neighbor at the barbershop next door said it had shut down the previous week. Asked why, he replied, "We're all still wondering that ourselves." A message posted to the bakery's Instagram this week proclaimed it was the "end of an era. We have officially closed our doors. We've poured our hearts into every batch, but it's time for us to take a break.""
"It's All Good Bakery was founded in 1996 by Oakland entrepreneur Kim Cloud who, casting about for something to do after his rap career ended, decided to open a depot for sweets. Cloud drew from old family recipes to bake up pecan and sweet-potato pies, 7UP poundcake, lemon ice-box tarts and peach cobbler. Over its run, well-known Bay Area folks followed their sweet tooth to It's All Good. One of San Francisco's mayors was a customer, as was Patti LaBelle, KRON4 news anchor Pam Moore and Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale."
It's All Good Bakery, located at 5622 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland and housed in the former Black Panther Party headquarters, has permanently closed after roughly 30 years. The storefront displayed signs and butcher paper, and an Instagram message called it "the end of an era," saying the owners had "poured our hearts into every batch" and needed a break. The bakery was founded in 1996 by Kim Cloud, who used family recipes to make pecan and sweet-potato pies, 7UP poundcake, lemon ice-box tarts and peach cobbler. The shop served notable customers and emphasized community giving linked to the building's Panther history.
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