"After seven years, Fat + Flour's Grand Central Market location will close permanently on Sunday, May 24. Pastry chef, author, and James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist Nicole Rucker tells Eater that Fat + Flour's lease is ending and she chose not to renew it. Though it is a loss for Downtown Los Angeles, Rucker will continue to operate her larger standalone Culver City location."
"Starting as a temporary pop-up at Grand Central Market, Rucker made her then-month-old Fat + Flour stall permanent in 2019. That was one year after she opened and closed her celebrated Fairfax cafe, Fiona, in 2018. In the midst of operating a busy bakery that sold a healthy amount of banana cream pies, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and her fan-favorite chocolate chess pie, Rucker wrote two cookbooks."
"In 2019, she published Dappled: Baking Recipes for Fruit Lovers: A Cookbook and Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake: A Cookbook, which was recognized by the New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of 2025. Rucker was also a James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist in 2024 and in 2025 for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker."
"When Eater last spoke with Rucker in 2023, she had just opened the Culver City location. Her team operated the Grand Central Market stall out of a compact 125 square feet, and the Westside location provided the opportunity to become a full-service cafe with wood tables, an expanded retail market, and more room to prepare breakfast, savory scones, granola, and salads, similar to those Rucker made during her tenure at Gjelina Take Away."
Fat + Flour’s Grand Central Market stall in Downtown Los Angeles will close permanently on Sunday, May 24 because the lease is ending and Nicole Rucker chose not to renew it. The bakery began as a pop-up at Grand Central Market and became a permanent stall in 2019. Rucker previously opened and closed a Fairfax cafe called Fiona in 2018. During years of operating the busy stall, Fat + Flour sold banana cream pies, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate chess pie, while Rucker wrote two cookbooks. She published Dappled and Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake, and received James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist recognition in 2024 and 2025. The Culver City location opened in 2023 and offers a full-service cafe with tables, expanded retail, and more space for breakfast and savory items.
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