Almond Sisters Bakery opens for business in Hamilton

Hubbard and Carder had been operating a bakery at Forest Fair Village for a little over a year, before deciding to move the bakery to downtown Hamilton in the Artspace Hamilton Lofts building.

Hubbard has been busy baking and preparing for what she hopes will be a very grand opening this weekend and the opportunity to sell what the sisters describe as “fresh, handmade artisan baked goods.”

“It was very important for us to get open this weekend for Small Business Saturday and next week is the last Alive After 5 event for this year. There will be a toy drive and window painting contest and we wanted to be a part of that,” Hubbard said.

The bakery plans to be open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

“It’s a soft opening on Saturday and next week, but we will have a grand opening in early to mid-December,” Hubbard said.

Having a chance to be in the Artspace building was very appealing to the sisters, but the added fact of having a business that is truly a family affair has been special for them.

“We are this insane trio for sure,” Hubbard said with a laugh. “Brandi is like the brains of the operation, she handles all of the business related stuff and I’m the artistic, creative baker. We were happy that Stephanie can join us. She’s really good at baking.”

The hope for the bakery is that Artspace tenants and downtown shoppers will meet and enjoy the artwork and decor designed by Unsung Salvage Design Co., which is owned and operated by Carder’s husband, Jason, and his brothers Justin and Dondi, as well as Hubbard’s husband, Scott.

Unsung Salvage Design, sells custom furniture and original accent pieces for the Hamilton community. Hubbard said the work done in the bakery was honey-do-list that turned out great.

“They really did a tremendous job in here,” she said. “Their business is going very well too. They have a workshop in the old Marshall Electric Building right now and have so many custom orders to do they don’t have time to open a retail storefront right now.”