Let Them Eat Cheesecake
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The White Oak Bakery in Jacksonville features a variety of freshly made baked goods, including breads, muffins, cannolis, cakes, cheesecakes, cookies and cinnamon rolls. The bakery also sells candies, cupcakes and dessert trays for any occasion and a variety of coffee drinks.
“I started the bakery in my home about three years ago and then decided to finally establish a store in Jacksonville in May 2007,” says owner Amy Perrigo. “I asked my husband one day to go out and get some fresh bread from a local bakery, and he told me that he couldn’t find one. So I decided to start my own.”
Perrigo originally hails from upstate New York, where bakeries are abundant, and she worked in a couple of them prior to her move to North Carolina. Her store is both a sit-down and carryout place, with an outdoor patio where customers can enjoy breakfast or lunch in the warm-weather months.
The bakery is located across from White Oak High School on Piney Green Road, and is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
“We have all kinds of fresh, homemade bread, including sourdough, Italian, pumpernickel and a three-cheese bread,” Perrigo says. “I make artisan-type breads, which are crusty on the outside and soft in the middle.”
Perrigo says she does a brisk muffin-and-coffee business each morning, and her lunchtime menu includes two soups and a homemade sourdough bread bowl. She says the current national economic slump really hasn’t affected her business.
“People still like treating themselves to something nice, so having a homemade éclair or a chocolate chip muffin with a cup of cappuccino or a hot latte is commonplace here,” she says.
“My staff and I also offer delivery service to Camp Lejeune, and my store now features wireless Internet service.”
Story by Kevin Litwin
