Iconic Idaho Falls bakery opening second location. Here’s where it will be

Baker’s Dozen is opening successful Rexburg soon. The original owner’s adjunct baker, Vanessa Castiglia, is seen supra preparing mixed astatine nan Idaho Falls location. See what it’s for illustration successful nan video above. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com

IDAHO FALLS – After 2 years nether caller ownership, an iconic bakery is opening a 2nd location successful Rexburg.

Baker’s Dozen will unfastened astatine 16 South Center Street adjacent period successful nan building formerly occupied by Paradise Donuts & Gelato. Co-owner Alex Newman was hoping to person it unfastened successful clip for Independence Day but doesn’t deliberation it’s going to hap by then.

“An nonstop day isn’t known yet, but it will astir apt beryllium sometime successful July,” Newman tells EastIdahoNews.com.

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Alex Newman owns nan shop pinch Jake Johnson, who bought nan business successful 2022. Newman says nan paper will see each nan doughnuts from nan Idaho Falls paper pinch a fewer caller items.

Paradise Donuts proprietor Paul Scholes precocious contacted Johnson to opportunity they were closing and asked if he was willing successful buying immoderate of their room equipment.

That yet led to a speech astir taking complete nan building.

“Paul was hoping (the caller tenants) would beryllium successful nan aforesaid manufacture that was present before, truthful he liked that idea,” Newman explains.

Newman and Johnson are leasing nan building from Scholes, who lives retired of state. The brace are looking guardant to doing business successful Rexburg.

“We’re excited for this caller opportunity,” says Newman.

Paradise Donuts opened successful September 2010, according to a news release. Scholes was not instantly disposable for remark but Newman says nan logic he closed is because it was getting difficult to tally nan Rexburg bakery from different state.

Newman and Johnson officially signed nan lease connected June 7.

Johnson, who besides owns Big Deal Outlet astatine 400 South Woodruff successful Idaho Falls, bought Baker’s Dozen successful April 2022 aft Randy Jensen, nan original owner, passed distant unexpectedly nan twelvemonth before.

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He was a longtime customer of Baker’s Dozen and utilized to return his kids to nan bakery each week.

Johnson acquired each of Jensen’s recipes pinch nan acquisition of nan business and he’s thrilled that Jensen’s adjunct baker, Vanessa Castiglia, is still pinch them arsenic nan caput baker.

The Idaho Falls location is unfastened Tuesday done Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Newman says they’re readying to research pinch different hours astatine nan Rexburg store.

The brace are grateful for nan reception they’ve received since taking complete nan business and are eager for customers to spot nan caller Rexburg location.

“We’re caller to this business. We’ve been ecstatic astir nan reception we’ve had successful Idaho Falls and we’re excited to effort a small spot different marketplace up present successful Rexburg pinch nan assemblage municipality ambiance and spot really it goes,” Newman says.