2006 18th Street, NW via The CakeRoom Bakery
Thanks to J. for sending: “Cakeroom is the latest victim of a door smash/burglary”
Cakeroom shared yesterday:
“At 6 this morning we woke up to our humble little bakery that has served the beautiful neighborhood of Adams Morgan for almost a decade now, looking like this : glass shattered for as far as the eyes could see and all our Point of Sale equipment lying banged up on the floor after a very damaging break in. Sadly this has been happening to so many other small businesses in the area , night after night and for several weeks now . I am blessed though for the outpouring of love and dedication that I witnessed from the staff who arrived this morning to clean up the mess an intruder caused to our second home and resume their work like nothing happened .
They were not going to let this criminal kill our momentum and disrupt the business they work so hard to keep alive for all these years and all our sakes . We had orders to fulfill and those cakes were not going to decorate themselves . Thank you also to the most amazing handyman who has serviced our shop for more than 5 years diligently and quickly attended to the badly needed repairs after dropping his kids off at school and apologized for not having been able to come even sooner . Within just a few hours the broken glass was replaced by a custom made piece of glass that he installed himself soon after its delivery from the glass company. Thank you also to the policemen and detectives who were at the scene-of-the crime soon after the break in and remained for hours finger printing and scrutinizing every inch of our space for clues . They showed nothing but sincere compassion and sympathy for our loss and trauma . Today has not been the greatest but I feel immense gratitude for all the little angels sent to ease the pain and turn a dark day into a brighter and more hopeful one.
Oh and did I mention that we passed our random health inspection today ! So it hasn’t been all doom and gloom But … and this is an important announcement to our patrons , we can no longer accept cash at this establishment . The only thing these robbers have been after is the cash drawer . Credit cards only pls and for our safety and continued operation . Thank you in advance for your cooperation.”