Popular Mexican bakery was on the brink of closing but has managed to survive. //end headline wrapper ?>An employee prepares tamales. Photo by Sue Vliet/NNS.
Cindy Lopez, who along with her husband,
Their beloved bakery, which they took over from her in-laws in 2012 but has been in business since the 1970s, was on the brink of closing.
“We don’t have much of a choice other than to keep fighting to save our business and believe that God will take care of us,” said Lopez at that time through tears.
Sales at farmers markets during spring and summer kept the bakery afloat, and although business is still much slower than normal at Lopez Bakery’s brick and mortar location at 1100 W. Historic Mitchell St., the holiday season has brought with it some hope.