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Location also had a bit of a star-crossed history Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News One of downtown Gardner’s favorite bakeries, Plainview Bakery, was a Central Street landmark for many years, as seen in this photo from 1960. Located in what has been called “The Central Building” at 271-277 Central St., it moved there beginning in the late 1950s after originally being located at 19 Parker St. Plainview Bakery was originally opened on Parker Street by Gustaf Ohman in 1921. Ohman, w...

Then and Now: Sunrise Donuts and other Gardner bakeries of the past Taking a look back at the local businesses that had baked-in success Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News It was a smell that permeated the air and was so recognizable in Gardner way back when. Freshly baked bread, doughnuts, turnovers, muffins, Bismarck’s, crullers, brownies and every other conceivable type of baked goods were turned out of some of Gardner’s best-known bakeries. One of the most popular among them was ...