Walked into a bakery in Portland and spotted a sign that made me do a double take

I was visiting this little shop called Buttercup Bakes last weekend, and right above the register they had a sign that said 'We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone who asks for gluten-free sourdough.' I mean, I get the joke, but the cashier told me three people actually asked for it that morning before I showed up. The whole place smelled like butter and sugar, and all their croissants were perfectly golden. Has anyone else run into a bakery with weird or funny house rules?

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finley_bennett283d ago

That sign is hilarious (and honestly kind of fair, sourdough is the original gluten-free bread if you think about it). I totally feel for that cashier though, I'd lose it if three people missed the joke before lunch.

hannaht293d agoTop Commenter

Exactly @finley_bennett28, sourdough's fermentation breaks down gluten so maybe the sign was onto something there.

fiona_sullivan293d ago

Oh wow, that's actually a really good point but I keep thinking about the other side of it. Like, what if the sign was less about the health benefits and more about the cashier just being done with people's weird bread attitudes that morning? In my experience, retail workers develop that sarcastic edge over time, your mileage may vary. There's probably a whole story behind that sign about someone arguing that their sandwich bread was "artisan enough" to count as sourdough or something equally exhausting. Take this with a grain of salt but I bet that cashier had a whole list of customer bread complaints they were silently screaming about.