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By Mike Sutter
| Friday, May 15, 2009, 01:44 PM
Walton’s Fancy and Staple, Sandra Bullock’s new florist-deli-bakery-coffee shop opened Friday morning at 609 W. Sixth St.
The trickle of first-day customers included Skip Avis, a resident of the nearby 360 Condominiums tower who said he’d been calling almost daily to find out the opening date. After a breakfast of coffee and a croissant, Avis said he liked the shop’s French cafe-style look. Rollingwood resident Josh Bernstein (above), who works downtown and used to live near Walton’s, said that after months of seeing the building under construction, curiosity lured him in.
Choices in the case Friday included a scone with tasso ham and caramelized onion for $1.75, a compact blueberry muffin for $1.25 and a strawberry-kiwi tart with custard for $3.75. A list of 20-plus sandwiches included lean pastrami stacked on thick slices of fresh, seedless rye bread for $6.25.
Bullock did not attend the opening because she was in New Orleans for an awards ceremony recognizing her charitable contributions after Hurricane Katrina.
Read more about Walton’s and Sandra Bullock’s investments in Austin on Sunday in the American-Statesman.
(American-Statesman photos by Mike Sutter)
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By TC
May 16, 2009 9:38 AM | Link to this
Hope someone invites me.