And so the Sullivans looked around for a space, and by luck found one on San Pablo just a stone’s throw from their current spot. Purchased this summer, Acme’s new building, formerly the Berkeley Army Surplus store, has a ground floor more than twice the size of the original storefront.
“We're very cramped where we are. Particularly through the efforts of my oldest daughter [Becca], who doesn't seem to understand limits, [and] who's always trying to introduce new products and make new little things,” Sullivan says with a laugh. “It's weird for me to be talking about this in rhapsodic terms about this funky little simple building. But something about the proportions of the [new] building inside and how they're arranged just lend themselves so well to our layout of what we want to do.”
A lot can happen in three years’ time, including clearing Berkeley’s protracted zoning and permitting process, and completing renovations to suit Acme’s operations. Still, the company hopes to move in by 2023. Sullivan, who valued the serendipity of the Cedar and San Pablo lot, happily shares that the new building was built by the father of his younger daughter’s best friend. “It's got that kismet quality.”
See the official statement from Acme Bread below.
Dear Customers-
We have been on this corner for a long time. When our current lease ends in 2023 it will have been 40 years. But sometime between now and then we will be moving. When we and Kermit found and settled on this location back in 1983 we never imagined that we would ever move. Even though we have never had a long-term lease here wine and bread have always seemed like too good a team to break up. But we are getting too old for the excitement of successive 5-year leases and would like to secure our future for the long term.
So on April 1, 2023 if you want to visit us we hope you’ll be willing to cross the street and walk two doors south to 1640 San Pablo, the former home of Berkeley Surplus. We have purchased that building and once we finish with permitting and other details we will begin working to design our new home. While we are sad to be moving we are excited about this project as the new building has considerably more space than we have here, which will be very good for our staff, our customers and our bread.
Best Wishes,
Acme Bread
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