Ads from the Past: Uptown Ovens
Hennepin-Lake, History — By Thatcher Imboden on February 6, 2013 7:05 amUptown Ovens was a bakery located from the 1970s until the mid-to-late 1980s at 3028 Hennepin Avenue, which today houses Penzeys Spices. A bakery with the same name operates today as a wholesaler near the University of Minnesota.
An ad for Uptown Ovens in 1975
The ad was in the final edition of the Calhoun Elementary newspaper in 1975.
Thatcher Imboden
How cities work and change, how they are the product of their inhabitants and outside forces, and the resulting livability keep me thinking and dreaming about the future. I work in urban real estate development, am Past President of an Uptown business organization, grew up in Uptown, was on an Uptown neighborhood association Board, and am an Uptown and Lyn-Lake historian.
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I don’t know if it’s the decendant of the original Uptown Ovens, but I drive past Uptown Ovens daily on my way to work. It’s located on Elm Street, near Pace Analytical, on the edge of Dinkytown.
When they shut down retail operations in Uptown the owner moved the bakery near the campus. Not sure if it’s still the same owner but is definitely the same operation.