Columbia Falls bakery and cafe Uptown Hearth returns
Uptown Hearth’s original owner Terri Feury and new partners Matthew Bussard, Chas Brandt and Hillary Sheldon pose in front of the business’s mural on Nucleus Avenue Thursday, Feb. 15. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
Uptown Hearth pastries set out for guests at the Sneak Peak Preview Party of the business’s new building on Nucleus Avenue Thursday, Feb. 15. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
The Uptown Hearth staff works on creating focaccia for their guests at the Sneak Peak Preview Party Thursday, Feb. 15. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
From the new third story of Uptown Hearth, all of Nucleus Avenue is visible. The space has been designed as a co-working area, where people can rent out an office area with wifi for an hour or a month. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
Guests tour the new Uptown Hearth building and try out their food during the sneak peek preview party Thursday, Feb. 15. (Avery Howe photo)
Avery Howe
“It was said that if your dreams don’t scare you, you didn’t dream big enough. This thing scared me about four million times. But everyone kept showing up, pitching in and getting through the rough spots,” said Uptown Hearth’s original owner Terri Feury. After about four years of being closed, the Columbia Falls business has reopened its doors.
Feury originally worked out of the back of the Nucleus Avenue building, baking. After 15 years of that, she remodeled the space to allow for a retail bakery and cafe in 2016. They were open three days a week, serving breakfast and coffee. Matthew Bussard began renting a space for his mobile coffee cart there, and the business grew organically.
When 2020 rolled around, a combination of the pandemic and an eye for the future closed Uptown Hearth.
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