I looked on the site and haven't found any reference to this.
Does anyone remember the wonderful cake decorations they had? Specifically the edible "roses" and "flowers" they used. They were the texture of Communion wafers (not the multi-grain ones we're used to now; the ones that always stuck to the roof of your mouth). I remember how delicate and thin they were, maybe they were made of spun sugar or something. I've never run across anything like them since my childhood, when a cake from Roseville Bakery was for an "event".
Yes, I remember the Roseville Bakery very well! We had our wedding cake made there, and instead of fruit filling it had ice cream with whipped cream frosting, it was yummy!
It seemed like everyone wanted a second piece. Roseville Bakery was the best, I especially like the chocolate cake with strawberry filling and whipped cream frosting, oh my those were the good old days, can't get cake like that in Vegas!
Roseville Bakery was incredible. My sister and I used to have a chuckle over an advertisement a rival bakery ran in the church bulletin. " FRED'S MODEL BAKERY formerly Braun's, closed Sundays and proud of it too."
I have no idea why I remember that ad 45 years later. We used to eat day old discount cakes and donuts from Drakes, and later Entermanns. I also remember jelly donuts from somewhere towards South Orange Avenue.
Where was the place they called The Greeks?
Roseville Bakery was owned and run by The Chesner Family.
Our Roseville Avenue School Class was granted a tour and We each received a cookie. They excelled in
very fancy cakes for Weddings ETC.
I understand that Mark Chesner eventually relocated the bakery in Edison, NJ.
Not in Roseville but in Bloomfield was Francis Bakery. The must have Wedding Cake during the Mid 60's.
Brauns had the Worlds Greatest Jelly Donut and Blueberry Tart.
Orange Street near North Sixth Stree
Mrs Horowitz Bakery on Orange Street between North Seventh St and North Sixth Street had Incredible Brownies and I have never experienced a Brownie cake that could compare. mrs Horowitz also had terrific Donuts.
Where was the Roseville Bakery exactly? We did use Francis Bakery in the 1970's. Now we use Mara's Country Desserts in Morristown and Denville, because she is my wife's cousin. Tony Parisi can give us some ideas on who has the best bread. I actually confused the roseville Deli and Bakery..
We have a great little bakery here in Union called Carmens'. Great bread and rolls.I'm told that they are related to an old Newark bakery,named ROMANOS'. I don't know where they were located.
My relationship with the Roseville Bakery started on June 7, 1932, when my mother, who was 9-months pregnant, fell on the sidewalk in front of the store. The people in the bakery took her into store to make sure she was okay. (Which she was). However, I was born the next day. (Don says that explains a lot).
As a little kid, I loved to go to the bakery with my mother because they would always give me a BIG black and white cookie. At some point the bakery was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Chesner. Mr. Chesner was the baker and his wife ran the store. They lived above the store with their three sons Jack, Sherwood, and Mark. Jack, the oldest, and I were classmates at Rosville Ave School and graduated together from Sussex Ave. School in June 1946. When Jack were 12 or 13 he invited our whole class at Roseville to a party at "The Palm" lunchonette (next to the Tivoli). At the time I thought it was his birthday party ,but years later I realized it must have been his Bar Mitzvah party! Who knew?
My family ate very little cake, but my mother and/or I went to the bakery once or twice a week for bread, rolls, coffee cake, sweet buns or my favorite, cream puffs. I think Mrs. Chesner's first name was Betty, but to my family she was always "The Bakery Lady". She was a hard working business women, but also very nice lady. During WW11, when my brother was in the Navy, she would always ask after him and tell my mother not to worry, he would be okay. (Which he was.)
Sometime after the war they opened a second "Roseville Bakery" in livingston Center. At the time my family moved to Vailsburg in 1959 they had the two stores. I think the Livingston store closed before the Newark store.
After my parents moved out of the county I had almost no reason to go to or even think about Roseville or the bakery. Until one day in the late 70's when I was driving on Rt. 27 in Edison, about as far from Newark as it is from my home in Hillsborough, I saw a sign on a store, "Roseville Bakery"!! I stopped and went into the store to see who was using the name. Who was there? Mrs. Chesner!! She was sitting behind the counter but looked in very poor health and her son Mark was running the business. However, she rmemembered me and asked about my parents and my brother. After a short converstion, I bought some cream puffs and left. It was years before I again found myself on Rt. 27 in Edison, but by then the bakery was gone.
