A 'secret' artisan bakery in Cardiff is closing its doors after more than 100 years in business. Allen's Bakery, which is tucked away in a rear garage down an alley off Arran Place in Roath, will shut shop on Friday, September 9, as its owner retires.
The historic institution - which has reportedly been running for 110 years and you can read more about here - produces and sells freshly-baked products, including loaves of bread, rolls, cakes, pastries, pasties and pies, to many businesses all over the city and directly to customers visiting the premises.
Its current owner John Allen took over in the mid 1980s, when the previous owner, Dougie Adams, retired. Growing up in Roath, Mr Allen had developed an interest in the small bakery that his family had always bought their bread from.
