Quality Bake Shop
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Known for: Old-fashioned cake doughnuts, maple-glazed, Boston cream, jelly and twisted crullers fried from the founder's 1955 recipes, about 60 dozen a day; cash or check only
91 Pearl St
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Monday: Closed; Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM; Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM; Thursday: 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM; Friday: 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM; Saturday: 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM; Sunday: 6:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Raymond LeBlanc opened Quality Bake Shop at 91 Pearl Street in Essex Junction in 1955, and it remains the shopping center's only surviving original tenant. Michelle Simms, who started working there at age 9, owned it for about 21 years; the business is now run by Doug Simms with Doug Simms Jr. as bakery manager. Doughnuts are still fried six mornings a week from about 3 a.m. using LeBlanc's recipes.
Open since 1955
Simms family: owner Doug Simms, bakery manager Doug Simms Jr.; Michelle Simms previously owned the shop for 21 years (Seven Days, Sept 2025).
Last checked 9/25/2026