On busy weekend mornings, finding a parking spot in one of less than a dozen spaces at Melissa Yanc and Sean McGaughey’s Quail & Condor bakery in Healdsburg (149 Healdsburg Ave.) can be harder than a three-day-old baguette. Such is the price of success for the couple, who also own Troubadour sandwich shop and its nighttime alter ego, Le Diner.
But that’s about to change.
“It’s no secret our parking lot is a sh*t show,” stated a recent Quail & Condor Instagram announcement, “and it no longer has to be a secret we’re moving the bakery!”
The bakery will be moving just around the corner to the Mill Street shopping center, sharing the 120-space parking lot with Elephant in the Room pub, Parish Cafe, Yoga on Center, Coyote Sonoma and a new cannabis dispensary.
According to property manager Mat Humphrey, the new bakery space is currently unoccupied and will be split into four units. The build-out is slated to be completed by early 2025. Humphrey added that a 3,000-square-foot restaurant space is also being built at the 44 Mill St. property for a future tenant.
Yanc said they will hold on to the 149 Healdsburg Ave. bakery location for the remainder of their lease and have some potential ideas, though nothing has been finalized yet.
I vote for a semi-permanent pop-up space and commercial kitchen for new restaurant concepts. Please?
Don’t miss the incredible parking lot photo tableau by Emma K Creative on Quail & Condor’s always-entertaining Instagram page: instagram.com/quailandcondor.
Quail & Condor, 707-473-8254, quailandcondor.com