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"I followed Back Alley Bread from its Instagram start in 2020 to its first storefront, which just signed on at 53 Rockaway Avenue between Sumpter and Marion streets in Bed-Stuy; co-owner Autumn Moultrie describes it as a microbakery that stayed nimble by avoiding a single niche—selling angel donuts, Frito pie, and Jamaican patties under the same roof—and she says rising ingredient costs (butter went up as much as 40%) and limited storage made finding and financing a brick-and-mortar especially difficult because they couldn't buy in bulk." - Emma Orlow