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"Once a famed, hidden Tribeca bakery owned by baker Roger Gural, Arcade was shuttered when Gural decided to retire and close the shop in the summer of 2019; chefs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson — long fans who had been serving Gural’s bread at Frenchette — approached him with the idea of carrying the bakery’s legacy forward when the space became available. Nasr says they loved Arcade and its bread, and after taking over the lease in January they sought to keep the notion of the neighborhood bakery going as they transitioned the space into Frenchette Bakery." - Tanay Warerkar