Holtermann's Bakery

405 Arthur Kill Road | Lighthouse Hill | built 1931

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2019
Clifford Holtermann, patriarch of the family bakery, dies at 91
Clifford Holtermann, patriarch of the family behind Holtermann's Bakery at 405 Arthur Kill Road, held many different jobs there until he died in 2019 at 91. German immigrant Klaus Holtermann founded the bakery in 1878 in the old town of Richmond, in what is now part of the Richmondtown Restoration. It moved to its present location several decades ago.
Source: Forgotten New York
2020
A fifth generation of Holtermanns keeps baking Pullman loaves and charlotte russe
By 2020 the bakery was run by the family's fifth generation: Clifford's daughter Jill Holtermann Bowers, her husband Jeff Bowers, and Clifford's nephew Billy Holtermann. In tribute to his late father, nicknamed the Cookie Man, Billy oversees almost all the cookies. The shop still sold century-old favorites such as lidded-pan Pullman loaves, a Bundt cake called a santart, and charlotte russe, a sponge cake with whipped cream and a cherry.
Source: Forgotten New York

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