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| Fire crews were in a defensive position preparing to pour water on the fire from outside the building. Photo courtesy Seattle Fire. |
By Diane Hettrick
After closing in the pandemic last year, a fire has put a final end to Borracchini’s Bakery and Mediterranean Market in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle.
The family business was founded by Italian immigrants, Mario and Maria Borracchini, in 1922 and served generations of Puget Sound residents.
If you provided a photo when you ordered your cake, they would put a frosting bust of the guest of honor on top of the sheet cake. And their cakes tasted better than anyone's - well worth a drive.
The fire was discovered mid-afternoon. Seattle Fire spent four hours actively fighting the blaze and were still doing mop up into the night. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
So sad to hear this. Borracchinis was the only place to get a perfect cake for our King county potlucks and celebrations.
ReplyDeleteTheir cakes were the best. Sad when they closed and too bad the building burned
ReplyDeleteThey will be missed all my kids cale were made there there grown now
ReplyDeleteI was sad to see them close last yr and now this are family’s have been buying all or are cakes since I was a little and every yr we would buy are mother’s cake from there and now this is horrible
ReplyDeleteBest Fresh Bakery to get cupcakes for kids birthday parties! Everything will be missed!
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