July 14, 2016 By Michael Florio
A long-standing Sunnyside bakery has closed.
La Marjolaine, which has operated at 50-17 Skillman Ave since 1951, recently closed.
Several “For Rent” have been plastered all over the store’s front gate.
The bakery, which has had a number of owners over the years, offered pure butter breakfast items, such as croissants, as well as breads, pastries, fruit, muffins, cheese danishes, brioches, cakes and cookies, according to its website.
It received a 3.5-star rating on Yelp.
“Very good bread, cookies, cakes and coffee,” a Yelp user wrote in February. “They even have a really good tasting pizza that they sometimes bake!”
“With the assortment of holiday theme baked goods, it is difficult to leave this place without an extra dessert,” another wrote. “I always walk over to this Sunnyside location for a good treat.”
However, some Yelp users complained about a price increase and quality decrease.
“They just raised the price of all pastries, but the quality has dropped unfortunately,” one user wrote in 2015.
“I am very disappointed because they were famous for their cheese danish and every time I have cravings, I don’t get the original recipe,” another wrote. “The bread is fatty and the cheese is thin and sugary and that’s not what it used to be.”
