After nearly seven decades on Holabird Avenue, Herman’s Bakery is getting ready to turn off the ovens. The family-owned Dundalk staple, in business at that address since 1958, says it will close its Holabird Avenue location on March 31. The decision ends a 67-year run at the storefront where generations of locals picked up donuts, celebration cakes, and holiday specialties, and caps more than a century of family baking in the Baltimore region.
In a Facebook post, the shop told customers it is “officially retiring” and confirmed, “Our final day will be March 31,” according to WBAL NewsRadio. The outlet also notes that over the years, the Herman family has operated a total of seven locations in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area.
Family roots go back to 1923
According to Herman's Bakery and Catering, the family’s story in the oven started in 1923 with Harry’s Bakery in Highlandtown. The Dundalk shop followed in 1958. The bakery’s About page lays out a multi-generation operation built on decorated cakes, strawberry shortcakes, and old-fashioned doughnuts made fresh every day. The site also lists the Dundalk address as 7560 Holabird Avenue.
A neighborhood staple
Baltimore Style has long cast Herman’s as the kind of hometown institution that quietly anchors the holidays. The magazine points to marshmallow doughnuts, babka, and Polish bow ties as seasonal must-haves and describes the Holabird Avenue shop as a familiar Dundalk landmark. Its profile underscores how the bakery has threaded itself into family traditions over multiple generations, with a steady stream of wedding and holiday orders that helped define the local celebration calendar. That history is a big part of why the closure will hit far beyond one corner storefront.
What’s next
The Facebook note frames the move as a family retirement, and WBAL NewsRadio reports that the post did not spell out any plans for continued operations at other locations. For now, customers can still find the Dundalk phone number and hours on the bakery’s website if they have questions about orders through March 31.
In the message quoted by WBAL, the family thanked customers for “their support over the last 103 years” and called it “an honor to serve you and the community.” For many in Dundalk, that is going to sound less like a sign-off and more like the final line in a long-running love letter written in frosting and powdered sugar.
