Olde Hearth Bread Company, the longtime Casselberry artisan bakery, is rolling into Ivanhoe Village with a new storefront at 1231 N. Orange Ave. Set to open in mid-May, the shop will sell breads and pastries baked fresh each morning at Olde Hearth’s main facility. Founders Shannon and Janice Talty say the Ivanhoe space will give them room to play around with ancient-grain loaves and seasonal pastry recipes, pulling one of Central Florida’s best-known wholesale bakers right onto Ivanhoe’s walkable retail strip.
As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, the Taltys have picked up a small-batch artisan mixer for the new retail kitchen and plan to use the walk-up counter as their test lab before pushing successful recipes into larger wholesale runs. The Sentinel notes that Olde Hearth already supplies hundreds of Central Florida restaurants and will be delivering fresh product to the Ivanhoe counter every morning. Shannon Talty told the paper that “nobody in Orlando was making natural breads when we first opened 28 years ago.”
From Wholesale To Walk-Up
According to Olde Hearth Bread Company, the bakery operates a wholesale facility at 207 Reece Way in Casselberry, turning out breads and pastries for hotels, restaurants, and farmers' markets across Central Florida. That production hub will feed the Ivanhoe storefront so the new counter can concentrate on shorter runs, specialty batches, and daily retail service without throwing off the wholesale schedule.
Where It Will Be
The retail space at 1231 N. Orange Ave. was most recently home to pet boutique House of Sploot, which held events at the address earlier this year. Event listings for House of Sploot show the business using that location, confirming the shop’s most recent tenant history. Swapping in a morning-focused bakery could crank up early foot traffic for neighboring coffee spots and lunch joints along North Orange.
Why This Matters
Ivanhoe Village is a compact, eclectic stretch of North Orange Avenue where independent shops and restaurants pull in neighborhood regulars, and another bakery counter could finally answer a long-running call for fresh, local loaves. Guides and local listings spotlight Ivanhoe’s mix of retail and eateries, where strong morning destinations help the whole strip. The owners say the storefront will let them push into new recipes and specialty bakes while keeping staple breads flowing to the restaurants that already depend on them.
