Healdsburg’s Enduring Spirits cut the first slice of 150th Birthday Cake donated by Costeaux French Bakery to the celebration, August 18, 2007. Visit the fascinating display as you literally TASTE a piece of California history!

Costeaux French Bakery is project central for the Healdsburg Heritage Project: A Tribute to our Past, a $5,000 fundraising drive to restore and preserve our collective northern California past. How many times do you run across a project where you can leave an important legacy as well as TASTE a piece of history…literally?

Tuesday March 1st Costeaux unveils a fascinating exhibit of ten historical, and in some cases hysterically witty, Healdsburgians. The seppia-toned portraits on display were originally produced for the village’s Sesquicenennial Celebration in 2007. Representing area pioneering families, the Enduring Spirits were gathered that year for the momentous 150th birthday party on the downtown Plaza, attended by thousands. The ten Enduring Spirits generously shared their family histories giving us all a glimpse of northern Californnia life in 1857. Their comments are poignant, insightful, and delightful and… on display. Why is Costeaux French Bakery involved? The opening of the bakery wasn’t all that far behind the founding of Healdsburg, historically, first serving fine breads in 1923 to Healdsburg families. The original store, called the French-American Bakery, was located next door to the current shop where the offices of Cyrus Restaurant now reside. The business endured many name changes over the decades, but always maintained top quality products, family-run leadership and a family-friendly ambience. And so it is today with an emphasis on family dining. Thus, the tie in and Costeaux’s dedication to honoring the Enduring Spirits and their families with this project.

Stop in for goodies at the Bakery Counter, a take-out meal, or dine at Café Costeaux at 417 Healdsburg Avenue. Costeaux is open seven days a week starting at 7 a.m. serving breakfast all day, crowd-pleasing lunches and outrageous French Onion Soup (check costeaux.com for closing times which vary.) In addition to the feast for your eyes of Healdsburg history, the Bakery is offering two ways for YOU to honor the Enduring Spirits and play an important role in preserving our past, as you enjoy Costeaux favorites. With each purchase of these two products* Costeaux will donate 10% of sales to the Healdsburg Heritage Project, with the goal of raising $4,000 of the $5,000 needed:

Old-fashioned Ice Box Cookies, a crisp combination of vanilla and walnuts

• $15.00 per dozen Sesquicentennial Poppyseed Rum Cake with raspberry conserve and Grand Marnier cream cheese frosting

• $25 for 6” cake up to $70 for a 1/2 sheet cake

Speaking of tasty treats, did you know Costeaux is one of the region’s leaders in store sampling? It’s part of our mission to reach out to long time customers and new audiences with world class cuisine including products you may not have tried. You never know when the bakery staff and servers will sample world-class artisan breads or irresistable desserts for those present. Why not be there?

Help save the portraits…and be there for the spontaneous sampling!

*10% donation to the Healdsburg Heritage Project applies only to ice box cookes and poppyseed rum cake during the exhibition of Enduring Spirits portraits and/or the duration of the fundraising campaign to restore and preserve them.

417 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, CA 95448 707.433.1913 costeaux.com