WEEK OF JULY 25, 2024
VOLUME 11 | ISSUE 27
Castle Rock King Soopers is importing French bread that ‘you can’t find anywhere else’
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in America – La Famille. From its flaky croissants and traditional baguettes to buttery tarts with fresh fruits, all of La Famille’s baked goods are authentic. The bakery is run by King Soopers employees Cherry Dim and Bawi Lian, who helped open La Famille in November.
A recent proposal for a McDonald’s in Castle Pines drew vocal and widespread opposition, leading city officials to block the development. Now, a lawsuit is seeking to reverse the decision. The lawsuit’s complaint argues that Castle Pines’ decision to block the plan lacked evidence. “The city council denied the (plan) because a majority of its members and/or vocal town residents did not want a fast-food restaurant, specifically a McDonald’s, at that location,” the complaint says. “The city council’s decision was arbitrary, and must be overturned.” Before voting to deny the plan at a late May city council meeting, expressing concerns about traffic and crime, City Councilmember Chris Eubanks argued the plan would not further the “public health, safety and welfare of the community,” a sticking point for the council.
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Cherry Dim, a baker at La Famille, preps a customer’s order. La Famille sells authentic French breads and pastries shipped from PHOTO BY MCKENNA HARFORD France and made fresh daily. BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In the middle of the fresh produce section in the King Soopers on Promenade Parkway is a bakery that elicits the best of French boulangeries with its authentic bread, sandwiches and pastries. La Famille brings a taste of Paris to Castle Rock, selling baked
goods made fresh daily after they are shipped over, frozen, from France weekly. It’s a rare treat for customers of the local supermarket, which is the only place in the state to get the bread as part of a test program. The bakery works with Maison Kayser, a traditional bakery based in Paris that has hundreds of international locations, but only one
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