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Thread topic switch as a shameless attempt to get more people to read and vote. 
Do you think the AT effect has the same power by volume that it used to, or do we bypass voting requests now? If it has lessened, do you think that's because our membership decreased, we don't feel as much of a community now and are not as interested in supporting each other's pet causes, or...?
Thanks to those who have voted!
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A local bakery in my hometown is a finalist for Baking Magazine's contest "America's Best Bakery".
http://www.bakemag.com/AmericaBestBakery2/Default.aspx
Schats TOTALLY deserves to win!
This little place opened their first location in an old brick building downtown, across from the county courthouse. They make all their own breads and pastries, brownies, pies, treats of all kinds. They make THE best deli sandwiches I've ever had, totally fresh and incredible ingredients and they are absolutely huge. You can go sit there for hours on the wifi and they won't say a thing. They employ many of the local mentally handicapped population as table bussers.
When the local community college greasy spoon closed down Schats opened a second location in the little college quad and have been busy ever since. They make pizza dough and sell huge blocks of thick fresh pizza for a $1.50 to the poor college students; one piece is a meal. They stay open late so people on their way to night classes can get a good dinner.
The third location is INSIDE a hardware store on the south end of town, and it opens early so the contractors and farmers can get breakfast. Whodathunk one of the best places to get lunch in the entire town would be inside a Freidman's hardware store, but there you go.
The sandwich menu in each location is renamed to match. "The Verdict" at the courthouse Schats is something like "The Straight A" at the college Schats, and it may be "The Straight Edge" at the Freidman's Schats.
Schats donates a TON of money back to the community. Every arts and youth-related program in town has their logo on the programs as a primary donor. During fire season they prepare bag lunches for the firefighters. They are there at every community event.
Schats is one of those leftover small town America gems, totally worth your vote!
Scroll down to the bottom to vote. They are #6, and it does require an email address to vote. Thanks!
http://www.bakemag.com/AmericaBestBakery2/Default.aspx
Do you think the AT effect has the same power by volume that it used to, or do we bypass voting requests now? If it has lessened, do you think that's because our membership decreased, we don't feel as much of a community now and are not as interested in supporting each other's pet causes, or...?
Thanks to those who have voted!
----------------------------------------OP----------------------------------------
A local bakery in my hometown is a finalist for Baking Magazine's contest "America's Best Bakery".
http://www.bakemag.com/AmericaBestBakery2/Default.aspx
Schats TOTALLY deserves to win!
This little place opened their first location in an old brick building downtown, across from the county courthouse. They make all their own breads and pastries, brownies, pies, treats of all kinds. They make THE best deli sandwiches I've ever had, totally fresh and incredible ingredients and they are absolutely huge. You can go sit there for hours on the wifi and they won't say a thing. They employ many of the local mentally handicapped population as table bussers.
When the local community college greasy spoon closed down Schats opened a second location in the little college quad and have been busy ever since. They make pizza dough and sell huge blocks of thick fresh pizza for a $1.50 to the poor college students; one piece is a meal. They stay open late so people on their way to night classes can get a good dinner.
The third location is INSIDE a hardware store on the south end of town, and it opens early so the contractors and farmers can get breakfast. Whodathunk one of the best places to get lunch in the entire town would be inside a Freidman's hardware store, but there you go.
The sandwich menu in each location is renamed to match. "The Verdict" at the courthouse Schats is something like "The Straight A" at the college Schats, and it may be "The Straight Edge" at the Freidman's Schats.
Schats donates a TON of money back to the community. Every arts and youth-related program in town has their logo on the programs as a primary donor. During fire season they prepare bag lunches for the firefighters. They are there at every community event.
Schats is one of those leftover small town America gems, totally worth your vote!
Scroll down to the bottom to vote. They are #6, and it does require an email address to vote. Thanks!
http://www.bakemag.com/AmericaBestBakery2/Default.aspx
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