Rumor has it that the former Ollie's employees are opening a bakery on Burke Street.

I would like you to know that I was working that day and I do remember you I believe. The owner (Nancy Revzen) is not a nice lady. Please do not bad mouth those of us that tried very hard to work for her with anything that resembled a smile on our face. We told her that the note about the restroom was rude but the native New Yorker in her didn't see it. She is a talented woman, just not a warm one and I do wish that she had more business sense but she doesn't and she didn't accept ideas very well. So just remember that she was the problem and I do have an extensive customer service background and I wanted to make a difference there and just gave up and left town myself.

I find it a bit of sour grapes for someone who is planning to open a rival bakery to trash the competition. I've always found Ollie's to be pleasant and inviting under the new ownership...and the food is unrivaled. I urge all to judge for themselves.

I have just used Ollie's for a corporate event and Nancy was nothing but wonderful to work with. The other couple of employees I interacted with were also very pleasant. I wish others had experienced the same thing. I can honestly say I was really surprised at your obvious dislike of them. Maybe once this "native New Yorker" is in W-S longer, she'll start to have some of her own southern charm.

I read your blog about Ollie's changing hands (for the worse) a while ago, but hoped you were speaking of some other Ollie's someplace else, not my favorite little bakery in Winston-Salem, the one I used to love driving to from Greensboro whenever I had the chance. I haven't had the chance for some time now (had a baby 11 months ago today), but this morning made the drive and was dismayed to experience the rude indifference of the new owner firsthand. Not only that, the quality of everything, from coffee to bread to pastries, has gone dramatically down. I'm totally disappointed, and hope that your stated plans to open a bakery of your own are coming along. I'll look forward to trying a friendly bakery with quality goods when you open. Thanks.

you suck! start your own business.Its people like you that leech into someone else's customer base.I hope you fail!

Just attended a cooking class there and Nancy was nothing but wonderful. I personally would find it annoying if people coming to attend a race thought my business was a public restroom. If I was a legitimate customer coming to shop, I would find it annoying to trip over runners making a beeline for the bathroom. Also, I sincerely doubt the runners are stopping into a bakery for a pastry minutes before a race so the chances of enticing customers was slim, the chance of enticing moochers? Pretty good.

The employees that have left such an insulting message found it impossible to have someone actually RUN the bakery. Gordons idea was to keep everyone happy so they didn t leave by letting the employees run the business. Any new owner would have changed the system and these people refused to give up their control. They were rude, unsupportive, argumentative intractable, and uninterested in learning new things. The bakery was a filthy mess .It must have been easy to run the bakery (it was making NO MONEY) when they had nothing at stake.They were angry that ANYONE other than themselves was in charge. ollies is thriving, opening in Greensboro with a cafe a full European Bakery full kitchen and branches in Lewisville/Advance.It has a world class reputation . Excellence sometimes has a price.Nancy s concern was to give her customers absolutely the highest quality food and this she has done .When these people have the courage to do this on their own, then they ll be able to talk about business. until then , all this bitching is just sour grapes from wannabees.

Thankyou for this note. We agree. Yes this is correct. ollies is the best bakery in North america and has the best service and is a wonderful place to sit. It is jam packed all the time and for good reason. the food is wonderful , the place is like being in Europe, The counter ladies are a joy with their french hats. We in Winston are greatful, honored and lucky to have Ollies.We have watched it grow from a good to a fantastic bakery. The past employees seem to have been very small people . It takes more than sour grapes to be a business person.They tried and failed at opening a bakery. Karma.

Wow. Ollies is opening in Greensboro?!Simple Kneads and everyone else watch out. You re no competition for them.

We hear Ollies is opening a bakery Cafe and market near the university. We couldn t be happier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are glad to see that someone has finally responded to the nonscence and childish jealousy of the former Ollies employees.If they had been adults they would have tried to learn from this woman as she obviously was a much better baker than they were. Ollies is 100 times better than it was.

Yes.

We ve had Ollies bread from Whole Foods. It is wonderful Its the closest bread to germany that we ve ever had. We look forward to having Ollies in greensboro.

While I was looking up Nancy Revzen, I found that she has a CD out . You can listen to it on the web. She was obviously an incredible pianist. She has brought that talent to her bakerySomeone that is used to creating this kind of excellence could be misunderstood by employees that have not worked up to these standards.We in Winston are happy that Ollies changed.It was never this good.By the way, the Cd is with a soprano.

I am an employee of ollies. Talk about not nice people, at Christmas time Jill parkin came in while we were working and walked up to nancy revzen and gave her a big hug as if she had never said the above things about her.as it turned out Jill needed a reccommendation for a mortgage for a house she wanted to buy. Now THIS is gaul and NOT A NICE PERSON..

Who is Jill Parkin?