Eat & Drink

OFKORS BAKERY

While Artisan Cheese Company is forging a new path in the Rosemary District, just a block up Main Street a new specialty food shop has just opened its doors. Located in the space formerly occupied by Bookstore1 (which has moved a few hundred feet down the street), OfKors bakery is the latest offering from Marie and Alex Korsykov. The family moved to the area from Ukraine four years ago and brought Alex’s expert baking skills and a mutual love of great, fresh food with them. 

They opened K&K Bakery in North Port, which continues to serve happy customers in the south of the county, but, as Marie Korsykov says, “Main Street was our dream, it just took time to find the right fit.” That right fit came when local realtor Barry Seidel, who knew and loved their food from the North Port bakery, clued them into to the new location opening on Main Street. “It took us nine months to set up and get everything perfect,” Marie says, “We opened in December.”

The European-style bakery makes elegant, delicious baked goods from a variety of different culinary traditions. “We bake daily, from scratch, with no preservatives. Everything is homestyle and fresh,” Marie notes. You can certainly taste the high-quality ingredients, but even eager home-baking enthusiasts like myself would be hard-pressed to produce such beautiful and finely crafted pastries and treats at home. 

OfKors serves a wide variety of goods, from bakery mainstays like sourdough breads and croissants to harder-to-find Slavic and Scandinavian treats like poppy seed loaves and the intriguing Swedish layered sandwich cake, with layers of turkey, bread, and cream cheese icing. The delightful strudels are some of my favorite sweet treats at OfKors, along with classic patisserie offerings like eclairs, macarons, and chocolate croissants. Every time I’ve gone in, the bakery is offering something new and exciting to try, and promises to be a vibrant new addition to Main Street.