"The bakery was opened by former rapper turned Oakland entrepreneur Kim Cloud in 1996, inside the onetime headquarters of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, at 5622 Martin Luther King Jr Way. And Kim paid homage to the building's past, decorating the bakery with historic photos and artciles about the Black Panthers. "The Black Panther Party was known in Oakland to always give back to the community," the bakery's former website said. "Once in business, Kim wanted to exemplify that same kind of business model at the bakery.""
""People say, I love your desserts,' You did my wedding cake,' We buy all our pies and desserts from you for the holidays,'" Cloud tells KTVU. "That's why it's bittersweet, because my customers weren't just a number, you know what I mean? I actually knew my customers. I watched their kids group up. So it's going to be kind of hard.""
It's All Good Bakery opened in 1996 inside the former Black Panther Party headquarters at 5622 Martin Luther King Jr Way in North Oakland and closed permanently after 30 years. The bakery was founded by former rapper turned entrepreneur Kim Cloud and became known for peach cobbler and yellow cake with chocolate frosting. The interior honored the building's Panther history with historic photos and articles. Cloud modeled the bakery on the Panthers' community-focused approach. The closure was influenced by the owner's daughter expecting a child and plans to redevelop the property into housing, with efforts to preserve part of the site for history.
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