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Blue Spruce General Store finds recipe for success in Davenport

By: Kenda Burrows|April 30, 2023
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    Brandon Carleton, owner of Blue Spruce General Store, talks about the $90,000 Davenport small business loan he needed to open his busy restaurant, bakery and micro-grocer at 217 E. Second St. CREDIT KENDA BURROWS 

    What do you get when you take a hands-on guy with an appetite for bread, a pandemic, an army of friends addicted to a good loaf and mix in a leader and staff eager to embrace a culinary challenge?

    For Brandon Carleton that turned out to be a perfect recipe for his successful new restaurant, bakery…

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