Blue Spruce takes break to regroup, rework, then reopen

By: Kenda Burrows|September 13, 2023

|3 min read

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

A month shy of its first-year anniversary, Davenport’s Blue Spruce General Store, bakery deli and micro-grocer is taking a temporary hiatus to regroup and rework the business.

Its owners also announced in a Facebook post on Monday, Sept. 11, that they plan to reopen on Friday, Sept. 29, with a shorter Thursday-Saturday schedule.

Brandon Carleton opened the…

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Blue Spruce takes break to regroup, rework, then reopen

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