|Peggy Grodinski, Press Herald|
The Purple House in North Yarmouth will open this Saturday only for a holiday pop-up, offering owner/chef Krista Kern Desjarlais’s beloved Montreal-style bagels, imaginatively flavored ice cream and terrific pastries, including two varieties of financiers. The pop-up will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is takeout only and first-come, first-served. Desjarlais is taking no pre-orders and will not make food, such as sandwiches, to order. “We will fire up the oven and bagel the morning away!!!!” Kern announced on Instagram, with many emojis and exclamation marks.
Excepting occasional pop-ups, the cafe has been closed since the start of the pandemic; Kern has been using the kitchen to make ice cream, which she sells wholesale and, come summer, from Bresca & the Honeybee, her shack and beach on the shores of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester. Later this winter, Kern said, she hopes to offer Saturday cooking classes and occasional dinners at The Purple House.
