What made the shop such a well-known place in Upper Arlington?
SMITH: Everybody’s sweet tooth, I think! [Laughter] I mean, it’s a fun place to visit, there’s a lot of tradition in there, a lot of ways you can change it up for the holidays. Everybody looked forward to the cut-out cookies, being decorated for the all the holidays. As time went on, especially, a lot of, well we’ll go back to the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, you know. A lot of moms stayed home and did the baking, but they’ve all joined the workforce, so they needed a good bakery, you know, to be able to fall back on for their cakes and cookies and pies and things. So that really kept the bakery going strong for over 50 years. And I think, just ’cause it’s fun. When you walk in the bakery—everybody enjoys going in there, you know, unlike if you had to go to the dentist. [laughter] Q: Yes. [laughter] So what really brought about the sudden close of the Goodie Shop? SMITH: This is where the family owned business comes in, and I don’t want to have it written as a “family-feud” if you know what I
