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We have a "day old bread" outlet store in town here -- it's not in the gentrified section, but those who use it know where to find it. It's a real treat when the expired fruit pies show up.
A couple of the theatre kids used to work second jobs at a now-defunct donut shop -- not a franchise, a real neighborhood donuttery -- and every Saturday they'd bring me a greasy brown paper bag full of culls, broken pieces, and day-olds. Ambrosia.
Most of the bakery clearance stores I’ve ever visited (as I have on innumerable occasions during this life of many lean periods) are situated near the large commercial bakeries where the product is made. Districts with that sort of industry are where you find the less-pricy housing, usually.
Bakery outlets and yuppies rarely mix. Indeed, in my experience, the forces of gentrification are more prone than most to looking down their noses at that sort of food and the people who consume it. It ain’t organic, ain’t artisanal. Much of it is loaded with sugar and fat and a bunch of other things you’d be better without. But it has that one great virtue.