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Orland Park Bakery Temporarily Closes; Employee Has Coronavirus

The bakery will close temporarily and cancel all orders after learning one of their employees has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Orland Park Bakery at 14850 S. La Grange Road.
The Orland Park Bakery at 14850 S. La Grange Road. (Google Maps)

ORLAND PARK, IL — The Orland Park Bakery will temporarily shut its doors after one of their employees tested positive for the new coronavirus. The bakery said in a statement on its website that it learned of the employee's positive test on Sunday.

There's no exact date for when the bakery will reopen. The statement says it won't be "until we can safely reopen."

All pre-orders for the next two weeks will be canceled and the full amount of the purchases will be refunded to customers' credit cards, the bakery said.

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Orland Park Bakery, at 14850 S. La Grange Road, has long been a favorite in the village, having been recognized by the Orland Park Village Board earlier this year, and in 2019 pumping out 65,000 paczki ahead of Fat Tuesday that year.

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They had been offering breads, donuts and cakes throughout the coronavirus shutdown on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

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