Flyover People Small Towns:

Hartford, Kansas

See photos from Hartford Harvest Day 2006

 


Hartford, pop. 499, is 10 miles east of Emporia on I-35 and 8 miles south on K-130. see map

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The European Bakeshop - is in downtown Hartford. John & Evelyne O'Connor bake and serve gourmet pastries, cakes and cookies. Try the cream puffs, chocolate eclairs or their croissants with a strip of rich chocolate baked inside. You can enjoy these fine desserts in the store or outdoors on their patio.

211 Commercial St. Hartford, KS 66854

phone/fax: (620) 392-5611

email: pastries@osprey.net

web site: www.europeanbakeshop.com

Check their web site for store hours.

Stop by for whatever desserts they have on hand. Or, for specific items, place order four days in advance.

         Evelyne O'Connor

In the spring, Dave and I purchased two dozen of the French mini-pastries to serve at a gathering. Unfortunately for us, there were no leftovers.

Other desserts include Meringue Chocolate Mousse Cake, Fruit Mousse Cake, Black Forest Cake, Bailey's Irish Cream Torte, Cheesecake and French Apple Tarts. And Danish, cinnamon rolls and cookies.
 

Bill's Hardware is fun to explore.
If you can't make it to Hartford try our inside tour.

Bill's Hardware - is a few doors south of  the bakery. Bill's is packed to rafters with an incredible range of merchandise. Theda Wolford keeps her store well stocked. One room is filled with bolts of fabric--a great resource for quilters. She also sells basketball nets, microwave ovens, overalls, inflatable swimming pools and of course, hardware.

When I had trouble locating some Key overalls for my dad, I was directed to Bill's Hardware.

At the European Bakeshop when I mentioned Bill's Hardware, John O'Connor said, "She has things in there that you can't find in Emporia. I'll ask her, do you have this, or this? 'Oh, yeah,' she'll say."

"She even got some hula hoops in recently."

Later, when Dave and I walked down the sidewalk, there they were, hula hoops, blue and green and red ones, leaning against the entry way.

If you've heard about Bill's Hardware, when you go there for the first time you're not at all surprised to see this note on the door, "There ain't no place like this place, so this must be the place."  

 

Theda Wolford

The Hometown Cafe - one door north of the Bakeshop.

While enjoying a good hamburger and tasty onion rings, you can also play Keno.  A TV monitor displayed a series of numbers when my mother and I ate lunch here awhile back. "I don't know anything about Keno," I said. "It's a crossword puzzle word," Mom answered. "That tells me nothing," I said.

 

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