New Day Dawns for Aurora Bakery Owner

It was with great sadness that I recently saw the shuttered Aurora Bakery on Nolensville Road. Aurora was an enchanting spot, selling traditional Mexican cookies and pastries with oddball names such as “ribs,” “kisses,” and “tongues,” as well as the traditional pan de muerto—colorful loaves of bread served around the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos on Nov. 1.

Owner Patricia Paiva, a native of Sri Lanka, offers the following explanation of her decision to close her 9-year-old shop.

I closed it so I can be more directly involved in the
 international community. 

I have spent most of my life working with the integration of refugees 
and immigrants into the communities where I have lived, so I want to
 return to that. The cuisines of these newer ethnic communities are 
fascinating and mostly very healthy, and I know this first-hand, from
 coordinating international cooking classes over the years. I would like
 to do more than that, however, and hope to find a place helping enhance 
communication and understanding between these new communities and the 
mainstream one, whether it be in government, the school system or 
private enterprise.

Best of luck, Patricia, and keep us posted.

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