The shuttered Sweet Lady Jane in Santa Monica. The previous owners of bakery chain Sweet Lady Jane, facing “financial difficulty,” have settled a wage theft lawsuit brought by a former employee, according to court documents reviewed by The Times. California Sweet Lady Jane bakery faced class-action lawsuit for wage theft before sudden closure Sweet Lady Jane, the local bakery chain …
Sweet Lady Jane When Julie Ngu woke up to the news in December that the beloved bakery chain Sweet Lady Jane had abruptly closed all six of its locations, she turned to her partner and jokingly asked, “Can you imagine if we bought it?” Matt Clark responded with a serious answer: “Why don’t we?” Judging by the outcry after the …
A shuttered Sweet Lady Jane bakery on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Sweet Lady Jane, a bakery beloved by Angelenos and a celebrity clientele, unexpectedly shuttered six locations on New Year’s Day, citing a lack of sales that prevented it from paying its “treasured employees.” But for some former workers at the dessert chain, the message rang hollow. For nearly …
Sweet Lady Jane, which shuttered on Dec. 31, made cakes including almond crunch, lemon raspberry, old-fashioned chocolate and custom wedding cakes, along with its famous triple berry. The cake sitting on top of the pedestal in the middle of the celebration table, the one being shoved into newlyweds’ faces and ushered out in neat slices to waiting partygoers, was the …
There was a time in my life when I wanted to be in love more than anything, although I wouldn’t have admitted it. I thought being in love would heal my grief and make me feel like I wasn’t abandoned because I was unworthy of being loved. Who wouldn’t like a birthday cake from Sweet Lady Jane? How’d you know …
