Co-founder of R.I.’s Seven Stars is closing his Vermont bakery to return to Providence

The co-founder and former owner of Seven Stars Bakery, an iconic and unionized coffee cafe and bakery, is returning to Rhode Island.

Jim Williams, who sold the company in 2018, went north to Vermont to open Backdoor Bread in Charlotte, Vt., where he sells naturally leavened bread once a week. It’s produced with grain from small, organic farms throughout the northeast and milled onsite. But this month, Williams announced he made the difficult decision to close Backdoor and move back to Providence.

“As good as this chapter has been, Providence is home,” said Williams. Backdoor will serve its last bread on Friday, Sept. 13.

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