The desserts in the big pink house are going away, but the owner is urging her longtime customers to stay sweet.
Dolce Darlin’, the bakery and catering operation that Cat Musgrove began in 2013 to help her overcome a family tragedy, will serve its last weekly menu May 9-11. After that, until June 1, the bakery will wrap up its final private orders and cookie box shipments.
Flanked by her two children and holding back tears, Musgrove posted an online video April 28 announcing Dolce’s closure. She ran the business out of 404 Telfair St. since 2020, after buying the former La Maison on Telfair restaurant from Zelda Sowinski, widow of the restaurant’s chef and owner, Heinz Sowinski.
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A convergence of circumstances prompted the difficult decision to close Dolce.
Musgrove is battling an illness that she didn’t specify, although occasional coughing fits interrupted her talk during the 43-minute video. Also, her two children, in their 20s, are preparing to write new chapters of their lives and will be leaving the nest.