CLEVELAND, Ohio – Dean Simakis has had a lot of jobs in his life. But bakery owner seems like the one thing he was destined to do since he was 6 years old.
That’s when he got a national radio show to announce the opening of his mother’s bakery, Slices Fabulous Cakes, in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. The bakery is marking 40 years in business.
“We’re not sure exactly what day it opened,” he said. “We were big fans of an NPR show called ‘Kids America.’ I called in, and they announced it the day that it was open. We were so proud of her. I still remember it. It’s not like I was a pretty experienced phone call maker at that point…