GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Buttery aromas persist like a warm haze as Van’s Pastry Shoppe owner David Vander Meer flattens dough.
He dusts it with cinnamon, rolls, cuts and smashes the pastries flat with a fist. It’s part of a routine that starts at 5 a.m. with a cup of coffee.
Van’s Pastry Shoppe, at 955 Fulton St. E in Grand Rapids, is a multi-generational bakery serving old-fashioned, no-preservative baked goods. The family says its the oldest in town having been founded in 1924 in Grand Haven…