Let’s clear something up right out of the gate—Savannah’s roots go back to James Oglethorpe, but the story we’re telling today has a much more recent beginning… and a whole lot of butter, sugar, and perfectly baked dough.
Because somewhere between Argentina and Atlanta, Paola Recht-Hirsch found her way to Savannah—and thankfully for all of us, she decided to stay.
Paola is a pastry chef by trade, and not the kind who just picked it up along the way. She owned and operated a café in her native Argentina for about a decade before deciding it was time for a new chapter. The plan seemed pretty straightforward: move to Atlanta and help some friends expand their brand with an empanada shop…