Amalfi Bakehouse, an Italian-inspired bakery shaped by lemon trees, espresso culture and one Montreal teacher’s pre-midlife leap, is coming to Sarasota.
Tracy Calabrice, 42, a sixth-grade teacher based in Montreal, Canada, who has spent the last 18 years in education, has signed a lease for a 1,170-square-foot storefront at 2139 Siesta Drive, about a mile from the Siesta Key North Bridge and minutes from downtown Sarasota. She hopes to open the bakery in August, pending permit approvals and the buildout of the space.
“I’m not leaving the field because I don’t love what I do,” Calabrice says. “But I think at this point in my life, it’s the right career move.”…