LYNN — The city will be saying goodbye to One Mighty Mill as it is set to close its doors this summer.
One Mighty Mill, located at 63 Exchange St., is a stone mill and bakery that opened in September 2018. It was founded in part by North Shore resident Tony Rosenfeld.
The Exchange Street location is the company’s first and only retail storefront, according to Rosenfeld. One Mighty Mill also operates stone mills in Boston, California, and New York.
Rosenfeld said the goal of the Exchange Street location is to “demystify eating wheat — organic wheat — stone milling it fresh, and baking it fresh for the community.”
He added, “Originally, stone mills were a focal point of communities, and we wanted to revisit that sort of food system, local wheat, local milling, to connect with the local community.”
Rosenfeld said the reason the location is closing is that One Mighty Mill was unable to renew their lease.
He said the bakery will officially close in early June.
He said the goal of the bakery was to provide affordable baked goods to the community, including offering a 15% discount to Lynn residents.
“But with that, it was imperative to be able to find a location with rent that could be reasonable and that would allow that model to sustain itself,” he said.
Rosenfeld said he hopes to open another retail location sometime in the future.
He said Lynn “represents the best of the metropolitan Boston area.”
“There’s just a lot of different — wonderful — cultures that come together in downtown Lynn,” Rosenfeld added.
He said he believes the Lynn community “has looked after us, and if you think about that 15% resident discount, you end up getting as much as you give.”
Rosenfeld said One Mighty Mill was “grateful to be part of trying to continue to revitalize this downtown area.”
One Mighty Mill is a global brand whose products are sold in approximately 2,500 stores, including Walmart, Whole Foods, and Costco.
Rosenfeld said One Mighty Mill has also done work to give back to the Lynn Community, including making organic bagels for Lynn Public Schools, and partnering with local businesses such as Nightshade Noodle Bar, also on Exchange Street, and First City Meats on Washington Street.
“When you talk about houses or cities, you can say that they have good bones. And I think Lynn is like that in that there is just a lot of historical tradition,” Rosenfeld said.
