Mitchell's Cafe was a fixture of downtown Fort McMurray since 1996. Its ovens cooled and its Sunshine Bread rose for the last time at the end of September. Downtown won't be the same.

On a chilled Fort McMurray morning, Kendra MacPherson and Cale Maher waited nearly three hours for sandwiches. By the time they reached the front of the line, the ovens at Mitchell’s Café were cooling and the final loaves of the neon yellow Sunshine Bread were nearly gone. Article content

But the wait that Saturday was worth it for their prizes: a turkey cranberry and honey mustard pulled pork sandwiches. It was their way of saying goodbye to a downtown institution of nearly three decades. Article content

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