Classy Girl Cupcakes’ social media post last month was soul-crushing – a dual birthday/closing announcement. The bakery (825 N. Jefferson St.) that opened during a period of explosive cupcake popularity (2010) is now shuttering, permanently. Its last day is Dec. 23.

Owner Erica Elia did not hold back in her closing announcement: “Doing what we do is expensive,” she wrote. “Every time I raise prices due to skyrocketing costs, I hope the business we lose reduces how hard my employees have to work, but it never quite happens. We are so busy, too busy at times, but still we can’t get ahead. I have been running a nonprofit for years, and I’ve kept this bakery open out of sheer will and stubbornness. I am tired and out of ideas, so it is time for me to move on.”

Elia opened Classy Girl after

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