Blueberry Muffins
The first floor of the flagship store Jordan Marsh had a bakery famous for its blueberry muffins. Since the bakery closed in the early 1990s, the blueberry muffins have became the focus of much lore around the Boston area. A December 2004 Boston Globe article said, "For decades, any decent downtown shopping trip ended at Jordan Marsh, where the promise of a sugar-crusted blueberry muffin could make annoying children angelic."
After the store's closing, former Jordan Marsh baker, John Pupek, opened the Jordan Marsh Muffin Company in Brockton, Massachusetts. The company made thousands of blueberry muffins a week, as well as other delicacies made famous by Jordan Marsh. It closed in 2004 but Pupek still owns the Jordan Marsh Muffin name. Currently, his muffins are sold at Macy's in Portland, Maine, where Pupek's former co-worker leases the bakery and bakes muffins from frozen batter that Pupek sells her.
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