For generations of Columbus families, birthdays, weddings, graduations, even lazy Saturday mornings, came with a box stamped “Resch’s.”
Now, after more than a century on the city’s East Side, the beloved bakery is closing its doors at 4061 E. Livingston Ave.
Founded in 1912 by Wilhelm Resch, the family-owned shop has been a fixture in Columbus for six generations. From its first home at 1029 E. Livingston to its longtime base since 1962, Resch’s became a go-to for buttercream birthday cakes, trays of donuts, and the kind of old-school service that keeps people coming back for decades.
But starting this fall, all roads to Resch’s will lead to Gahanna.
The family has decided to consolidate operations into its new, significantly larger space there — a move they say will allow them to increase production and even roll out new menu items.
The timing is bittersweet: the Livingston Ave. bakery will serve its final customers on September 30. The Gahanna shop will welcome its first guests the week of October 6.
While the shift marks the end of an era for East Side families, it’s also the beginning of a new chapter. The Gahanna store is significantly larger than the Livingston Avenue location, which will allow them to “increase output and potentially introduce new menu items,” the bakery shared when the Gahanna plans were announced.
So if you’re craving one last Livingston Ave. cream horn, or want to stand under that familiar neon sign one more time, now’s your chance. Because come October, Resch’s next century begins in Gahanna.
