Little Bird Macarons Opens in Clinton
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Little Bird Macarons owner Molly Bookout, right, holds a platter of the French-style baked treats that she will be selling at her new store at 226 N. Main St. in Clinton. With her is her niece and helper Rachel Nigh.
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Traditional French macaron sandwich cookies will be the main product made and sold at Little Bird Macarons, which opened this week in the former location of Evans Candy Co. at 226 N. Main St. in Clinton.
Little Bird Macarons, a take-out bakery and lunch-food shop at 226 N. Main St. in Clinton, opened for business on Tuesday (Jan. 28).
The business took over the location of the short-lived Evans Candy Co., which closed in November and subsequently moved to a new spot in Powell. Little Bird is in the same building as Dogwood Carpentry, just south of St. Mark United Methodist Church and across the street from First Baptist Church.
Owner Molly Bookout said the store will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, offering her signature treats – which she calls “classic French macarons handmade with Southern charm and flavor,” along with other desserts and “grab-and-go lunches.”
“Our main thing is macarons, which are gluten-free French sandwich cookies, made of almond flour, egg whites and sugar,” Bookout said. “They are sandwiched together with fillings such as chocolate ganache (fudge), butter cream, banana pudding, cream cheese and more, and there is frosting on some.”
Prices are $3 each, or four for $10, she said, adding, “The ingredients are expensive.”
“Our lunch items will include chicken salad, chicken Caesar salad wraps and pimento cheese sandwiches, along with side items such as pasta salad, fresh-cut fruit, broccoli salad, Miss Vickie’s kettle-cooked chips and bottled drinks,” she said. “We will add more things eventually.”
Bookout has selling her macarons on a mobile basis for the past two years, she said.
“I have been offering the macarons at Knoxville’s Market Square, and also at the Clinch River antique festivals out of our vintage camper,” she said.
“I’m an occupational therapist by trade, but I’m taking a little break. I have always loved to bake, and I’m having a lot of fun with this.”
She said she’s being helped out at the new store by “a couple of friends,” but will also continue to sell her macarons at Market Square on Saturdays, and at the antique festivals in Clinton.
