Richmond baker and entrepreneur Michael Hatcher grew up in Richmond’s North Side. In 1975, when he was a teen, he went to work in the bakery at Thalhimer’s, learning every aspect of baking, even completing a four year bread-baking apprenticeship while there. When the department store closed, he brought his talents back to his old neighborhood, where he operated Quality Bake Shop, a city mainstay since 1929, on North Ave. for eight years. In 2008 he relocated just around the corner, and added the name “Michaela’s,” for his only daughter. Today, customers travel from Hopewell, Petersburg, even Fredericksburg to the NEW location at 9 W. Brookland Park Blvd. for baked specialties at Michaela’s Quality Bake Shop.