Homer Glen Woman Opens The Bakery Box In Burr Ridge

HOMER GLEN, IL — Homer Glen resident Tianna Gawlak is planning to open her newest endeavor, The Bakery Box, in Burr Ridge. Patch previously spoke to Gawlak, who is a children's author, and wrote "When You Dream of Chocolate Cake."

"My kids were talking about chocolate cake all the time," Gawlak said in an interview. "We were driving late one night talking about stopping to get cake, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool if there were something like this available 24 hours a day?'"

That inspired the Homer Glen resident to become an entrepreneur, starting a business called The Bakery Box. On Saturday, she plans to set up her first such box at the Burr Ridge Village Center.
The box is a vending machine that offers a variety of cakes around the clock. It is planned for the lobby next to Starbucks.

As for the selection in the machine, she said, it will change monthly.

"This is a refurbished old-style vending machine," she said. "I'm torn on whether to call it an ATM or a vending machine."

Patch reporter David Giuliani contributed to this report.