Texas Highways Magazine

That’s Dane Tasty

On the first Friday and Saturday of each month, a steady stream of customers parks at the back gate of a yellow Victorian bed-and-breakfast in Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood. People walk past a big pecan tree and step inside the small storefront of Three Danes Baking Company to claim a box or tray laden with pastries bearing names they probably can’t pronounce.

The pandemic undercut the Three Danes Inn, home of the bakery, as guests stopped traveling, but co-owner and pastry chef Darlene Marks found a silver lining. When the world went into lock down, patrons new and old rediscovered a passion for

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