Sheena and David Davey opened Goldfinch Gourmet Foods at 66 Morrisville Plaza just before Christmas. The 40-seat café offers an array of fine pastry and traditional French charcuterie, such as pâté and pâté en croûte, plus espresso drinks, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, quiche, soups, and a retail selection of imported and local ingredients. Pastry offerings include molded and filled “supreme” croissants topped with torched meringue; salted caramel chocolate tarts; and apple, cheddar and bacon croissants.
David, who is in his early forties, grew up in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He holds two culinary degrees, including one from Paris, where the couple lived for several years, and has been executive chef at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii. Sheena, in her late thirties, hails originally from Alaska. She’s an experienced baker who recently earned a master’s in business administration.
The couple moved to Vermont in 2009, left and returned in 2020. They live on what Sheena described as a “hobby homestead” in Wolcott with their three children.
The Daveys launched their business in 2021 at the Craftsbury Farmers Market. They decided to renovate a former Chinese restaurant and open a European-style delicatessen and pastry shop in Morrisville “to bring nice things to the surrounding communities,” Sheena said.
This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2025.
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