The Flour Mill to open Stratford Location

Mother and daughter Tracey Pritchard and Alex O'Shea of the Flour Mill will be opening a second location in Stratford. The Flour Mill Outpost will offer Stratford a sample of what can be found in the St. Marys culinary destination.

The Flour Mill hopes Stratford will get a taste of what the St. Marys culinary destination has to offer.

The business run by mother-daughter duo Tracey Pritchard and Alex O’Shea will be opening a second location at 2 Ontario St., Stratford. O’Shea told the St. Marys Independent that, at first, there were no plans to open another location.

“The owner of the property is a client of ours and approached us one day about taking over the space,” O’Shea said. “We laughed at first, but a seed had been planted … and here we are.

“My mum and I both love the location. Two Ontario Street is such the charming building and has many similar characteristics to our current location. The more we thought about it, the more we could see a Flour Mill in the space.”

The Flour Mill announced the new location on Instagram on Oct. 5 to a positive response.

“We are so grateful to our clients and their enthusiasm is our greatest motivator. We look forward to serving our new community,” O’Shea said.

The St. Marys Flour Mill location at 6 Water St. S will operate as usual with brunches, special events, dine-in service and catering. The Stratford location, which will be known as the Flour Mill Outpost, will be a quarter of the size and offer coffee, beverages, curated items for entertaining guests, snacks, grab-and-go and gourmet-prepared food.

“Selection and design is intended to leave clients wanting more,” O’Shea said, “and hopefully a drive to St Marys.”

The Flour Mill Outpost is expected to have a pop-up opening in December just in time for the holiday season before closing in January 2025 for renovations.