Ranier Pastry shop was on Livernois north of Seven Mile, east side of the street, about three doors north of Seven. It was there through the eighties, they did my son's Bar Mitzah cake.

I once made the mistake of asking Mr. Ranier about making bread and he informed it was a "Pastry" shop and not a bakery. They had another location in Southfield but I got the impression that the next generation was not interested in rich pastries and cream filled horns and Napoleons, expensive to make and labor intensive.

Ranier's and Macus Bakery and pastry on Maple in downtown Birmingham made some of the best pastries and cakes in the area. Chocolate filled eclaires with white icing and coconut shavings, Heaven.