Valeria Romanova, the owner of the oldest pie shop in St. Petersburg, "Hostess", has died at the age of 93. It is reported by Neva.Today.

Romanova has been running a pie shop on Moskovsky Prospekt since its foundation, in 1956. For more than half a century of history, the recipe for local pastries has remained unchanged.

Romanova's grandson assured that nothing would change in the grandmother's cafe.

“As in previous years, nothing will change, we will slowly make repairs, bake pies, the recipe will not change, as it was according to old books, it is,” he said.

According to him, the pie shop will remain a family business. His wife Elizaveta, who was trained by Valeria Romanova herself, will continue to be engaged in production.

It was also reported that the cult pie shop was under threat of closure due to disagreements with the management company. Then the townspeople came out in support of the institution, more than 8 thousand people signed up against its closure.

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