A retired Florida law enforcement officer once laid off a bomb and was baking snacks. Grind coffee Suitable for customers.
Chris Smith, 56, opened Ops Roastery + Bakehouse in Tallahassee, Florida in November 2023.
Prior to that, Smith was a representative of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the SWAT team, and then the Bomb Squad.
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He retired a few months before the grand opening-but it seemed like a sharp career change that was more familiar than it seemed.
“It’s all back to serving people and being there for the community,” Smith told Fox News Digital Numbers. (See the video at the top of this article.)
Chris Smith works with SWAT and Bomb Squad at the Leon County Sheriff’s Office in Tallahassee, Florida. Now, he is a business owner, baking and grinding coffee for his clients. (Shannon Smith)
“The opening action is just another way to serve the community.”
Service has been at the forefront of Smith’s work for most of her adult life.
It took him four years US Navy Before attending school at Florida State University under the GI Act. He became a deputy in 2010 and also worked as a volunteer firefighter.
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But his wife, Shannon Smith, said one of her husband’s greatest achievements was the day she met him in 2021.
“He is actually saying something is a certain feeling My adopted sonPeople in trouble at school,” Shannon told Fox News Numbers.
Smith on the right had an inspiring conversation with her then-wife’s adopted son a few years ago – which she said is still something she still appreciates today. (Shannon Smith)
Shannon Smith was a single mother at the time. A friend suggested Chris Smith to visit them.
Before talking to her young son, Smith showed up and introduced her Paper tray food Cover with foil.
“Then I ate this thing [in the foil]Shannon said, it was amazing. I’ve never had such a thing before. ”
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A few days later, Smith sent her his text Banana Pudding For the Bomb Squad – Ask him if he could bring some to her.
“I knew then,” Shannon Smith said. A year later, the couple got married.
As for what Smith brought to her the day she met, it turned out to be Future menu items Action on the ground.
On the left, Chris Smith gave his then-wife the day he met. That pastry ended up turning into Hello Cake on the right of the Florida Ground Ops menu. (Shannon Smith)
Smith didn’t have the name at that time, but the Hello cake turned into “one of our most popular items because it’s the way we say hello,” Shannon Smith said.
Love for family
Ground action is A bakery There is also a coffee shop that shares its love for the country.
Many of its popular barbecue have patriotic names, such as Bravo Zulu mixed with chocolate and toffee; Commander’s choice of hazelnut flavor with a hint of fruit; deep collecting espresso mixture; lack of action due to its decaffeinated brew; and Warhorse Southern Pecan blend.
“We did have a great time – and the customers love it.”
“A lot of lattes do follow the army,” Smith said.
“So we already have Roger, we have Bunker Buster and others. We really have a great time – the customers love it.”
Inside Opss is also a frame photo of Smith’s cousin Shannon Kent, a naval cryptographer who was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.
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Her husband, Joe Kent, was recently appointed director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center.
All food is baked from scratch every day, from rolls and pop-up cakes to cookies and cakes. Smith has no culinary background, so he leans on Family Recipes And a lot of trial and error.
Smith found a new career in the world of coffee and roasting. (Shannon Smith)
“I love food, I love sampling food,” Smith said. “I love Travel to foodI like to try to reproduce what I eat. As my wife said, I also eat like I was 7 years old. ”
Shannon Smith said her husband “saves a lot of money” and slowly started buying equipment he would store because he “has an idea in his mind” to open his own place one day.
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She said his work requires a lot of sacrifice and challenges.
“It’s hard to run a business,” she said. “I mean, law enforcement is difficult, but running a business is another kind of difficulty.”
This includes waking up before sunrise every day.
Chris Smith and Shannon Smith remain agents. “Enforcement is difficult, but running a business is another kind of difficulty.” (Shannon Smith)
“I have to say it’s much harder to get up in the morning than having to take care of the bomb,” Smith said.
“But I do miss these guys.”
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It turns out that Smith has not fully retired from law enforcement.
“He did go back to the reserves – because there was nothing he could do,” his wife said.
