Sweet Support: Schmidt’s Steps Up After Thurman Café Fire UPDATED w/ a GOFUNDME link for employees

After that devastating April 12 fire forced the shutdown of Thurman Café, the neighborhood is stepping up in a big way.

Schmidt's Sausage Haus is putting their famous cream puffs to work—now through May 3, they're donating a dollar from every single one sold to help Thurman get back on its feet.

And yeah… these aren't just any desserts. We're talking those legendary jumbo cream puffs—vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter… and April's flavor? A grasshopper: mint chocolate with crushed Oreos.

So if you needed an excuse to treat yourself—this is it. Eat a cream puff, help save a Columbus classic. 

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Ashley Randolph, a Columbus retail creative director and former server at Thurman's, is promoting a GoFundMe campaign she started to help employees make ends meet. The hope is that many of the workers can eventually return to their old jobs. "I haven't worked at Thurman's for five or six years," she said. "But I've remained very close to many on the staff, and I'd like to see them return." When it comes to what makes the restaurant so popular, she added, "the employees are the magic sauce."

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-thurman-cafe-staff-after-the-fire