Checked it out last night after seeing this. Grabbed a sourdough loaf for 89 cents and it was still chewy. The staff told me they restock around 8pm, so that's the move. Honestly, bread freezes fine so I just stock up when the rack is full.

I read a thread on r/woodworking where a guy said poplar's got way less internal stress than pine, makes sense why yours are holding up.

Damn, getting squeezed by the bus is legit scary. I've had to do the same bail onto the sidewalk thing near the Addison stop, and it's sketchy as hell when there's pedestrians around. The concrete barrier does help with cars, sure, but they clearly didn't think about how buses pull right up to the curb. Nearly ate it last week when a bus came in hot and I had nowhere to go. It's frustrating that they call it a safety upgrade when it just moves the danger around.