In 2019, Hungarian-born Andrea Török and Lászlo Pap decided to pursue their passion and open a local franchise of Le Macaron: a French-themed bake shop and café that is popular in the American south. When Török and Pap chose to enter the franchise business, their Windham Le Macaron location, which opened in 2019, became the first in New England. While the owners were ready to introduce the chain to a new region, they had no idea they’d be going so during a global pandemic.