Gideon’s Bakehouse at Disney Springs has reached a major milestone with the Six Ravens hand pie concept. Founder Steve Lewis has announced that a kitchen renovation permit has been filed with the state of Florida, confirming that construction is underway. The First Raven LLC, led by Lewis, is doing kitchen renovations totaling over $5,000. This development shifts the project from a general idea to a reality, with the promise of opening in 2026.
What’s Actually Happening With Construction
Most Disney Springs locations don’t have full industrial kitchens, unless they are full-service restaurants, because the spaces are relatively small and weren’t designed to accommodate massive restaurant production facilities. They typically use smaller appliances to keep food fresh and hot while doing the heavy cooking and prep work elsewhere.
Six Ravens will probably share Gideon’s main production kitchen for the serious cooking and baking work while maintaining its own equipment in the actual storefront for warming, finishing, and serving items to guests. The kitchen renovation permit likely covers adding sinks, refrigerators, ovens, and other appliances necessary for handling the final preparation and service without requiring absolutely everything to show up fully cooked from an off-site facility.
The space is the former Art of Shaving location in the Landing area of Disney Springs, literally just a couple storefronts away from the original Gideon’s Bakehouse. That proximity is completely intentional and creates interesting opportunities for managing the absolutely insane lines that Gideon’s regularly sees.
The Menu Sounds Really Good
Six Ravens specializes in something called Coffyns, which are old-school hand pies made with fluffy yeast bread instead of traditional flaky pastry dough. The fillings are being developed by Gideon’s kitchen team working with actual Central Florida chefs, so this isn’t just generic hand pies with basic ingredients. They’re bringing legitimate local culinary talent into the Disney Springs ecosystem.
The menu also includes smashed potatoes, local draft beer, and desserts. The beer addition is particularly significant because Gideon’s Bakehouse currently focuses entirely on coffee and desserts without any alcohol offerings whatsoever. Adding beer at Six Ravens creates opportunities for guests who want savory food paired with something beyond coffee, expanding what the Gideon’s brand can offer at Disney Springs.
The theming has been described as dark and gothic, maintaining the aesthetic continuity with Gideon’s distinctive visual identity that’s become one of the most recognizable looks at Disney Springs. That consistent theming helps establish Six Ravens as an intentional expansion of the Gideon’s universe rather than just some random separate concept that happens to share an owner.
Why This Matters To Disney
Here’s the thing about Gideon’s Bakehouse that makes this expansion genuinely significant. The original location has reached completely absurd levels of popularity where hour-plus waits just for cookies and coffee have become routine rather than exceptional. People regularly debate online whether the cookies are actually worth waiting 90 minutes for, and the lines wrapping around corners have become one of the most talked-about aspects of visiting Disney Springs.
Six Ravens represents a solution to that congestion by adding capacity under the Gideon’s brand umbrella while offering completely different food that serves different guest needs. Someone who shows up at Gideon’s and faces a 90-minute wait might decide to grab Coffyns and beer at Six Ravens instead, or hit Six Ravens first for a savory meal before committing to the Gideon’s dessert line afterward. That flexibility benefits everyone by distributing demand more intelligently.
The Disney Timeline Still Vague
The kitchen renovation permit confirms construction is officially happening right now, but an exact opening date still hasn’t been announced beyond the very vague “sometime in 2026.” That could mean spring, summer, or fall depending on how fast construction moves and what complications arise during buildout.
For fans who have been watching the former Art of Shaving storefront evolve with window graphics and speculation over recent months, the permit filing represents the first concrete confirmation that Six Ravens is legitimately happening rather than just remaining theoretical despite all the social media hype. Construction is underway. Opening is approaching. Disney Springs is getting another Gideon’s location whether the district is ready for it or not.
