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sweetart By: Amy De La Hunt Photog raphy: Car men Troesser
There are two kinds of art at this family-
The fudge vegan brownies are such a runaway
owned café: old-school baking and boldly
hit that the bakery doesn’t even make the
colorful paintings and illustrations of black
regular kind anymore—but even they have
children and adults. The baker is Reine
competition from the salted caramel pecan
Bayoc, who sold sweet treats independently
bars, the peanut butter cookies, the blueberry
before going into business with her husband,
crumble pie, the cinnamon rolls … and the
artist Cbabi Bayoc, more than 10 years ago.
list goes on.
His visuals exude energy and emotion the same way aromas rise from her cupcakes—
T h e c a f é ’s b r e a k f a s t m e n u i s a l l v e g e t a r i a n
a n d w h e n y o u p u t i t a l l t o g e t h e r, S w e e t A r t
or vegan—and the lunch menu is all vegan,
becomes a destination for feeding the
although it does offer dairy cheese as an
hunger of both the stomach and the soul.
option on a few dishes. Many of the options change over time, but a few favorites—like
If you were to ask 10 customers what their
the house-made vegan burger—are always
favorite treat was, you’d likely get 15
there. The TLC that goes into the food is
different responses. Cupcakes top the list,
reflected on the walls, where an assortment of
but there are so many flavors that rotate
C b a b i B a y o c ’s a r t h a n g s , f e e d i n g c u s t o m e r s
through, including vegan and gluten-free
e v e n a f t e r t h e m e a l i s o v e r.
o p t i o n s , t h a t i t ’s i m p o s s i b l e t o p i c k j u s t o n e .
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