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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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