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For Guadalupe Islas, no individual culture influenced her palate. Instead, having emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. at 11 years old, and having lived in New Jersey, Texas, and Pennsylvania, her taste is uniquely multicultural.

Yum Yum Mini Pancake Bar & More (emphasis on the more) is a representation of that. It offers mini pancakes, bubble waffles, walking tacos, street corn, taiyakis, aqua fresca, milkshakes, and specialty chips straight from Mexico, among many other delicacies.

Islas says, “It’s just that fusion that you get from growing up with so many different cultures.”

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Order a batch of mini pancakes and you can choose three toppings. Islas recommends caramel, tres leches, and fresh whipped cream for first timers. More adventurous eaters may be inclined to try the bubble waffles, made from a tapioca flour batter and sporting a crispyoutside-gooey-inside appeal.

If you’re a savory lover, just know that the Mexican street-style corn cob sells out every day, so it may be best to plan ahead.

Chef owners of The Copper Crust Co. in York, Nicole and Sean Austin, first met at the Culinary Institute of America, where they not only fell in love with their craft, but also with each other.

That passion speaks loudly in their products. “Everything we create is incredibly thoughtful,” says Nicole Austin. After more than a decade serving legendary pizzas, pastries, and more, they’re preparing to make their existing operation even more robust—much to the pleasure of all who frequent the establishment. Austin expects to have a whole extra pastry case thanks to additional production capacity, plus the team is opening a brewery next door.

Perhaps Copper Crust’s most famous pastry is the Paris bun, a type of sticky bun made with a flaky laminated dough. Not to be missed is the Paris-Brest. Originally created for a bicycle race from Paris to Brest, France, it’s shaped like a ring and made from baked pâte à choux dough, nutella, pastry cream, whipped cream, almonds, and powdered sugar.

On the savory side, Copper Crust does something most places don’t—they cure and smoke all of their own salmon, bacon, and pastrami. Try the Stern, made with lox, red onion, capers, and cream cheese on a bagel to indulge in the fresh taste for yourself.

The Austins are classically trained chefs and honor all ingredients for incredible balance and texture that, quite frankly, is obvious from the first bite.

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