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By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
Published 2008
We were ready. The store wasn’t.
Converting our space to a bakery from the remains of a storefront church was tragicomical. The existing plumbing was almost nonfunctional. The floors would not support equipment, people, or, in some places, a large cupcake. The electrical system could barely power an electric tea kettle and a hot plate.
As the construction dragged on, we rented a small commercial kitchen (and we mean really small) and fulfilled a few holiday orders in hopes of defraying some of our costly delays. During the days, we would bake large amounts of brownies and blondies and during the nights we would sit at home and wrap and box the orders on