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Grassroots Gourmet PDF Print E-mail

By Nevin Martell, The Washington Post

December 11, 2012

Even itinerant bakers need to settle down. Grassroots Gourmet began in November 2009 as a baked-goods delivery service that specialized in cupcakes and cookies. Co-owners and second cousins Sara Fatell, 27, and ­Jamilyah Smith-Kanze, 30, gave up their mobile lifestyle in late November when they opened a bricks-and-mortar ­location in the burgeoning Bloomingdale neighborhood. The first-time business owners, who both live close by, did much of the work themselves: laying the concrete floors, painting the avocado-hued walls and crafting the warm wood counters.

It’s a simple setup. There’s a small counter in the front and an open kitchen that stretches into the back. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out onto Rhode Island Avenue, letting in plenty of sunlight and helping intrigue passersby.

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