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Up Close - Agriculture & Food - August 02, 2012
Vegan restaurant, coffee shop, bar aims to fill niches
Boots Bakery & Lounge offers gluten-free pastries, organic dishes

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Boots Bakery & Lounge owner Alison Collins says her vegan carrot cake is the one constant item on the menu.
Boots Bakery & Lounge owner Alison Collins says her vegan carrot cake is the one constant item on the menu. "It pays the bills," she says.
—Staff photo by Mike McLeam
Alison Collins says people don't have to compromise taste to enjoy the vegan and gluten-free creations she serves at Boots Bakery & Lounge, a new downtown eatery, bakery, coffee shop, and bar.

Collins quietly opened the restaurant in June. It's her first storefront venture, although she's experienced in vegan baking and bartending, having done both most recently for Mizuna, which still features her vegan carrot cake.

"I've always done vegan baking," she says. "People...


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