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Bakers, Cake Lovers Rejoice, Home-Grown Bakery Heads To Westwood To Scale Up, Teach Classes Bakers, Cake Lovers Rejoice, Home-Grown Bakery Heads To Westwood To Scale Up, Teach Classes
Bakers, Cake Lovers Rejoice, Home-Grown Bakery Heads To Westwood To Scale Up, Teach Classes A local woman's home bakery allowed her to establish a successful company, but increasing order volume for her custom cakes and cake jars has presented the business owner with a challenge, and a new opportunity. MarTia’s Cakes, a boutique bakery that has crafted custom cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and brownies since 2011, is expanding its home-grown operation to a new commercial kitchen in Westwood, according to the bakery's Facebook page.  The new location provides owner Markita Durant with a kitchen "suite" where she can work to meet ever-increasing corporate orders, vending opportunities, …

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Somerville Natural Wine Bar Crowd-Funds Expansion That's 'Years In The Making' Somerville Natural Wine Bar Crowd-Funds Expansion That's 'Years In The Making'
Somerville Natural Wine Bar Crowd-Funds Expansion That's 'Years In The Making' A wine bar with dreams of becoming a bottle shop is making its "glow-up" happen with the help of patrons who want to give support - and get rewards.  Rebel Rebel, which opened in 2018 in Somerville's Bow Market, has raised over $20,000 for a new liquor license and a new, larger space for its sister business, "Wild Child," that will be "spitting distance" away from its old location, according to the wine bar's Nu Market fundraiser.  Donors to Rebel Rebel's plans to expand get more than just a sense of generosity, however, they also get 20% of their investment back in credits they can spend …

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by Morgan Gonzales