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Posted inTasty Bites 'n Bevvies

Best Cure for a Sweet Tooth: Justice of the Pies – Avalon Park

by Rovetta McKinney September 27, 2024

ver hear of a bakery in a former dentist office? Well now you have! In 2023, pastry chef Maya-Camille Broussard opened her brick and mortar location for the bakery, Justice of the Pies, in what was once the Avalon Park office of her mom’s childhood dentist. The bakery’s clever name is an homage to her […]

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