While I was working in Rockville the past year, I came across a lovely sweet shop called Café Sunflower. The Café offers items made at the Sunflower Bakery as well as a small selection of sandwiches from another company. For their fresh-brewed coffees, they offer a customer loyalty card = 10 coffees, 11th free. The products are nut free and several are gluten free. Most importantly, delicious!
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While I was working in Rockville the past year, I came across a lovely sweet shop called Café Sunflower. The Café offers items made at the Sunflower Bakery as well as a small selection of sandwiches from another company. For their fresh-brewed coffees, they offer a customer loyalty card = 10 coffees, 11th free. The products are nut free and several are gluten free. Most importantly, delicious!
The Café is special place in many ways. It started
in 2010 and seven years later has provided over 42,000 hours of employment
training in baking, pastry arts, and customer service for “adults with learning
differences”. I commend Joey Nowicki, Café the manager, for his patience and perseverance
in training and working with them and emphasizing transferrable job skills.
I made lots of dear friends, in the many months I’ve gone there. Several who have been graduated and are still missed. They are always glad to see me and notice the days I didn’t get over there for lunch or coffee break. There is joy in being known by name (and by order) by having a personal relationship with them. To me, this is what life is all about.
For our Jewish friends and neighbors, it is kosher, pareve under the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington, and Pas Yisroel as well as Yoshon.
If you know of someone who could benefit from the training programs:
I made lots of dear friends, in the many months I’ve gone there. Several who have been graduated and are still missed. They are always glad to see me and notice the days I didn’t get over there for lunch or coffee break. There is joy in being known by name (and by order) by having a personal relationship with them. To me, this is what life is all about.
For our Jewish friends and neighbors, it is kosher, pareve under the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington, and Pas Yisroel as well as Yoshon.
If you know of someone who could benefit from the training programs:
Pastry Arts
Training Program: pastryarts@sunflowerbakery.org
Cafe Employment
Training Program: info@cafesunflower.org
Address:
6101 Executive Blvd #115, North Bethesda, MD 20852
Email: info@cafesunflower.org
Hours
(Closed on Jewish holidays):
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 8AM–4:30PM
Tuesday 8AM–4:30PM
Wednesday 8AM–4:30PM
Thursday 8AM–4:30PM
Friday 8AM–3:30PM
Friday 8AM–3:30PM
