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For the best 3 o'clock pick-me-up When Jill Marcus removed ginger snaps from the Something Classic Café menu in the spring, customers pleaded with her to leave the seasonal selection on the menu. But they knew an equally delicious pastry would emerge. "ey have their own favorites, and they love them, so it's hard to switch things out every now and then," says Marcus, president of e Mother Earth Group, which includes the cafe. Uptown's Something Classic Café gives Marcus and her catering team an outlet for customers to become familiar with their sandwiches, salads and desserts, which oen encourages them to think of Something Classic when they need a caterer. "We want to be very personal," Marcus says. "You see the same faces every day when they come in for an aernoon coffee break or snack." Something Classic's most popular bakery items are familiar desserts, like scratch-made old-fashioned chocolate cake, peanut butter cookies and lemon-raspberry bars. For the best international indulgences Before Zhenia Martinez's parents started Las Delicias Bakery in 1997, they traveled to her mother's native city of Chihuahua, Mexico, and studied baking. ey watched traditional Mexican bakers load bread into a clay oven with a wooden handle. Upon returning to Charlotte, they adapted the recipes for their new business. Martinez is now an owner of the Central Avenue bakery. "I never went to school for it," Martinez says. "I've actually learned making bread and everything just by being around it." Many Las Delicias customers search for flavors from their native countries or items their mothers made. Hit treats include churros and passion fruit cake. Martinez's favorite is a braided bread called trenza with Bavarian cream and raisins. In-the-know patrons order tamales; although not a typical bakery item, the tamales at Las Delicias consistently rank among the city's best. AUGUST 2016 21