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Check out which companies won the categories Best New Business, Best Locally Owned Place to Meet for Coffee, Best Restaurant for Business Dinner, Best Restaurant for Business Lunch, Best Caterer for a Corporate Event, Best Local Brewery, and Best Marijuana Company.
Nine companies won the nine awards in the Best Food, Drink & Marijuana supercategory, including Best Restaurant for Business Lunch, Best After-Work Bar, and Best Cookie Company.
Bean Counter Bakery Owner Alice Lombardi worked as an engineer in the corporate world when she decided to leave to spend more time with her children, back in 1998.
Her employer tried to keep her, enticing her with remote work options long before working from home would become a typical job setup. Still, she said, the balance didn’t feel like enough.
“I am a perfectionist,” Lombardi said. “I’ve either got to do it the right way or no way at all. So I decided to just quit.”
Always an avid baker, she began bringing baked goods to mom groups and coffee hours in her neighborhood. After one mother suggested she sell her treats to local restaurants, Lombardi obtained a residential kitchen license.