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Baking with My Homies

June 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM | 0 Comments

Count on LA to offer a venue where former gang members will whip up a fresh mint-spinach lemonade to go with your zucchini blossom omelet.

Homeboy Industries was founded in 1988 with the goal of getting young Angelenos out of gangs and into the workforce. The nonprofit organization provides former gang members and other at-risk youth with job training and on-the-job experience at its two eateries, Homeboy Bakery and Homegirl Café.

Both outposts are located at the Homeboy Industries headquarters, a renovated warehouse downtown, two blocks from Union Station. Homeboy Bakery offers freshly baked muffins, bagels, cakes and pies, while the adjacent Homegirl Café serves up a Latin-influenced menu, with omelets and chilaquiles--crisp tortillas simmered in salsa--in the morning, and sandwiches and tacos for lunch, along with that mint-spinach lemonade, which believe it or not, is delicious.

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[Photo: Homeboy Industries]