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Get a taste of Sweet Life
Organic coffee and unique
pastries attract Eugene dwellers
to this sweet and savory bakery
Aaron Shakra
Pulse Reporter
High wood ceilings, white brick
walls, black chairs and tables, mul
tiple display cases filled with count
less baked goods, a bustling staff in
the back and Beck and Talking
Heads alternating on the stereo.
This is a brief snapshot of Sweet
Life Patisserie on a given day.
The bakery, located at 755 Mon
roe St., is well-known for its cakes.
However, it’s also a cafe, serving
pastries and organic coffee along
with the rest of the usual suspects
— chai, cappuccino, espresso and a
diverse selection of teas.
Cheryl Reinhart, who co-owns
the bakery with her sister Cather
ine, moved to Eugene from the
East Coast about 10 years ago. The
two sisters started the bakery
shortly afterward in a garage,
where it remained for six years. It
is now in the midst of its third year
at its current location, and em
ploys 20 people. The patisserie
was recently named “best bakery”
in the Eugene Weekly reader’s poll
— it had previously been awarded
“best sweets.”
“It’s probably more successful
than I even thought it could be,”
Reinhart said.
Robin Retherford has worked as a
morning baker at Sweet Life for
three years. She arrives for work at
5 a.m. on weekdays and 6 a.m. on
weekends. She said baking is both
an art and a science.
“It’s hard work,” said Retherford.
“It’s a real intuitive thing, it’s this
flow.”
Retherford noted that timers
aren’t used for any of the items
coming from the ovens of Sweet
Life — the bakers just know when
something is finished.
All the pastries at Sweet Life are
made from scratch and use largely
organic ingredients. Many of the
bakery’s offerings are available in
vegan or gluten-free alternatives.
Exotic offerings include an orange
mango Bundt cake, gingerbread
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Candy apples decorated with orange caramel and Halloween decorations are only
one of a large variety of pasteries and baked goods that Sweet Life has to offer. They
also offer cakes such as a strawberry and kiwi vegan cheesecake and a chocolate
chocolate chocolate cake.
scones, raspberry butte rcrunch
bars, lemon macadamia cookies
and cranberry-raisin-pumpkin
muffins. Chocolate is prolific
across-the-board.
“We specialize in all forms of
chocolate,” Reinhart said.
In addition to the cakes on dis
play, there is a separate menu of
the varieties available for order.
Two of the more popular offerings
are the tiramisu — espresso and
rum-soaked sponge cake — and
“Chocolate Orgasm,” with choco
late orange mousse, Bavarian,
white chocolate and Irish creams.
The bakery frequently offers spe
cialty cakes which are not on the
regular menu.
Reinhart said baking is an artistic
endeavor.
“It’s fun to bake,” she said.
“There is so much creativity in the
stuff we have here.”
Reinhart is an active member in
the community, and Sweet Life
makes donations to a plethora of
nonprofit and other organizations.
“I definitely feel motivated to do
community work,” she said.
Barista Ted Adams said that the
cafe’s location draws all types of
people — “hippies, families and
young bohemian-types.”
“We get some crazies, but they’re
allowed to sit outside and kick it as
long as they don’t bother the peo
ple,” Adams said.
The bakery has recently expand
ed its hours to better cater to cus
tomers. It’s now open from 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednes
day, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thurs
day and Friday, from 8 a.m. to 11
p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to
9 p.m Sunday.
“It’s sweet,” Adams said.
Contact the Pulse reporter
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com.
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