01/06/2026
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Food is and always has been my love language and Iām so excited to share this with everyone. The Divided Cup is a mobile cafe & bakery (for now) that has a divided personality: Horror/Fantasy, Dark/Light, Morbid/Enchanted.
This weekend, May 30 & 31 at the Buffalo Horror Garage Sale, approximately 4000 people saw my table, saw people walking around with cold brew, matcha, my huge cookies, or cinnamon rolls. I sold out of baked goods within 3.5 hours of the event start (thankfully I had some back up cookies ready for the next day). I physically could not have prepared more for this event, and mentally I couldnāt have prepared for how successful it would have been.
I made a last second decision to get rid of menu items and options and make everything on my table $5. I know it was undercharged, but to have this type of eyes on my brand new business and success on a grand opening I didnāt care. I was just happy to connect with like minded horror loving individuals and share my recipes. I hope they find me in the future to collaborate.
Thereās a lot of people and businesses to thank for this successful opening, but hereās some of the big ones: Kitchen. They are a commercial shared kitchen that is ECDOH certified and have been so easy to work with. This was my first WEEK there, I did no testing beforehand of the kitchen, but Iāve spent 10+ years in various kitchens so I felt confident it would be fine (not everything went perfect, but when does it?) Another is Will, who organizes the This wouldnāt have happened if he didnāt answer his email and say yes. Another is the cast of for being my first repeat customers I love you all. Oh and my sister .b.hur
Some of my favorite moments was when I had a slight break after serving someone and watched them walk away and take a sip of their drink, or take a bite of their baked good and see their genuine reactions.. Those reactions werenāt for me, I wasnāt supposed to see them. Those were the āholy s**t this is goodā when they probably didnāt have any expectations since no one has EVER tasted any of my products before.