BRIDGEPORT — A coffee company serving Filipino-inspired drinks and treats has opened a Bridgeport cafe after getting its start in a Washington Park business incubator program.

CTRL Z Coffee opened in June at 2911 S. Loomis Ave., where owner Zandro Zafra serves baked goods and lattes flavored with pandan and ube, inspired by his childhood growing up in the Philippines.

The cafe is one of Zafra’s three businesses, including Mano Modern Cafe in West Town and the to-be-opened Kapwa Bakery & Cafe in suburban Niles. But the Bridgeport location also serves as the home base for CTRL Z’s coffee supply business, sourcing coffee to his other shops and stocking the brand’s line of coffee beans.

“What we’re trying to do is have a centralized thing where we supply for each other,” he said. “We supply

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