SMITHFIELD – The owners of Starry Night Café know good coffee and bakery items, and are bringing their expertise to Smithfield at 115 Pleasant View Avenue, across from Gallagher Middle School.

Baker Nancy Vendetti and her daughter, Mia Sepe, decided to start a business together years after Vendetti closed Nancy’s Fancy’s bakery in Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood almost a decade ago.

Vendetti previously competed on the Food Network shows “Cupcake Wars” and “Cake Wars.” While her bakery was open, Vendetti said her four daughters all helped run the shop.

“Mia made the best lattes, even as a little kid,” Vendetti said.

The two have soft-opened the café, located in the former Bree’s Deli unit.

Sepe said after years working for other people, she really wanted to run a business. The p

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