Photos by Billie Winter

In the small-batch panadería Pan de La Selva’s new location inside City Hall, a bevy of pan dulce treats—pillowy pastel conchas, chubby pig-shaped puerquitos, laminated pastries—beckon from a gleaming pastry case. The oasis is filled with squishy, terracotta-colored couches, cobalt-blue wallpaper, vibrant paintings, and plants donated by customers during the soft opening. Sunlight filters through the windows in a greenhouse-like alcove, and Latin music ranging from pop to punk to psychedelic rock plays in the background.

“I definitely want someone to come here and just be like, whoa, what is this place?!” owner and baker Mayra Sibrian says. During her first week of business, a visitor expressed joy at hearing Shakira being played in the shop.

Sibrian recently mov

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