A Perfect Pairing
A Perfect Pairing
Chef’s Corner Joins Cupcaked
Cake and ice cream. Milk and cookies. Soup and sandwiches. Some foods are just better together, and so are some people, as Cupcaked owner Annie Coe understands well! Coe is excited to introduce the Ellicottville community to Chef’s Corner, a new part of the business, which is headed up by Coe’s new business partner - and life partner - Michael Byerley. His professional training and chef experience are the perfect complement to Coe’s sweet gourmet masterpieces, and the pair could not be happier to be working together to bring something new and delicious to the Ellicottville restaurant scene!
Coe, who will be celebrating seven years in business this September, recognized a need in the community that had become apparent to herself and many other professionals working in town. “I’ve always seen that there’s a need for quick-service lunches in town,” she said. “But I always knew that I needed a business partner to take on the ‘real food’ because of how busy we are with the bakery. I’ve just been always knowing that we were going to do this but was waiting for the right person.”
Mr. Right happened to be another individual in Ellicottville’s restaurant scene! “Michael has been the chef at Villaggio for the last seven years, and we met and fell in love, and it made sense,” said Coe. “So we started dating, and as we talked about everything, it became very clear that he’s always wanted to own his own place to showcase his skills.” A professionally trained chef, Bylerley’s cooking involves “a level of execution beyond anything I’ve ever tasted,” Coe noted. His top-notch skills combined with Coe’s baking expertise are a perfect pairing; thus Chef’s Corner at Cupcaked was born!
The Chef’s Corner menu is available at Cupcaked from 11:00am-4:00pm Wednesdays through Saturdays, and includes soups, sandwiches, salads, bowls, and other fresh options. “Everything is farm-to-table,” Coe explained. “We work with Michael’s parents who own a farm, we work with Flowers off the Farm, and we have a couple other farmers markets that we’ll go to. Whatever is in season that week, that’s what we make the menu for.”
Every week features a different menu, including three different sandwich options, based on the local produce that is in-season. Chef’s Corner is dine-in and take-out, with many foods, like grain bowls, available as grab-and-go options. So far, the response to Chef’s Corner, which opened at the end of July, has been outstanding. “Honestly, the response has been really good,” said Coe. “The majority of the workers in town have come in at least once already. We’re really hoping to hit a lot of the professionals who work in Ellicottville. I know their main complaint has always been that it takes so long to order food in town, so we’re really hoping to hit that grab-and-go, really healthy, super fresh food so that everybody can get right in and get right out!”
Don’t forget to check out Chef’s Corner and Cupcaked at the Taste of Ellicottville! Coe said, “For Chef’s Corner, the menu rotates weekly. Right now we have a lobster roll and a white tomato soup. For Cupcaked, we have a loganberry macaron, a raspberry crisp bar, and a chocolate peanut butter banana cheesecake slice.”
Follow Cupcaked on social media to see the new menu at Chef’s Corner each week! Take-out orders can be placed over the phone by calling Cupcaked at 716-699-1316.
