Braddock, Pennsylvania – The small-town coffee shop not only serves signature sweet potato pies, but also serves the community, the owner told Fox News.
“We’ve been able to bring together the young, the old, the police, the whole community just because of our location,” Cheryl Johnson, owner of Aunt Cheryl’s Cafe, told Fox News. “Our place became a place where people felt comfortable.”
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Johnson’s has been serving the small suburb of Pittsburgh for the past five years and is one of the few restaurants in the city. A retired social worker turned caterer has opened her doors to share how her business brings the community together.
“We serve the community through food,” Johnson said. “It became a place where people felt comfortable enough to come here and talk about who they are, where people felt comfortable enough to say, ‘I need to eat.'”
“And one of our specialties is our sweet potato pie,” Johnson said, before declaring that her sweet potato pie recipe is the best in the country.
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“I’ve been all over the country, I’ve tried coast to coast: California, Detroit, Philadelphia,” she said. “Our sweet potato pie is the best.”
Johnson declined to reveal her secret ingredients, but did share some suggestions on what to add a Thanksgiving favorite.
“You have to have good potatoes to start with,” Johnson told Fox News. “We put a little seasoning, we put a little butter, we put a little sugar.”
“The biggest thing that we put into it is that we put our hearts into it,” she continued.
Cheryl Johnson, owner of Aunt Cheryl’s Cafe, claims to make the best sweet potato pie in the country.
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Johnson said the city rallied around her location.
“We do more than just feed people,” Johnson said. “Serving the people.”
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