Bayleaf Cafe: Comfortable Food

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We'd like to take a few moments to say a very big, a very sincere THANK YOU to our customers. Thank you for visiting and checking us out. Thank you for your praises, and feedback, and suggestions on how we can improve. Thank you for understanding it is our first few weeks and being patient while we work some kinks out on our operations. We assure you, we are continuing to improve for you and your experience. Thank you for spreading the word about us and the great response we've heard. Thank you for your friendly smiles and letting us know your names and serving you the best of our childhood. And thank you for coming back for more!

Many many thanks!

Sincerely,
Haylen & Seth

We donated $125 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) in sponsoring Nanni's father, taking him over his sponsorship goal. We can't thank you enough!

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Beginning Sunday, Sept 20 through Oct 3, 2009, Bayleaf Café will donate $1 for every sale of the "dish of the day" to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), in honor of Diego Giovanni "Nanni" Piedrahita.

Nanni, now almost 6, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 4 years old, turning his and his family's world upside down. With no cure currently, this condition could be fatal if not closely monitored.

Luckily, Nanni comes from a very loving, very supportive family. Even at a young age, he is keenly aware of his mortality yet is still an optimistic, loving, and joyful young boy. Since the day of his diagnosis he's understood the purpose and role of doctors in treating his diabetes as well as searching for a cure.

Donations will go toward sponsoring Nanni's father, Diego Sr, during the Walk to Cure Diabetes in Babylon, NY on October 4th. Please help find a cure.

Where are all the vegan/vegetarian items on the menu?
We at Bayleaf Cafe take pride in our menu, which was carefully thought out and fashioned to feature the best of our childhood experience and culinary knowlege. Our ears are open to and understand the concerns expressed that we do not have a large vegetarian and vegan option - this discussion was put on the table.

Vegan and vegetarian dishes are not our expertise and to pretend for it to be so would compromise the quality of our food and our customers’ experience. While we do offer some vegan appetizers (the summer rolls with tofu & scallion pancakes) and vegetarian options in breakfast and sides, we couldn't justify pretending we know a lot about vegetarian fare. Our childhood consisted of good simple, hearty meals filled with meats and seafood. We honestly ate some kind of meat in almost every meal because that’s how our family showed love.

That is not to say we wouldn't consider that option in the future or on specials. Thank you for your understanding and hope that you know that we do not mean any disrespect to the vegetarian and vegan community. We feel it would be more disrespectful to serve you a sub-par meal that was made up just to have more non-meat items on the menu.

Thank you for understanding.

Are you Southern? Are you Asian? What is your "theme"?
Our basic idea is an extension of comfort food, or what we like to call "comfortable food." This is what we grew up with and what makes us feel like we're back to our childhood home and hope thats what it will do to our customers as well. We like to call it "poor people's food" since we both grew up in hard-working families that had to stretch every dollar but still managed to keep our bellies full and happy.

We are not fast food - we make everything from scratch and meals are made to order. All recipes come from our hearts. So please, sit back, take your time, enjoy our food and our friendly service.