“I’m not gonna try to revolutionize breakfast,” begins Troy Krajewski, full-time chef and co-owner of Sweet Bay Cafe. “I don’t know that you truly can.”
Krajewski wrote the menu for Sweet Bay Cafe with simplicity and quality in mind. Everything on the menu is made from scratch apart from the bread, which is brought in from local Bellingham bakery Avenue Bread.
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Krajewski explains that when people go out to breakfast, they kind of already know what they want; everyone has their go-to’s.
“If I’m going to a place I’ve never been,” Krajewski says, “I’m gonna get biscuits and gravy. That’s gonna be my bar by which I measure that establishment.” Sweet Bay Cafe’s goal was to set a high bar for every breakfast staple.
Sweet Bay Cafe operates in the same building as Red Star Taco Bar and has been open since October 2024; the restaurants share restrooms and a kitchen space.
The kitchen operates full-time for Sweet Bay Cafe in the morning, and then from 2-3 p.m., there is a turnover period where they completely transform it for Red Star Taco Bar.
Photograph courtesy of Aaron Larson
“[Being] able to make all of those things out of one kitchen, to have everything scratch-made, it’s crazy to think about honestly,” Krajewski says.
Sweet Bay Cafe is open from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., seven days a week. While they offer a full breakfast menu, they also have a walk-in coffee and pastry bar for a cup of joe on the go.
1327 N. State St., Bellingham, 360.919.3665, sweetbaybellingham.com
