Elements - a division of The Lab opens in Everything Else is Cake on Bertrand Drive
Photos courtesy of The Lab and Everything Else is Cake
Elements-a division of The Lab will operate inside Everything Else is Cake on Bertrand Drive. Elements will serve coffee, tea and juice to compliment Everything Else is Cake serves pastries.
The Lab Handcrafted Coffees and Comforts in River Ranch will open a second location inside Everything Else is Cake at 200 Bertrand Drive called Elements - a division of The Lab. The goal with expansion is to make The Lab's product and craft more accessible. After a year of booming success in his flagship location, owner Thomas Peters is ready to expand but tells ABiz customers should not expect Elements to be a dupe of his River Ranch location.
"There will never be another lab. Each piece will be a new version focusing on some other part of the equation - there will be cross points but not the same pieces completely," Peters says. He believes coffee is more than just a beverage - it's an experience that evokes the senses and the offerings of Elements will reflect this.
Everything Else is Cake will continue to operate as a bakery, but customers will now have the option to sit and sip on a cup of pour over coffee or pick up something to go. Elements will also focus on tea and fresh juice for customers.
Everything Else is Cake opened in 2012 serving traditional cupcakes, cookies and custom cakes with additional menu items for those with dietary restrictions like gluten-free and grain-free. The bakery also targets those following Vegan and Paleo lifestyles. The Lab opened in 2012 as a coffee café that also serves inventive flavors of cold sweet creams, a cross between gelato and ice cream, and handcrafted baked goods in a warm and inviting environment.
As for additional divisions of The Lab, Peters is not ruling it out - his ambitious entrepreneurial spirit and love of coffee are what fuels his drive to give Lafayette more. Plans are for Elements to open...