Mast Market & Cafe in Bedford, New York
I always enjoy visiting local shops whenever I can. It's important to support small businesses, meet the entrepreneurs who own them, and learn about their specialties.
One of my frequent stops is Mast Market & Cafe, now in Bedford, New York - just minutes from my farm. Mast is a combination eatery and organic grocery co-founded by brothers, Rick and Michael Mast. The shop includes a coffee bar; a food counter serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts; a section for local farm fresh fruits, vegetables, and dairy products; and a large variety of pantry staples including their own artisanal chocolates and homemade spreads and condiments.
Here are some photos, enjoy.
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- Mast opened in Bedford last October. It had previously been located in nearby Mt. Kisco, but due to a fire in 2023, it reopened here.
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- This new establishment offers menu items for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On this day, lunch was warm soups and stews.
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- Baked goods include a selection of cookies and cakes made fresh daily.
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- … And there is also a warm beverage bar that offers a variety of coffees, teas, and hot chocolate.
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- Mast is also proud to offer its delicious organic chocolate made from simple, sustainable ingredients, and ethical sourcing. It is the same thoughtfully-made chocolate sold at Mast’s previous locations.
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- The Mast brothers have been selling their own chocolate since 2007. The cocoa bean is the primary ingredient in chocolate. Cocoa beans, or cacao beans, come from the Theobroma cacao tree – a fruit tree, whose name means “food of the gods”. The cacao beans, which are technically seeds, grow inside pods surrounded by a white fleshy pulp known as baba.
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- Mast chocolate bar flavors include dark chocolate, milk chocolate, almond butter chocolate, sea salt chocolate, oat milk chocolate, and others.
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- They are available in single bars as well as gift boxes – don’t forget, Valentine’s Day is just weeks away.
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- Mast also offers its own homemade line of spreads and condiments.
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- The peach jam is made from hand-picked, sun-ripened peaches.
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- There is also blueberry jam made with just blueberries, organic cane sugar, lime juice, and pectin.
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- And this is Mast’s artisanal classic Tomato Ketchup made with vine-ripened tomatoes in small batches.
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- On this wall, Mast lists the local farmers that provide the products sold and used.
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- Here’s a selection of fresh, organically grown fruits from a nearby farm.
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- And farm fresh milk, packaged in recyclable glass bottles.
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- Several aisles of pantry items and grab-and-go snacks fill the shelves.
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- There are also non-alcoholic beverages.
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- … And specialty olive oils and vinegars – all ethically sourced.
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- In this corner, a pleasant, light and airy dining area for guests.
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- If you’re ever in or around the Westchester area, I encourage you to make a stop at Mast Market & Cafe. You’ll be glad you did.
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