When you walk into the newly remodeled Mid-East Bakery, you’re struck by a mural behind the counter depicting a cedar tree with a cross of light in its trunk, surrounded by the bounties of Lebanon: bread, olives, and wheat.
When you walk into the newly remodeled Mid-East Bakery, you’re struck by a mural behind the counter depicting a cedar tree with a cross of light in its trunk, surrounded by the bounties of Lebanon: bread, olives, and wheat.
For Cotoggio, who grew up in College Point where she went to St. Fidelis School, the decision to start her own business stems in part from her concern for the homeless and from her own fear of becoming homeless. That concern was something she learned at St. Fidelis and from her parents.