{"id":315558,"date":"2026-06-22T12:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315558\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:52:25","slug":"cao-bakery-cafe-opens-22nd-location-in-hialeahs-amelia-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315558\/","title":{"rendered":"CAO Bakery & Caf\u00e9 opens 22nd location, in Hialeah\u2019s Amelia District"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The co-founders of CAO Bakery & Caf\u00e9<\/a> have opened their 22nd location near the Hialeah-Miami Lakes southwest border.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cThe community showed up,\u201d said Marketing Director Yvette Cao of the April 18 debut at 7755 W. 4th Ave. in Hialeah, in the Amelia development.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 She and her husband, Antonio Cao, are Miami Lakers. He and co-founder Carlos de Varona launched the bakery and caf\u00e9 business in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 At the new store, a Mariachi band greeted customers. County and city officials cut a ribbon and indulged in the baked goods \u2013 crispy croquetas (fried ham, chicken or cod), guava and guava and cheese, Nutella or coconut pastries and bite-sized Cuban desserts — that the owners say reflect their homeland\u2019s culture and flavors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Franchisees at the new location are partners Alex Garrido, Ariel Urena, Ulysses Poveda and Kevin Velazquez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 The franchise partners have worked in CAO bakeries and have ties to the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cI never imagined I would one day own a bakery in the neighborhood where I was raised, but here we are,\u201d Alex Garrido said in a press release. \u201cThis is a dream come true for me and my family. We are not just opening a caf\u00e9, we are planting roots in the place that means the most to us, and we plan to take care of this community the way it took care of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 The bakery is open seven days, 6 a.m. – 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Antonio Cao learned the business at Vicky Bakery<\/a> and went out on his own. A third-generation baker, he called the newest opening \u201c\u2026personal in every sense of the word.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cHialeah is where we come from,\u201d he said in the press release. \u201cThese are the streets where I grew up, where I formed who I am. To open a CAO here, alongside friends \u2013 not just business \u2013 and to do it for the community that raised us, this is a dream that means a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 He and his wife Yvette Cao live in the Loch Lomond East neighborhood in town.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cAs of right now, we do not have anything in Miami Lakes,\u201d Yvette Cao said. \u201cIf there were an opportunity and the right location came along, I would be open to it. I\u2019d love to have a CAO Bakery that is a brisk walk from my house.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The co-founders of CAO Bakery & Caf\u00e9 have opened their 22nd location near the Hialeah-Miami Lakes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-315558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}