In 2015, Keavy Landreth and Allison Kave made a decision—they had outgrown the street market scene. The Brooklyn-based bakers, who spent previous years serving mini cupcakes and "first prized" pies to the Smorgasburg masses separately, decided to join forces for a brick-and-mortar in Crown Heights. But neither was interested in opening a run-of-the-mill sweets shop. And so, over a few rounds of sangria, they dreamt up something better: a bakery-bar hybrid where birthday cake and booze are served with a side of feminism.
Later that year, Butter & Scotch was born. But the shop's "Fuck Trump" cake designs and "Smash The Patriarchy" cocktails, which have now become so integral to the brand, actually came about later.
"[Feminism] wasn't at the forefront in the beginning," Landreth tells Delish. "We were really focusing on just the business model...but Allison and I have both, throughout our lives, been very politically active. We're feminists on our own. So it was underlying."
By November 2016, Donald Trump was elected president. And as the political climate shifted, so did the Butter & Scotch mission. "When Trump was elected, we were like fuck everything," she continues. "Let's push this cause and make our voices heard." It was their way—as bakers, bartenders, and business owners—of sparking change. Or, as Landreth puts it, "doing something when everything else felt shitty."
Kave and Landreth, aka the @DrunkBakers, are doing much more than just icing cakes with cheeky political musings, though. They're putting their money where their mouth is, releasing limited-edition cocktails that are not only inspired by great women but give back to them, as well.
source:- https://www.delish.com/food/a29379787/butter-and-scotch-feminist-bakery-bar-brooklyn/
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