by metrolatinomagazine

Rose Cerda learned the art and business of baking from her father, a Texas native who grew up in Mexico. After starting his own family including four daughters and two sons, Cerda’s father returned to Texas and began working at Arturo’s Bakery on Maple Avenue in Dallas. That led him to open up his own “panaderia” but Rose had a different idea for her bakery.

Rose is the original owner of the Mixing Bowl, a charming and well-known bakery in Oak Cliff decorated with vintage baking supplies and equipment. The Mixing Bowl bakery take its customers on a trip down memory lane to the days of quality ingredients like good old fashioned sugar, flour and eggs. It’s the real deal with no preservatives. Since its inception sixteen years ago, The Mixing Bowl’s specialty has been baking and decorating custom wedding and special event cakes and cookies....

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by Rachel Stone

You should be ashame of yourself for that. Oak Cliff is not uptown and I hope it never turns into it. By the way Mexican are educated and are wealthy too. We, I am Mexican, are not all low income. I am tired of this racist that has been going on lately in Oak cliff especially regarding Mexicans. Sorry we have been here and loved Oak cliff the way it has been don’t try to move in and kick us out.

You should be ashame of yourself for that. Oak Cliff is not uptown and I hope it never turns into it. By the way Mexican are educated and are wealthy too. We, I am Mexican, are not all low income. I am tired of this racist that has been going on lately in Oak cliff especially regarding Mexicans. Sorry we have been here and loved Oak cliff the way it has been don’t try to move in and kick us out.

Juan, it’s a matter of numbers and statistical inference.    If you go to the places in Dallas that are 90% Hispanic, what do you find?   A lot of great people, and also a lot of litter, graffiti, poorly-maintained houses, low-performing schools, and hence lower property values.

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