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Virago Baking Company & Café has some very exciting news to all of our Virago Fans. First, our new and wonderful website. Virago is so very pleased with all the fantastic work that Ewelina has done for us; we hope you all agree that this is a HUGE improvement compared to our sad attempt at website designing. We’d like to thank them for taking chefs out of the kitchen and into the world of technology with such ease and patience’s. A Million thanks to Redsawdust Productions!!!

Next, Virago will be moving to a new location in Lansdale, PA. Virago will be located at 322 W. Main St. Lansdale, PA 19446 which is conveniently located right by the R5 train line for all who live outside the area. We will be moving in late June and plan to open in July but make sure to check in to see if we are open!

We will have spectacular seating inside and out with more room, new tables and chairs. Our Virago Fans who love our Coffee Scoop coffee get ready because here comes …the espresso machine (applause, screams, joyous remarks, etc!!!!)

Virago will be expanding its menu options and also looks forward to offering a variety of cooking classes with special guest chefs from around the area.

We’d also like to thank Mayor Andrew Szekely of Lansdale, PA for always supporting us from day one and introducing us to the potential of downtown Main St. As well as Dunigan & Company Builders for all the renovations, and finally Kevin Dunigan and Mike Riccio for working with us in making this move possible.

Virago was pleased to be part of the Open House at Sanktuary on Saturday, May 22nd. We donated a delicious Pumpkin bread and Vegan Banana bread. Yum!

We were featured in this month’s edition of Be Well Philly! Read along or check out the original article here.

by: Jenna Bergen

Last week one of my co-workers came into my office and tossed a menu for Lansdale’s Virago Baking Company on my desk. “I just had the most amazing cupcake I’ve ever had in my life,” she declared dramatically. “And it was vegan or gluten-free, can you believe it? She makes both, but whatever. You absolutely have to try this place.”

Seeing that many of our readers are either vegan or struggling with celiac disease, my interest was piqued. So, Jillian, Be Well’s amazingly wonderful intern, went to work calling Regina Petruzziello Mason, the “she” my coworker was referring to, and the owner of this little Lansdale gem.

Regina stopped by a few days later with two boxes filled to the brim with everything from cupcakes to banana and zucchini breads. Not only were the cupcakes completely adorable and touched with whimsy, but you know what? They were good, too. Even in the absence of flour or eggs, milk, and butter, she whipped up flavors like vegan vanilla cake with Caribbean rum icing, vegan chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and gluten-free vanilla pound cake with honey-butter cream icing.

My favorite had to be the gluten-free mixed-berry frangipane—Regina also makes gluten-free lemon or chocolate-chip pound cakes and vegan agave-sweetened banana breads, which mail wonderfully, by the way, and gluten-free cheesecake. In addition to the cupcakes, the happy-to-comply taste testers around the office also gave thumbs up to the gluten-free cheesecake and vegan chocolate-chip and peanut butter-raspberry cookies, too.

“We listen to the customers, so we’re constantly expanding our menu,” Mason says, who plans to move her store to 322 West Main Street at the end of June to accommodate baking classes and her expanding clientele. “Some of our most popular items are our gluten-free bread that you can buy frozen, as well as our gluten-free pizza shells. But what people really like is that they have the ability to just come in and buy a vegan or gluten-free cupcake or a cake whenever they want.”

If you’re looking to treat yourself, celebrate a birthday, or surprise a vegan or celiac friend with a thoughtful treat, this is definitely a place to put on your radar. — research by Jillian Skrocki

Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS(BC/EFA) will be held at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA on Friday May 21, 2010 at 7:30. This event will feature a variety of different acts to help raise money to fight against AIDS. Virago Baking Company & Cafe will be donating a triple chocolate raspberry torte to go up for auction along with Broadway signed posters, playbills, and other memorabilia. Come checkout this great variety show for a good cause and bid on some delicious cake and other wonderful memorabilia.

Virago Baking Company & Cafe made North Penn High School Theater another cake for another spectacular show. This years spring musical was Thoroughly Modern Millie which is all based in the 1920s with jazz, tap and a loads of fun. We attended all three nights , April 29, 30 and May1 at 7:30pm.

Our favorite characters out of the whole show were Bun Foo and Ching Ho ,the Chinese brothers who help Mrs. Meers with white slavery so they can bring their Mama over to America. Although they weren’t the major leads, these guys had us laughing every time they were on. This was such a fun show to watch and it was especially fun to make and create the cake for the wonderful cast, crew, and directors of this production. We definitely recommend seeing any of their shows if your in the area, they are very professional and they have a very talented cast each year.