■FEATURE add different flavors, different textures, different looks,” Santelice said. Melomakarona, a Greek vegan cookie flavored with a honey and cognac is a family recipe. The menu is expansive and everchanging. Zaharatos projects the menu on to a wall so that changes can be made quickly. He works with Santelice to brainstorm ideas for different flavors and uses his 3-D printer to create different forms for chocolate bars. The Bay Ridge native designed the bakery digitally and created many sections of the bakery on a 3-D printer before building the space with his brother, who runs design group Arxis League. Zaharatos was also the lead designer on the Second Avenue Subway project and the College Point Police Academy. Though some may think architects and pastry chefs are two very divergent careers, Zaharatos sees a deeper connection. “Pastry chefs are very similar to architects because they’re building and structuring things,” Zaharatos said. “They’re combining very minuscule proportions in ingredients and they’re making things that actually have to stand and hold shapes.”
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