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Ice cream, lavender lattes, bagels, Canh Chua, and grits.

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About a month ago,  Boon Boona Coffee, 724 S. 3rd St.  in beautiful downtown Renton hosted a pop up for an ice creamery called Sweet Alchemy. It was pretty divine. Then a couple of weeks later, they hosted a couple more popups,  Sweet Alchemy once again, and also Seattle Bagel Bakery, who were doing a lovely bagel, lox, and cream cheese with tomato and thin red onion, as well as bagels with just cream cheese, or with hummus. Pretty great. So it begs the question: Wouldn't having the option to go get really good ice cream in downtown Renton make it an even cooler place than it is? Or going to get baked on premises cookies, breads, and pastries? Dude! That ups the ante on the quality of life scale by a lot. Boon Boona upped the ante. It's a large espresso place and roastery, with sandwiches, pastries,  lavender lattes, and Ethiopian coffee ceremonies. It's a hopping, happening  place. Some places seem to be instant successes. Efram the owner sure looks like he knows what