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New bakery offers classic dishes from El Salvador

Yesenia Lopez has opened La Santaneca Bakery at 845 Queen City Parkway, Gainesville. The bakery serves up more than just breads and desserts, also featuring fresh-made El Salvadoran dishes. - photo by Scott Rogers

01172018 SANTANECA 1.jpg — Yesenia Lopez has opened La Santaneca Bakery at 845 Queen City Parkway, Gainesville. The bakery serves up more than just breads and desserts, also featuring fresh-made El Salvadoran dishes. - photo by Scott Rogers

Some 30 years after she fled El Salvador as a refugee, Yesenia Lopez still longed for the flavors of home. She often found herself driving around Gainesville looking for soup and pastries like she had back in Santa Ana, but she could never find them.