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The nostalgic interior of newly opened Early Bird Biscuit Co. on Lakeside Ave. is incredibly cozy - more grandma's back room kitchen than storefront bakery shop.

In fact, the Cuckoo clock that hangs on the wall belonged to proprietor and baker Tim Laxton's grandmother.

He rolls out his impossibly light, fluffy buttermilk biscuits with her rolling pin, handcrafted by his great grandfather in the 1800s.

A thoughtful hospitality permeates the teeny spot, you immediately feel like family, evident when Laxton sets a fresh pot of coffee to brew rather than pour from the bottom of the carafe.

Laxton has been piddling in the kitchen since he was a kid.

Self taught, his first foray in baking was at 10 years old.

"I read the word soufflé somewhere and asked my mom what that was," Laxton said.

She told him to look up a recipe for one, which he did, and was well on his way until he came across a technique he was unfamiliar with.

"I was a latch key kid, so I called her up at work and she explained to me over the phone, step by step, how to fold properly."