# Legally blind baker opens Albuquerque café in former workplace

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/inspirational-blind-baker-achieves-his-longtime-dream-of-opening-his-own-bakery/
- Published: 2026-11-11T02:05:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T02:18:56+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281555/Inspirational-blind-baker-achieves-longtime-dream-opening-bakery.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Lino Casiano opened Bumblebee Bakery in Albuquerque.
- He adapts recipes using zoomed-in photos and memory.
- The shop occupies his former workplace.

## Summary

Legally blind baker Lino Casiano has opened Bumblebee Bakery and Coffee Shop in Albuquerque, realising a long-held ambition in the premises of his former workplace. He took over after ABQ Sweet Spot closed, turning a familiar space into a new business with support from his wife.

Casiano has retinitis pigmentosa, which causes gradual vision loss, and cannot read recipes even with glasses. He uses enlarged photographs of instructions and relies on memory, while baking scones, muffins and cheesecakes himself. The bakery held a soft opening on 24 October and serves customers Wednesday to Sunday, from 7am to 1pm.

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