{"id":12938,"date":"2017-09-09T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/as-irma-approaches-miami-twin-brothers-serve-up-last-minute-coffee-and-croissants\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T01:12:00","slug":"as-irma-approaches-miami-twin-brothers-serve-up-last-minute-coffee-and-croissants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/as-irma-approaches-miami-twin-brothers-serve-up-last-minute-coffee-and-croissants\/","title":{"rendered":"As Irma Approaches Miami, Twin Brothers Serve Up Last-Minute Coffee And Croissants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Top: Customers at Caf\u00e9 Croissant peek through the front window ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Miami, Fla., on Saturday. Bottom: Co-owner Pascal Vedel prepares a box of croissants.<\/p>\n

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Hurricane Irma is expected to bring high winds and heavy rains across Florida as a Category 3 storm, and has been projected to strengthen again before hitting the state. While many people stocked up on supplies and boarded up their windows, a few businesses remained open in Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Caf\u00e9 Croissant had its bright “open” sign lit, welcoming customers in from the rain. Pascal Vedel, who co-owns the cafe with his twin brother Didier, greets each patron with a smile and offers them coffee. The brothers are originally from Montpellier, in southern France.<\/p>\n

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\n Caf\u00e9 Croissant owners and twin brothers Didier (left) and Pascal Vedel serve customers in Miami on Saturday. They opened their doors Saturday morning at 7 a.m. with the plan to stay open until noon unless the weather encouraged them to close earlier.<\/p>\n

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Didier, who looks nearly identical to Pascal, steps out of the kitchen with a warm plate of food. After visiting Miami 20 years ago, they decided to move to the city because they loved the mix of people.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Irma is the strongest storm the twins have experienced while living here.<\/p>\n

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\n Hurricane Irma approaches the Miami skyline seen on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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“We have to pray for the best,” Pascal says. “There is going to be a [storm] all the way from Key West to Jacksonville.”<\/p>\n

Patron after patron walks through the doors and gushes about the hardworking brothers. They’re especially happy to enjoy their delicious food on such a stormy day.<\/p>\n

One of the customers is Elias Smith, 21, a student at University of Miami. He also lives in an apartment above the cafe.<\/p>\n

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\n Elias Smith, 21, and Rachel Grunert, 21, are students from The University of Miami. Smith lives above the caf\u00e9 and Grunert will be staying with him since her dorm was evacuated.<\/p>\n

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“There is a magic to this city that no other city I’ve been to has,” Smith says.<\/p>\n

Smith stopped in to pick up some food along with Rachel Grunert, 21, a friend from school who’s staying with Smith after she was evacuated from her campus dorm.<\/p>\n