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Quickie Too restaurant brings vegan comfort food to Hilltop

Managing a business is hard. Managing a business as a woman is harder. Managing a business as a woman of color and a mother is not any easier. Despite the demanding difficulties of these interlaced identities, Afi Howell, the manager of Quickie Too A Vegan Cafe, effectively runs the staple location for many vegan eaters from Tacoma and around Washington. Together with her mother Niombi, Howell operates Quickie Too, which is open every day except Tuesdays. “I have only one day off, but most of the days I try to...