Betty A Brown Dessert Boutique   

Tucked away in a lonely corner of developer Bart Blatstein's Liberties Walk is the wonderfully elegant Brown Betty -- too genteel to be just a bakery, perhaps, it calls itself a ''dessert boutique.'' It seems an accurate name for this exceedingly elegant space -- surprisingly elegant for Northern Liberties. With its richly painted walls and elegant parlor furniture, it looks like your favorite grandmother's special room for company. The grandma connection doesn't end there, though. The recipes are all hand-me-downs from the grandmother (and mother) of mother and daughter ownership team Linda Hinton Brown and Norrinda Brown. Apparently, Grandma Betty was one heck of a baker -- in particular, her dense coconut cake -- appropriately named Company's Comin' is not to be missed. None of Brown Betty's homespun desserts disappoint -- the sweetly decorated cupcakes, sweet potato pudding or the signature Betty's Buttermilk Pound Cake are all company-worthy as well.