Bo’s Falafel Bar has found a new home a half-mile south of its original location in Century Center, next door to The Flamingo Room. The new restaurant is decorated with whimsical clouds hanging from the ceiling, baby blue walls, stained glass lighting and a wooden hutch stocked with water glasses.

For owner Sierra Phillips, the decor is reminiscent of the 1980s sitcom Cheers, a show synonymous with its theme song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name.”

“I just wanted it to be cozy and just like a nice little break from reality,” she said.

After grabbing a menu, customers are greeted by a small table with printed sheets of paper with the fortune-telling game, M.A.S.H. and mini yellow pencils.

Phillips hopes customers feel welcome in the new space, where everything is made fresh daily and prices are kept as affordable as possible.

It’s the same menu as the former location with bagel sandwiches on the breakfast menu from 8 to 11 a.m. and falafel sandwiches and bowls served on the regular menu from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Delectable bagel flavors grace the breakfast menu such as salty honey rosemary, jalapeno cheddar, everything, plain and sesame. On the regular menu, sandwiches are held together by a warm, fluffy pita and both bowls and sandwiches come with the option of adding a variety of toppings.

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The falafel, which is Phillips’ favorite food, is made fresh daily with a laborious process that involves grinding the chickpeas twice before adding herbs and spices such as parsley, onion and garlic.

The beef in the beef bowl ($15) is slow-roasted, seared and thinly cut with spices ground into it, akin to a meatloaf.

Phillips said Bo’s had outgrown its former facilities, where the kitchen was based in a food truck and she was commuting 10 miles offsite to bake bagels. The business has evolved to a staff four times the size of the former location.

Phillips hopes to continue to meet the community’s growing demand for falafel and is doing it in the only way she knows how — in accordance with her values.

“I’m finding myself through my business,” she said.

Phillips shares her journey on the falafel shop’s Instagram page (@bosfalafelbend), where she is open about everything from mental health to community advocacy.

“It’s my tiny little platform in the big world and I just couldn’t do it any other way,” she said.

On the horizon is online ordering, alcoholic drinks, daily specials and drag brunches.

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“I’m finding myself through my business.”