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Thinking about starting up a dessert shop
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:16 pm
What would you like to see in it?
So far, the general list would include:
A variety of Cakes
Cheese cake
A variety of pies
Danishes/pastries
a few ice cream flavors
some generic candy bars, nothing exotic
anything someone would like to add?
So far, the general list would include:
A variety of Cakes
Cheese cake
A variety of pies
Danishes/pastries
a few ice cream flavors
some generic candy bars, nothing exotic
anything someone would like to add?
This post was edited on 9/16/08 at 3:32 pm
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Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:18 pm to scormi5
I think a dessert shop would be better, no one wants to eat cake in the desert.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:19 pm to scormi5
In BR, I presume? Do they have a non-chain one (baskin Robbins, etc.)? I think this would do well with all of the students.
I would suggest you visit a few in NOLA to get some ideas...Sucre, Brocato's, La Boulangerie, La Divina Gelateria, Lucky You! and there is a new candy store on Decatur and Iberville.
I would suggest you visit a few in NOLA to get some ideas...Sucre, Brocato's, La Boulangerie, La Divina Gelateria, Lucky You! and there is a new candy store on Decatur and Iberville.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:20 pm to scormi5
quote:
Thinking about starting up a desert shop
What would you like to see in it?
sand, cacti, tumbleweeds, rattlesnakes
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:21 pm to scormi5
There was a place in Charleston that was a dessert only place- they also served after dinner drinks (grasshoppers, sambuca, baileys on the rocks, chocolate martinis.....)
You could do that.
FWIW I'd go more exotic, or get older candy bars that they dont sell anymore in the stores
You could do that.
quote:
some generic candy bars, nothing exotic
FWIW I'd go more exotic, or get older candy bars that they dont sell anymore in the stores
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:22 pm to scormi5
you need a focus/theme. Is it going to be homecooking? regional? upscale and exotic?
Just tossing random shite out isn't going to work.
Just tossing random shite out isn't going to work.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:23 pm to TexasTiger05
quote:
There was a place in Charleston that was a dessert only place- they also served after dinner drinks (grasshoppers, sambuca, baileys on the rocks, chocolate martinis.....)
Yes...this place was right on the market and very good....if you googled it I am sure you could find it.
Intermezzo in Buckhead is another place...upscale dessert and drinks, but honeslty, this would go a lot better in New Orleans, but it would give you ideas.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:25 pm to scormi5
Pick one thing and be great at it. I suggest cupcakes (seems to be the trendy thing). Look at the lines at Magnolia bakery in NYC, Crave in Houston, Sprinkles in LA.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:27 pm to Tiger Attorney
BR supports it's local bakeries pretty well (Ambrosia, Cake Palace, Baums), maybe something small in a heavy restaruant area like Perkins Rowe or Town Center would do well.
Baton Rouge isn't a very driveable city, and noone wants to drive across town after eating dinner to grab dessert, better to build it in one of the few places you would have foot traffic.
Baton Rouge isn't a very driveable city, and noone wants to drive across town after eating dinner to grab dessert, better to build it in one of the few places you would have foot traffic.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:29 pm to Prosecuted Collins
serve coffee with kahlua in it. this will sell.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:30 pm to Prosecuted Collins
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Yes...this place was right on the market and very good....if you googled it I am sure you could find it.
I dont remember the name. I'm pretty sure that it started with a K.
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Crave in Houston
I asked if they could make special cupcakes (LSU for party) and the lady was a total beeoch and went into a huge soapbox talk about how they dont do special orders due to the use of fake dyes and whatnot. Oh well, the strawberry cupcakes there RULE
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Baton Rouge isn't a very driveable city, and noone wants to drive across town after eating dinner to grab dessert,
Yea, the place that was in Charleston was right next door to a restaurant that the same family owned.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:37 pm to TexasTiger05
Another reason for cupcakes is that customers might pay 2 or 3 bucks for a gourmet cupcake, but if you have a big cake there with 30 slices selling for 3 bucks a piece, they'll do the math in their head and say "I'm not paying for a piece of a $90 cake." Also, cupcakes = smaller batches when cooking and you won't be left with half of a cake or pie come closing time.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:47 pm to LittleLady
Does BR have a real gelato place or local homemade ice cream shop?
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:52 pm to Tiger Attorney
As far as I know, the only gelato we have is in Whole Foods... no homemade ice cream that I know of. We have Counter Culture which is frozen yogurt and they have done really well.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:55 pm to LittleLady
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sand, cacti, tumbleweeds, rattlesnakes
This thread reminds me of the cake shop by Essen/Perkins that says "Breakfest". I was like, "You want me to stop all festivities? What gives you the right!?"
This post was edited on 9/16/08 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:55 pm to LittleLady
I think and ice cream or gelato shop with an old time theme would do well. I mean NOLA has a ton of successful ones, and its hot down here for a good 8 months a year....not to mention the student population.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:59 pm to LittleLady
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no homemade ice cream that I know of
isn't there somewhere on campus that makes ice cream?
eta. The Creamery?
This post was edited on 9/16/08 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 9/16/08 at 1:59 pm to Tiger Attorney
Gelato and exotic ice cream flavors would probably work well.
Posted on 9/16/08 at 2:02 pm to scormi5
might i suggest some low calorie options..no need to shun away a whole demographic
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