Coming Soon!

As we all know, those words seem to be the watchword of restaurant development in the county.  As I’ve teased you already, here’s another entry

However, it could be now modified to “Opening REALLY Soon”, but we’ll get to that in a bit.

Alert readers will no doubt (with maybe some eye rolling) remember in my last edition, I went on (and on, and on) about opening restaurants.  And now here comes “the Beanery” on the scene

(I have been assured that the second word over the door is not my surname)

Really alert (local) readers will instantly recognize the location dominated by the classy water tower as the corner of R235 and Chancellor’s Run Rd.  Okay, and last cheesy reference to alert readers, you might note that this is the building formerly housing Anita’s Cakes.

So  what are the chances of success for the (soon to be open) Beanery Café and Bakery?  Well, for starters, it offers a product that is in demand for the morning commute toward the Naval Air Station, i.e., on the southbound side of Rte. 235.  Secondly, and probably most important for success is that it is being opened and managed by somebody who comes from a “food family” with lots of food service background.   Dana Rebarchick Spicuzza, who has been running Blue Wind Gourmet since the previous proprietor moved on to Elements, will be running the place.  So chances are very good on a successful operation.

I had a chance to drop in the other day, and spoke to Dana who described their concept as: 

“We are (will be) serving coffee roasted at Chesapeake bay roasting company in Clinton. We will (also) be serving organic fair trade espresso as well as coffee, smoothies and as specialty waters/ "soda" bar. We will have extensive list of pastries as well as pies, cookies, cupcakes, tarts, quiche, sandwiches and salads”

Sounds like the ghost of Anita will be pleased.  She allowed me to take a few shots of the interior, which is still kind of in a state of assemblage, but looks like it will be pleasantly done

The pastry case will contain, duhh…. Pastries such as

She also “lent” me a couple of her potential sandwich shots

So the “really soon” opening may be as early as tomorrow (Monday) morning, but not at six, which is the ultimate aim.  Like Pizza and “Mexican” places it seems like coffee shops have unlimited markets, and coupling this with nice pastries and sandwiches would seem to be a sure bet..

Anyway, keep watching.. and
DFD