Mesha Fields is able to share her love making a candy creations with prospects of SugaFix Designer Dessert Studio. The brand new enterprise, at 58 E. William St., will permit prospects to pick a wide range of topping and mixtures to create a novel deal with.
DECATUR — Mesha Fields has been dreaming of making sweets for years.
The imaginative and prescient was SugaFix Designer Dessert Studio, a colourful, interactive bakery and design house, situated at 158 E. William St., Decatur, subsequent to Striglos, permitting prospects to create their very own treats. Opening day is deliberate for April 9.
“You’ll be able to construct your personal dessert,” Fields stated. “That may be something from a cupcake to a milkshake, even ice cream floats.”
Fields’ reminiscences of sweet machines close to the exit of the Decatur Kmart retailer was the inspiration for the machines crammed with numerous colours of sprinkles able to be added as a topping for the worth of 25 cents.
Additions to the menu will embrace cheesecakes of assorted flavors and Freak Shakes, that are giant shakes crammed with any of the sweets obtainable within the restaurant.
If a buyer is in want of a fast sugar repair, gourmand to-go objects shall be on show on the entrance counter. Strawberry, lemon, purple velvet, and cookies-and-cream would be the commonplace cupcakes.
The build-your-own bar could have a choice of 27 toppings, starting from fruit to bacon.
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The restaurant’s ambiance consists of white partitions with splashes of shade all through.
Drinks will embrace Raven’s Brew coffee and all-natural, kosher, craft sodas. “It additionally has vitamin infused alkaline water,” Fields stated. “So it’s form of wholesome.”
The price of creating your personal deal with has numerous choices. The build-your-own dessert consists of one topping. Every further topping is 98 cents.
A Cake by the Pound permits the shopper to pile a cake with toppings for 70 cents per ounce.
One merchandise is free, the Large Dumb Freak Shake. “It’s going to have something you may consider in it and on it,” Fields stated. “For those who can eat all of it, then it’s free.”
SugaFix has been a Decatur enterprise for 14 years when Fields created the sweets from her residence. A few 12 months in the past she started engaged on a enterprise to welcome prospects into a colourful and enjoyable ambiance. She has additionally labored in pharmacy for 27 years; nonetheless, the pandemic made her rethink her priorities. “I didn’t wish to do something that didn’t make me pleased,” she stated.
Fields started planning the bakery enterprise, which finally morphed into one thing greater. “Having the classroom and dine-in choice, it solely made sense,” she stated.
The classroom shall be obtainable as a studio for patrons to brighten their very own cupcakes or cake. The room may also be reserved for events and adorning lessons.
The restaurant’s ambiance consists of white partitions with splashes of shade all through. “The entire place is mostly a photograph alternative,” Fields stated.
One of many featured, but tasty, ornamental areas is the sprinkle wall. Rising up, Fields would usually admire the row of bubble gum machines lining the doorway to Okay-Mart. “I at all times needed to get stuff out of there, however my mother would by no means let me,” she stated.
The long-lasting coin machines at the moment are crammed with numerous colours of sprinkles able to be added as a topping for the worth of 25 cents.
Fields continues to make customized wedding ceremony muffins in addition to elaborate desserts for the brand new enterprise. She is counting on her employees to assist make SugaFix a cheerful place for patrons. “Once I posted I used to be hiring, I stated ‘Depressing individuals needn’t apply’,” Fields stated. “You’ll be able to’t stroll in right here and never be pleased.”
The proprietor encourages the employees to study and develop from the expertise. “If in case you have one thing that you just wish to attempt, otherwise you assume is a good suggestion, this can be a place the place I would like you to attempt it,” Fields stated. “You by no means know. You may give you one thing that is likely to be your life’s path.”
Jade Flournoy is without doubt one of the workers testing out her abilities. At 15 years outdated, she shall be one of many cake designers. “However she tells us what to do,” she stated about her boss.
Mariah Valdez and Tiara Turner are managing the restaurant. “That is going to be a extremely great spot for youths,” Valdez stated.
“However I like meals,” Turner stated. “So I’m going to be consuming cupcakes on a regular basis.”
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