BNext Awning & Graphics of Cleveland supplied both. He credits the 40-foot lollipop beckoning travelers on Interstate 480 and the colorful sign on Brookpark for at least some of the added business. "Foot traffic is up 45 percent," says Scheiman, adding that Sweeties is on track to see 400,000 people come through its doors this year, up from 260,000 last year at the previous location, 7480 Brookpark Road. This is the company's third major move and expansion since then. Scheiman bought the candy company in 1982 when it was called Bag of Sweets and employed just four people in a 1,200-square-foot space that offered no retail sales. The cost of the multi-faceted and privately funded project is confidential, but Scheiman describes it as "an incredible amount of money." The golf course was also existing, but had been shuttered. Scheiman purchased the property in January 2012.
While the candy store was a new construction buildout, the soda shop will occupy a building that was built in the early 1980's and originally housed a restaurant, then a video arcade and most recently a church. To that end, he notes the store's acrylic candy bins come from HP Manufacturing on Carnegie Avenue and the shelving racks are supplied by Ohio Wholesale. Both firms are local, which is something Scheiman strives for. Chroma Design is doing the interior design. "They can make a half a day out of this," says Scheiman.įogg is the general contractor on the job.
With the addition of the soda shop, he sees the Sweetie campus as a perfect family destination spot, with a host of fun options including a leisurely stroll through the candy store's 14 aisles, a round of miniature golf and then a stop at the soda shop for a sundae, cone or float. "You'll be able to see everything," says Scheiman.
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The business end of the soda shop will be an "open kitchen concept," with windows showcasing employees preparing toppings and mixing and freezing the ice cream. This will significantly expand the outdoor party accommodations available seasonally at Golfland. The new space will feature a party room that will seat 50 and have a dividing wall to accommodate two concurrent parties of up to 25 attendees each. Sweeties Soda Shop will be adjacent to the staggering 40,000-square-foot candy store and Golfland, a miniature golf course that is also part of the growing Sweetie campus at 6770 Brookpark Road. Scheiman expects to add 16 people to his existing staff of 43 in order to man the new 150-seat establishment. With 5,100 square feet of space, the new soda fountain will be a far cry from the quaint storefront operations of yesteryear. "There'll be a lot of testing going on in October." "It will be our own recipes," says Scheiman of the future ice cream offerings. Sweetie Candy Company, is looking forward to what he calls the most exciting project of his career: Sweeties Soda Shoppe, which is slated to open October 25.
In the end the ice cream was average and expensive for what you get and we didn't even get a chance to go into the candy store.Still basking in the success of his company's move and expansion earlier this year from Brooklyn to Cleveland, Thomas Scheiman, president of b. While we were told that they had been busy that day, there weren't that many people there during our visit. I don't know how long the soda shoppe was going to remain open that night, but the employees were walking around like they were at the end of a 12 hour shift. As we started to eat our ice cream, they came over the PA and said that the candy store was closing in 15 minutes. Our ice cream finally showed up at 4:45 and my order was not what I requested, but I just accepted it anyway. I was worried about trying something else since we had already waited a half an hour so I told them to just use vanilla. About a half an hour after placing our order our waiter came over to tell us that they were out of chocolate ice cream and would I want my order made with vanilla or would I want something else. So we thought we would try out the Soda Shoppe first. We arrived at 4:00 PM and we were told that the candy store was open until 8:00PM.
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