Coming Soon
Posted March 23, 2017 at 6:09 pm by Tim Dustrude
New location for the Cheesecake Cafe & Bakery
The Cheesecake Cafe and Bakery has found a new home. Remember the Cheesecake Cafe in the Anacortes Ferry terminal? Same owner, new location. After Washington State Ferries would not renew her contract, Margie Aipopo heard about a vacancy here on the island where The Place used to be and she took advantage of it.
Mother & Daughter business partners Emily (L) and Margie (R) Aipopo – Tim Dustrude photo
She and her daughter Emily have been working pretty much non-stop since January 1st making some layout changes and getting the building ready – Removed an interior wall, added some tables and counters with wood from Egg Lake Sawmill; installed a soda machine that dispenses all-organic, non-gmo sodas from Tractor Soda out of Idaho, and soon there will be an additional door out the side of the building toward the ferry dock.
It will be a full service restaurant serving things like Lemon Poppyseed Pancakes or White Trash Hash for breakfast; Fish n Chips, Burgers and Sloppy Joes for lunch/dinner just to name a few.
Bar style table from Egg Lake Sawmill
They’re hoping for a “soft opening” next week on March 28th, but Margie says don’t write that in ink. That date is significant though as it will be 1 year to the day that they had to be out of the ferry terminal in Anacortes.
For the soft opening, they will serve a limited menu – cheesecake (of course), soups, cookies and espresso – and then they hope to be fully open a week or so after that. They’re looking at probably 6am to 6pm to start with and then maybe 6am – 9pm when the summer season fully kicks in.
More photos below
Service counter and cheesecake cooler
Dining room with a view
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Categories: Business, Dining
7 comments:
7 comments...
Wow! Looking good. Great spot.
It looks awesome! I’m sorry I haven’t been by recently, but I will be by soon. 😃
Looking forward to next week.
YAYAYAYYAY! You did a great service in Anacortes and aren’t we lucky you will be here; It is obvious you want a local flavor and to appeal to locals as well as busy tourist season. that’s how you survive; great view, sounds like good food, look very forward to new energy there and new choices to eat! Welcome
Pam Fry
Wonderful….a much needed service for islander’s and travellers.
So super excited for you Margie and your daughter you guys will be awesome there in Friday Harbor a very good addition to a beautiful Island I
Loved meeting Maggie and Emily! The chocolate chip cookies are amazing, and hearing Maggie’s story was priceless! What an amazing role model and inspiration these ladies are! See you in the fall girls!
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