Jacksonville candymakers create a new restaurant strategy | Jax Day by day File | Jacksonville Daily History
For just about two years, candymakers Allison and Peter Behringer have toyed with the thought of opening a restaurant in Downtown Jacksonville’s historic Seminole Constructing, property of their Sweet Pete’s candy store.
“We by no means actually needed to pull the induce. We’re not restaurateurs by trade. We’re candymakers,” Allison Behringer said.
The Behringers prepare to open up Fizzies & Fare on July 9 in the building’s vacant very first-ground cafe house.
Sweet Pete’s shared the historic three-tale construction with the Alice in Wonderland-themed 10/6 Grille from October 2019 till March 2020, when the proprietor shut it simply because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the third cafe to operate in the space.
Allison Behringer explained they felt a void in the space at 400 N. Hogan St. and a opportunity to build a next enterprise idea.
“We’ve loved all the places to eat that have been below. We’ve collaborated with them,” she explained July 6.
The Behringers invested less than $50,000 to make cosmetic alterations to the dining and bar regions.
“There’s unquestionably a distinct power in the constructing when this space is empty and nothing’s in it,” she claimed.
“So we felt like now is our possibility to do what we had envisioned for a couple of decades.”
Functioning hours for what the Behringers contact a “sweet eating experience” will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Allison Behringer claimed Fizzies & Fare will be “a modern take on
