A local baking business is getting a new home inside Urbaniak Brothers Quality Meats in east Erie.
While the meat market isn’t going anywhere, the bakery section will soon have a new tenant: Stacy’s Treats.
Owner, Stacy Crosby has spent the past three years growing her business, becoming known for her specialty cookies and cakes. Her menu includes dozens of cookie varieties, along with pies, pastries, bread and brownies.
“I have about 50 cookies that I make on a regular basis, besides cakes, pies, pastries, bread. I do some custom cakes, but mostly, I just focus on the cookies and I do brownies,” Crosby said.
As orders continued to grow, Crosby said her home kitchen became too small to keep up with demand.
“Right now we have a smaller kitchen at the house and we have all of my stuff downstairs in a storage area that we have done,” she said.
When the opportunity came to move into the bakery space at Urbaniak Brothers, Crosby jumped at the chance.
After years of preparing, baking and cooking out of her home, she now has a dedicated space to grow her business.
Her partner, Steve Tuholski, said seeing that dream become a reality is special.
“That’s one thing we have always talked about is growing into a bigger and better thing. Seeing her able to achieve her dream is something special,” Tuholski said.
Having all of her baking supplies and equipment in one place will also make it easier for Crosby to fill orders.
“Having everything available right here where you can just reach back and grab it as opposed to going up and down the stairs or just trying to find where everything is, now everything has a space,” Crosby said.
She’s also looking forward to meeting new customers and bringing more foot traffic into the space.
“There’s going to be a lot more people, a lot more traffic inside here. We have Urbaniak Brothers here, we have their clients and customers in here. My customers in here, so I think it’s a good mix for both of us,” she said.
Stacy’s Treats will hold its soft opening Wednesday, November 4, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Regular hours will be Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A grand opening celebration is planned for November 21.