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WEST PITTSTON \u2013 Angie Roback is a businesswoman and an artist who created The Crooked Branch at 202 Luzerne Ave. during COVID in 2020, and she\u2019s managed to survive and thrive six years later.<\/p>\n
As an artist, she\u2019s known for making twisted-wire trees, earrings, glass mosaics from pieces of vases and bottles that she crushes herself, and realistic flowers from sola wood.<\/p>\n
The sola-wood flowers have become particularly meaningful because brides use them for wedding bouquets that can be kept permanently.<\/p>\n
In 2025 and now in 2026, Roback has been recognized as the Best Artist by the Sunday Dispatch\u2019s Best of Greater Pittston.<\/p>\n
While starting the business at home in the beginning, she eventually moved into her current location under The Crooked Branch, which is more than a traditional gift shop, offering other artisans a place to sell their wares out of her shop, as well as her own art.<\/p>\n
With a vast array of items sold in her shop, customers have no trouble finding gifts, home d\u00e9cor, or unique handmade items.<\/p>\n
The Crooked Branch hosts birthday parties, bachelorette parties, and if some like, you can have a BYOB party. Call Angie for available times and dates for future parties.<\/p>\n
Artists, along with Roback, rotate stock seasonally, making it easy to purchase that perfect gift item or something for yourself for your home.<\/p>\n
In addition to its items for sale, Roback offers arts-and-crafts workshops for customers.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, she added another dimension to the business with The Crooked Branch Caf\u00e9, a take-out coffee operation located inside the gift shop.<\/p>\n
The caf\u00e9 serves coffee, espresso, teas, chai lattes, handcrafted Italian sodas, soups and bread bowls, along with baked goods, including cake pops, gluten-free cookies, brownies and rice treats.<\/p>\n
Local businesses and bakers, including Front Porch Bake Shop, Cinnfully Sweet and Linda Baldinucci, supply some of the treats.<\/p>\n
The caf\u00e9 officially celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 13, 2026, covered by the Sunday Dispatch.<\/p>\n
Today, Roback\u2019s customers include coffee drinkers, families, shoppers, artists, craft enthusiasts, and people simply looking for a unique local experience.<\/p>\n
The shop continues to offer workshops and handmade goods while the caf\u00e9 gives visitors another reason to stop.<\/p>\n
The Crooked Branch is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday. The store is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.<\/p>\n
To reach Roback, call 570-604-0132.<\/p>\n
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