“My team is phenomenal and I’m very excited to be in St.
Stockwell-Colombo said Just Delicious Scones could not have grown and been so successful without her tremendous bakers – including her two oldest sons – and her staff. The Duncan Phyfe buffet cabinet that was on the curb ended up serving as the counter in Stockwell-Colombo’s first tea room, which was right next door to the current Royal Treat Tea Room location on Utica Road south of 12 Mile Road. I told her I would come back and pick up all of that furniture and start a tea room. “She told me that her daughter had moved in and threw out all of her stuff. “I saw an old woman in the window of the house with the furniture at the curb and I decided I had to take her some scones and find out what was going on,” said Stockwell-Colombo.
It was a Duncan Phyfe dining room set placed at curbside for trash pickup that inspired the Grosse Pointe native to open her first tea room. Clair Shores bakery location Thursday.(Susan Smiley–The Macomb Daily)Īs committed as Stockwell-Colombo is to creating the most succulent scones possible, she also feels it is important to pay homage to the history of the tea and scone culture. Just Delicious Scones owner Jennifer Stockwell-Colombo enjoys a glass of raspberry hibiscus iced tea during the grand opening of the St. “But I found out it is just the plainest scone you can imagine with a little sugar on top and there is something about the texture that just makes it so delicious.” “I had a lot of European customers asking for a plain classic scone and I thought they meant vanilla,” said Stockwell-Colombo.
The plain classic scone is also extremely popular, particularly with European customers. From pistachio to mocha to white chocolate raspberry and key lime, Just Delicious Scones has something to delight everyone’s taste buds. “They are interested in the tea culture and are curious as to what the history is all about.”Ĭranberry-apricot is the original flavor that sparked Just Delicious Scones but the classic cherry-almond is the most popular. “You have 15-year-old girls that are really interested in their grandmothers’ heirlooms,” said Stockkwell-Colombo. Stockwell-Colombo says the younger generation is bringing back the “tea culture” that was embraced by their grandparents and great grandparents.
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Free samples of various varieties of scones were available as well as samples of a refreshing iced hibiscus tea and scone enthusiasts appeared to find the tea-related items charming. The Just Delicious Scones grand opening on April 7 was well attended. Those who attended the Just Delicious Scones grand opening Thursday had a chance to sample “mystery scones” and vote for their favorite flavor.Photo by Susan Smiley “I knew it was the right thing,” she said. The availability of the space was unexpected, but when a baker friend told Stockwell-Colombo she was moving out of the building and offered Just Delicious Scones first dibs on the property, Stockwell-Colombo took it as a sign. Clair Shores bakery is housed in a 3,000 square foot building, which also features a small retail area. “I’m comfortable in a small kitchen, but my bakers were so thrilled to move into a larger space. “I realized a larger bakery was a necessity,” said Stockwell-Colombo. As much as she loved her original bakery space on Utica Road, Stockwell-Colombo realized it was time to grow. The new location is a bakery and retail space only there is not a dine-in option.ĭuring an average holiday season, when business is at its peak, Just Delicious Scones produces 70,000 scones a week that are sold at over 60 markets in Michigan as well as Stockwell-Colombo’s Royal Treat Tea Room in Roseville and The Pink House Tea Room in New Baltimore. The new location on Harper Avenue south of Nine Mile Road is a bakery and gift shop featuring various specialty teas, books and heirloom-style tea items. This week, Just Delicious Scones bakery and gift shop opened in St. owner Jennifer Stockwell-Colombo decided it was time to move to larger quarters.
After 27 years of making her Just Delicious Scones in a 500 square foot bakery area in Roseville, Jen’s Scone and Treat Co.
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