Smallcakes cupcake shop to open March 25 in Orland Park
Another specialty baker is coming this week to Orland Park when Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery holds its soft opening on Saturday in the Orland Park Crossing shopping center.
For owner Matt Hackney, making the move after 10 years as a commercial banker to cupcake baker was not as hard as it might seem.
“I always wanted to open my own business,” he said. “I gained a lot of experience helping others and about a year ago I started looking for the right business.
“I like to cook and bake recreationally, so a cupcake shop wasn’t that big a reach.”
Smallcakes starts with what Hackney calls “jumbo-sized premium cupcakes” fresh-baked daily in about 15 flavors every day along with specialty flavors that change daily. “They are very high-quality cupcakes.”
In addition, the shop will have ice cream, ice cream infused cupcake, minicakes and Italian-style hot chocolate. There will even be pupcakes so the family dog can get a treat.
Coffee will be added to the menu shortly, Hackney said. Customers can stay on top of changes and cupcake flavors at the shop’s Facebook page, Smallcakes: A Cupcakery & Creamery — Orland Park.
Hackney said every shop is run differently.
“We have a lot of freedom in how we operate.”
His store at 14225 S. 95th Avenue will have tables for customers inside and weather-permitting outside.
Hackney will be the driving force at Smallcakes but he will get help from his wife and father-in-law and additional family members he can call on when needed.
“I hired four employees from outside the family,” he said.
The company was founded by Jeff Martin in 2008 with 10 flavors and now has more than 250 locations worldwide. There are eight stores open in Illinois with two coming. Orland shop will be the first in the south suburbs.
The Orland store will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Hackney said a grand opening will take place sometime in early April.
Primal Cut Steakhouse to open in Tinley Park Primal Cut Steakhouse, which has been remodeling the former El Coco Mio at 17344 S. Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park, has announced on Facebook that barring last- minute setbacks it plans to open Saturday morning.
On its Facebook page, Primal Cut said it would be a casual-attire restaurant and would feature aged steaks that it would cut and age in-house.
Before it became El Coco Mio, the same site had been home to Casablanca’s Steakhouse and Bogart’s Charhouse.
Hours are expected to be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Ciao closing in Palos Hills Ciao Ristorante in Palos Hills has announced it will be closing its doors for the final time on April 2.
The restaurant at 10296 S. 78th Avenue announced on Facebook it would be “closing our doors to regular dining the last week of March.”
The restaurant also urged customers to use gift cards and gift certificates before it closed.
Calls for comment were not returned.
Pomp Room salon closes The Pomp Room, a longtime full-service beauty salon in the southwest suburbs, closed its doors for good recently at 6934 S.
Wolf Road in Indian Head Park.
Eurofresh closing in Tinley Park Eurofresh Market, which carried a large selection of ethnic foods and supplies, will be closing at the end of March at 16000 S.
Harlem Ave. in the Park Center Plaza in Tinley Park.
The store opened about a decade ago after taking over the space from Cub Foods.
In 2011, the store was sold for $3 million by Inland Real Estate Corp. to Piggly Wiggly Midwest LLC, which is a part of the Butera Foods company.
It is no longer affiliated with a Eurofresh store in Palatine.
Chicago Ridge Mall adds charging stations Two free charging stations for electric cars, powered by Volta, have been installed in the parking lot of the west entrance of Aldi at Chicago Ridge Mall.
Correction The drive-through lane at the new retail development at 19130 S. LaGrange Road in Mokena is for the Starbucks coffee shop and not the adjacent Chipotle restaurant.
Bob Bong is a freelance reporter.
For owner Matt Hackney, making the move after 10 years as a commercial banker to cupcake baker was not as hard as it might seem.
“I always wanted to open my own business,” he said. “I gained a lot of experience helping others and about a year ago I started looking for the right business.
“I like to cook and bake recreationally, so a cupcake shop wasn’t that big a reach.”
Smallcakes starts with what Hackney calls “jumbo-sized premium cupcakes” fresh-baked daily in about 15 flavors every day along with specialty flavors that change daily. “They are very high-quality cupcakes.”
In addition, the shop will have ice cream, ice cream infused cupcake, minicakes and Italian-style hot chocolate. There will even be pupcakes so the family dog can get a treat.
Coffee will be added to the menu shortly, Hackney said. Customers can stay on top of changes and cupcake flavors at the shop’s Facebook page, Smallcakes: A Cupcakery & Creamery — Orland Park.
Hackney said every shop is run differently.
“We have a lot of freedom in how we operate.”
His store at 14225 S. 95th Avenue will have tables for customers inside and weather-permitting outside.
Hackney will be the driving force at Smallcakes but he will get help from his wife and father-in-law and additional family members he can call on when needed.
“I hired four employees from outside the family,” he said.
The company was founded by Jeff Martin in 2008 with 10 flavors and now has more than 250 locations worldwide. There are eight stores open in Illinois with two coming. Orland shop will be the first in the south suburbs.
The Orland store will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Hackney said a grand opening will take place sometime in early April.
Primal Cut Steakhouse to open in Tinley Park Primal Cut Steakhouse, which has been remodeling the former El Coco Mio at 17344 S. Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park, has announced on Facebook that barring last- minute setbacks it plans to open Saturday morning.
On its Facebook page, Primal Cut said it would be a casual-attire restaurant and would feature aged steaks that it would cut and age in-house.
Before it became El Coco Mio, the same site had been home to Casablanca’s Steakhouse and Bogart’s Charhouse.
Hours are expected to be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Ciao closing in Palos Hills Ciao Ristorante in Palos Hills has announced it will be closing its doors for the final time on April 2.
The restaurant at 10296 S. 78th Avenue announced on Facebook it would be “closing our doors to regular dining the last week of March.”
The restaurant also urged customers to use gift cards and gift certificates before it closed.
Calls for comment were not returned.
Pomp Room salon closes The Pomp Room, a longtime full-service beauty salon in the southwest suburbs, closed its doors for good recently at 6934 S.
Wolf Road in Indian Head Park.
Eurofresh closing in Tinley Park Eurofresh Market, which carried a large selection of ethnic foods and supplies, will be closing at the end of March at 16000 S.
Harlem Ave. in the Park Center Plaza in Tinley Park.
The store opened about a decade ago after taking over the space from Cub Foods.
In 2011, the store was sold for $3 million by Inland Real Estate Corp. to Piggly Wiggly Midwest LLC, which is a part of the Butera Foods company.
It is no longer affiliated with a Eurofresh store in Palatine.
Chicago Ridge Mall adds charging stations Two free charging stations for electric cars, powered by Volta, have been installed in the parking lot of the west entrance of Aldi at Chicago Ridge Mall.
Correction The drive-through lane at the new retail development at 19130 S. LaGrange Road in Mokena is for the Starbucks coffee shop and not the adjacent Chipotle restaurant.
Bob Bong is a freelance reporter.
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