By Olivia Jessup | Echo
The owners of JuJuBerry are opening a crepe restaurant in Marion this November. The restaurant, called Crepe Crazy, will serve paninis alongside homemade crepes. Stinson came up with the idea about two months ago and has been working on it with his family ever since.
"We realized that most of the restaurants in town that serve lunch are either fast food or Mexican restaurants," said Matt Stinson, the owner of JuJuBerry. "We thought that what we would do is offer some upscale sandwiches and then, of course, crepes."
Although crepes are popular around the world, Stinson noted that not everyone in Marion may know what crepes are. Stinson hopes that the restaurant will help make Marion a more well-rounded destination for people to visit and benefit the community in the long run. The Stinson family hopes that it will provide a unique and healthy dining option. According to Stinson, the restaurant could even be considered a foreign food place.
"Paninis are typically thought of as Italian, and crepes are typically thought of as being French. So we're putting our own slant on both," Stinson said.
Crepe Crazy will serve primarily crepes and paninis, alongside other related foods. Soup and chili will also be available to customers, according to Stinson. And while dessert crepes, filled with items like strawberries and whipped cream, will be available, more dessert can be found right next door.
"People can actually have a meal at Crepe Crazy and have dessert at JuJuBerry," Stinson said.
JuJuBerry is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop. Crepe Crazy, on the other hand, will be a full restaurant. It will be right next door to JuJuBerry, where the party room used to be. JuJuBerry and Crepe Crazy are both owned by the Stinson family.While JuJuBerry is self-serve, Crepe Crazy will offer full service, something that Stinson looks forward to in adding to the restaurant.
"It's actually fun and satisfying to make food that people will actually sit down and eat it right there, a high quality product that people can appreciate," Stinson said.
Customers can expect to find a creative menu with both savory, meat-filled crepes and sweet dessert crepes, as well as paninis and salads. Some options may be available as either a panini or a crepe.
Although Crepe Crazy is currently in the process of being decorated, Stinson plans on the restaurant opening sometime in mid-November, between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22.
