Cake & Joe are Opening in Fishtown and Giving Away 50 Cakes to the First 50 Customers
If you have a sweet tooth you can rejoice as one of Philly’s most popular dessert spots is poised to expand. Cake & Joe located in Pennsport will soon be opening their second location in the booming Fishtown neighborhood.
Sarah Qi and Trista Tang’s specialty coffee and dessert shop which opened 2 ½ years ago will be opening Cake & Joe on Thursday, June 8th at 9 a.m. at 2012 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
For fans or folks that want to try these tasty treats, can line up early for a chance to get a free cake on Thursday and Friday. That’s right because on opening day, Cake & Joe will be giving away 50 speciality cakes to the 50 customers in line beginning at 10 a.m. Guests will have the opportunity to choose between the Matcha Mousse and Chocolate Mousse cakes for the promotion. In addition cakes will be buy one get one free for the remainder of the day for all guests, with includes more than a dozen options. Cake & Joe Fishtown will follow with the same promotion on Friday, with 50 free cakes beginning at 10 a.m. followed by buy one, get one free cakes for the remainder of the day.
The 1,200-square-foot space will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, with operating hours significantly later than that of the original location in South Philly. The new outpost will feature all of the single-serving cakes available in Pennsport, as well as a few new additions. There will be freshly roasted coffee from Evan Inatome’s Elixr Coffee, with a number of specialty coffee drinks, and tea, ice-cold refreshers and Calpis beverages will also be available for purchase. House-made sandwiches and salads from Chef Sophia Morris will be available as well. Full breakfast/brunch and lunch service will remain only available in Pennsport. The Fishtown location will also feature a “Cake Happy Hour” every weekday from 4 to 6 p.m., with full special details coming later.
“We’re so excited to finally expand to Fishtown, which has become one of the most popular dining destinations in the country,” said Qi. “We’ve had such great support and success in Pennsport, but this allows us to have a bigger clientele of people who cannot make it to South Philly.”
In addition to an upstairs area with chairs and tables for dining and work, there will be a large downstairs area at the new Cake & Joe which can be used as a work/study area, as well as for private lunches and dinners. There will also be a projector available for private business meetings, as the space can be rented out with advance notice.
