MEDINA, Ohio – Two Medina residents are using their skills to open Little Fox Cafe & Bakery, a new quick-service coffee shop and restaurant. The shop is slated to open at 540 Blake Ave. in June.
Owner and baker Catherine Hudson and managing partner and barista Jess Hazeltine decided to form the concept months ago, after meeting at Diner 42. Hudson was working as a waitress when Hazeltine ordered a meal.
“I served her her lunch, and we just started talking and I ended up telling her that I have always wanted a bakery,” Hudson said. “One thing led to another and we decided to move forward with this together.”
Hudson went to the Medina County Career Center for a culinary degree, then graduated from the Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati with a culinary degree focused on pastries.
Hazeltine, who also serves as a city council representative for Ward 1 in Medina, has experience as a barista. She worked as a barista manager at an Arabica in college, and fills in for local coffee shops in Medina when baristas are needed.
“We just decided, ‘Okay, we want to do this. You’re a baker, I can do coffee,’” Hazeltine said. “We’re two regular moms who decided to open a bakery.”
The two found an investor and a building on Blake Avenue, which is currently the tanning studio Medina Tone & Tan. The tanning studio’s lease ends in April, then Hudson and Hazeltine will take over, spending a few months on a complete renovation to add in a commercial kitchen and remodel.
Transforming a tanning studio into a bakery will be an intense project, Hazeltine said.
“We will be remodeling everything and doing a demo on the inside before opening in June,” she said. “It’s going to be a very big renovation of the existing building.”
Once finished, Little Fox Cafe & Bakery will be open, with drive-through service available for local customers. The restaurant will be located just down the block from Hazeltine’s home, and near Hudson’s home as well, Hazeltine said.
Little Fox’s menu will focus on baked goods crafted by Hudson, including brownies, muffins and -- a particular highlight -- yeast donuts. A few other basic drive-through items, like breakfast sandwiches and some lunch sandwiches, will also be on the menu.
On the coffee side, expect drip coffee and basic espresso drinks like mochas, lattes and cappuccinos.
“Catherine is a baker. That’s the part we’re excited about,” Hazeltine said. “We’re excited to bring a new opportunity for donuts to that side of town… There are a lot of people who drive past us on their way to wherever we’re going. We wanted to pick a location that was not close to any other business. We’re not in this to compete with anybody.”
To sum up the project, Hazeltine pointed to Little Fox’s website, which gives information about the cafe and bakery, which is “locally owned and operated by two badass babes with a dream.”
Find more information about the shop at littlefoxmedina.com.
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