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Casa Corona Opening Next Week

The Board of Selectmen awarded Casa Corona a common victualler's license Wednesday night.

The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved awarding a common victualler's license to the two owners of Casa Corona Mexican Restaurant at Abbot Hall Wednesday night. A representative for brother co-owners Felix and Jose Bracamontes told board members the pair expect to open the 80-seat authentic Mexican restaurant early next week, granted upcoming visits from the Fire Marshall and Building Inspector go according to plan. The Bracamontes brothers are originally from Jalisco, Mexico, which their representative and translator told board members is "where tequila and mariachi come from." Jose Bracamontes said he has 17 years in the food service industry and spent five years working as a chef at Mexico Lindo in Melrose. The restaurant will be …

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Headers Flock to Orange Leaf Opening

Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt is now open for business.

The line of local residents looking to get their first taste of Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt stretched down Atlantic Avenue Friday afternoon as Marblehead's newest business opened its doors. Amid a crowd of local students, owner Michael Hennessy was happy to report that he had already sold some 500 cups by the time the afternoon rush subsided. "It really has been incredible," Hennessy said. "This is the first time it's slowed down a little bit all day." The new yorgurt chain, which offers customers the chance to mix and match their favorite frozen yogurt flavors and choose from a host of toppings, is the third to open in Massachusetts. There are already Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shops open in Andover and Salem and additional locations are …

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Opening Soon: Captn's Bakery

Marblehead's newest bakery is expected to open on Washington Street next week.

According to a sign recently posted in the front window, local residents can expect Captn's Bakery to open for business on June 1. The bakery is being opened in the Washington Street space formerly occupied by the Sea Gull Gift Shop by owners Jocelyn Flowers; her husband, Chad Flowers; and her father, Lynn Weekley. Earlier this spring, Jocelyn Flowers said the trio was hoping Captn's would be "an old-school bakery" and added that she plans on offering a wide variety of baked goods, including artisan bread, cakes, cookies, cupcakes and brownies. "We will be selling some soups too," Flowers said, "to go with our baguettes." What prompted the group to name the bakery Captn's? Jocelyn said the name, like the business, is rooted in family. "My …

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Casa Corona Opening on Smith Street

Marblehead's newest Mexican restaurant will open later this spring on Smith Street.

Felix Bracamontes was hard at work inside the future home of Casa Corona Restaurant on Smith Street Wednesday afternoon, hoping to get everything ready for a June grand opening. Bracamontes will be opening Marblehead's new authentic Mexican restaurant with his brother, Jose Bracamontes, who spent five years working as a chef at Mexico Lindo in Melrose. The restaurant will be opening in the space next to Evan's New York Style Deli, which was formerly occupied by Trattoria Sablone, "sometime in the next two months," Bracamontes said.  Local residents can expect to see an awning with the restaurant's name installed sometime this week, he said. Although he and his brother haven't finalized the menu, Bracamontes said customers can expect …

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Just Fabulous! Opening on Atlantic Avenue

A gourmet cake studio is expected to open on Atlantic Avenue next month.

Just Fabulous!, a special-order cake studio, is expected to open in the former home of the 40 Atlantic clothing store sometime next month. Opening the store is Ellyn Gimbel, who said in an email Wednesday that she is "looking forward to becoming a part of the magical community of Marblehead." Gimbel said the cake studio, located at 40 Atlantic Ave., will be similar in concept to the much-acclaimed television shows Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes. Gimbel said she has been creating custom cakes for a variety of special events, including weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs since 1995. "In Marblehead, I will also be offering dessert tables - these tables are visually appealing, color-coordinated to the event decor and wonderfully over the top," Gimbel …

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Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Opening Soon

An Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt will open on Atlantic Avenue later this summer.

Construction on the interior of an Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt that will open on Atlantic Avenue later this summer is expected to begin sometime this week. According to Michael Hennessy, the man leasing the 1,200-square-foot space next to RE/MAX, the location will be the frozen yogurt chain's second to open in Massachusetts and the 200th nationwide. "We're very excited about that location on Atlantic," Hennessy said Friday afternoon. "We've been given the go-ahead to start building and we should start swinging hammers sometime next week." The frozen yogurt store will have some competition - it is opening less than 100 yards from where Terry's Ice Cream Shop is expected to reopen later this summer. There is already an Orange Leaf Frozen …

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Coming Soon: Candy Pop Sweet Shoppe

Local officials are wrapping up the permitting process for a new sweet shop on Washington Street.

The Candy Pop Sweet Shop, a new candy store that will be opening later this spring on Washington Street, cleared another hurdle at a Board of Health meeting Wednesday night. The board recently signed off on a food service permit for the candy store, which will be opening in the storefront formerly occupied by Bliss Home, located at 152 Washington St. According to the store's recently launched Facebook Page, the owners met with the building commissioner, plumbing inspector, electrical inspector, and health department Monday and got the "thumbs up to begin construction." The owners were recently awarded a building permit and received a sign permit on Wednesday, according to a post on the business' Facebook Page. Know of another business …

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Bakery, Candy Shop to Open on Washington Street

Two recently vacated commercial properties on Washington Street will soon reopen as a bakery and a candy shop.

In the coming weeks, two empty storefronts on Washington Street will be transformed into Marblehead's newest businesses - a bakery and a candy shoppe. According to local Remax real estate agent Rich Cooper, the space at 152 Washington St., formerly rented by Bliss Home, has been claimed and will be turned into a candy shoppe. Just two doors down, the former home of the Sea Gull Gift Shop, located at 146 Washington St., will be reopening as a bakery, he said. Cooper said construction inside both spaces is expected to begin next week and added that Gerry Kaplan, who helped him rent out the bakery, has coined the area "calorie corner." Both properties were recently featured in our weekly Visions of Vacancies column and one of our readers …

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