{"id":37587,"date":"2022-06-13T11:14:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=37587"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:14:22","slug":"entrepreneurs-in-malta-add-coffee-bar-to-its-list-of-businesses-car-hop-service-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/06\/entrepreneurs-in-malta-add-coffee-bar-to-its-list-of-businesses-car-hop-service-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurs In Malta Add Coffee Bar To Its List Of Businesses; Car Hop Service Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37588\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/cookies-cream-hc-smaller-1024x734.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/cookies-cream-hc-smaller-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/cookies-cream-hc-smaller-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/cookies-cream-hc-smaller-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/cookies-cream-hc-smaller.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Dockendorf poses inside the Coffee Bar at Finishing Touches, which serves a variety of beverages including latte, espresso, cappuccino, hot chocolate and iced coffee.<br \/>\u00a92022 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Christine Graf<\/p>\n<p>In the two years since Shelly Walker relocated Finishing Touches Home D\u00e9cor from Wilton to 450 East High St. in Malta, she and husband and business partner, Doug Dockendorf, have been very busy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After moving the interior design and home d\u00e9cor shop, Dockendorf, the owner of several local businesses including Priority Electrical, redesigned a small section at the back of the property.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, they opened an outside-service ice cream shop called Cookies &amp; Cream in the space. During the busy summer months, Cookies &amp; Cream employs a staff of 10 part-time employees.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hard and soft serve ice cream, they serve sundaes, shakes, floats, non-fat yogurt, Dole Whip, and ice cream cookies out of four windows. Outdoor seating is available, and landscaping is being added to the property to further enhance its already attractive outdoor space.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Customers can also enjoy their ice cream while strolling in Collamer Park which adjoins the property.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b>In April, Walker and Dockendorf opened a third business\u2014a coffee bar\u2014under the roof of their historic building. Built in 1835, it is one of only five properties in Malta to be placed on the National Registry of Historic Places by the U. S. Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>The Coffee Bar at Finishing Touches serves a variety of beverages include latte, espresso, cappuccino, hot chocolate and iced coffee. Homemade cookies and brownies are also available, and muffins and bagels will most likely be added to the Coffee Bar\u2019s offerings in the near future.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have an affogato which is vanilla soft-serve ice cream with espresso that people are really loving,\u201d said Walker. \u201cWe also have a cookies and cream iced frappe which is a frozen drink with crushed up cookies and creams cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the coffee bar is located inside of the store, the coffee is meant to be enjoyed outside. It is for that reason that inside seating is limited.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Outside coffee service will be available during hours that Cookies &amp; Cream is open, orders can be placed at any one of the shop\u2019s four ice cream windows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of The Coffee Bar to Finishing Touches is just an added feature we offer to the people of Malta who love coffee,\u201d said Dockendorf. \u201cWe have everything that Starbucks has. Eventually we will have a coffee carhop so that you will be able to drive up and order, and we will bring the coffee right to you. We are hoping to start the carhop service at the beginning of July.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carhop orders will be placed at the drive-up area, and in the future, customers will be able to order through an online app. An additional two to three employees will be hired to staff the coffee and carhop operation. Carhop service will be available between 7 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Walker, business at Finishing Touches has grown since the introduction of Cookies &amp; Cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christine Graf In the two years since Shelly Walker relocated Finishing Touches Home D\u00e9cor from Wilton to 450 East High St. in Malta, she and husband and business partner, Doug Dockendorf, have been very busy.\u00a0 After moving the interior design and home d\u00e9cor shop, Dockendorf, the owner of several local businesses including Priority Electrical, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":37588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-businesses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Entrepreneurs In Malta Add Coffee Bar To Its List Of Businesses; 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