Teaspoon opened Jan. 10 in Petaluma and Mr. Stroopwafel will open soon nearby, according to the food and drink shops’ owner.
The popular boba chain Teaspoon has opened its third Sonoma County location in Petaluma, with plans to soon open the connecting shop that makes the Dutch treat, stroopwafel.
The new boba shop opened Jan. 10 between Sourdough & Co. and Nick the Greek Souvlaki and Gyro House in the Deer Park Village shopping center.
Owner Amannur Singh also owns the Santa Rosa Teaspoon location and the Windsor location on Lakewood Drive that opened in October. The boba chain that started in Los Altos has over 40 stores nationally.
During the grand opening in Windsor, people lined up around the corner in the rain to try the shop’s drink offerings.
Singh said he used to live in San Mateo where there were an abundance of boba shops and when he moved to Sonoma County, he wanted “fill a gap where good boba is needed.” He said they pride Teaspoon on offering freshly brewed teas and fresh boba pearls.
“I hope the Teaspoon here becomes the a staple for Petaluma especially because we have the junior college around and we’ve got a couple schools so we just hope this becomes the café they want to go to,” Singh said.
Mykaela Oberman, an employee at the shop, said so far many of the customers have been families from a nearby apartment complex, people stopping by after a gym workout or school, with a few who drop by in the morning for a sweet treat.
“People who don’t live downtown, they don’t really have access to boba,” Oberman said.
The other main boba shop in Petaluma is Quickly in downtown Petaluma. A few other restaurants serve boba with food items.
Oberman said she see the store continuing to gain popularity in the summer, especially since it connected to Mr. Stroopwafel. Singh, the entrepreneur behind the brand, told the Argus-Courier in September about his plans for the business.
He said he grew up in Amsterdam and when he went to farmer’s markets, there was always a man selling fresh stroopwafles — a waffle cookie sandwich held together with a layer of caramel.
“Any good vendor out there will make them fresh. That’s so much better than what you might be used to in like a grocery store where you can buy them packaged. There’s nothing like fresh,” Singh said.
He said he always wanted to start a stroopwafel shop but was waiting for the right place and time to introduce it to Sonoma County. He said he hopes customers can flow in from the boba shop and try a stroopwafel on the other side of their building.
“I trained on making them and that was a whole process as well so I went through that. I became an actual stroopwafel master if you will,” Singh said.
Mr. Stroopwafel is still under construction, but Singh said he hopes for a soft launch Saturday. Customers can still visit Teaspoon even if Mr. Stroopwafel is under construction.
Singh said the grand opening for Teaspoon will be Feb. 22 and the grand opening of Mr. Stroopwafel will follow, but a date has not been set.
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