A Double Dose of Sweetness: Sugar & Twine Expansion in Richmond Mag
Sugar & Twine’s new cafe is open for indoor dining!
Beloved bakery and coffee shop, Sugar & Twine in Carytown has expanded into a new space and their indoor dining is officially open!
Richmond Magazine featured the story of founder Beth’s journey from original cafe to walk-up window to an expanded space that meets the needs of everyone.
From Richmond Magazine:
“After four years of operating as a walk-up and passing pastries through a tiny storefront window, Sugar & Twine is welcoming guests back inside its Carytown space. The neighborhood bakery at 2928 W. Cary St. has converted the former video game shop next door at 2930 into the new home of its bright and airy sit-down cafe.
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Designed by local branding agency Campfire & Co., the newly opened cafe is quiet, comfortable and, Orcutt says, a “little bit of a blank slate for how people want to utilize it.”
A large, communal wooden table is the centerpiece, surrounded by stools with a canopy of wispy hanging plants. Two-top tables and a long bench line one wall, while stools in the front windows offer views of Cary Street. Exposed brick and an original tin ceiling paired with warm moss-toned walls complete the picture.
“We put so much into our products, and we don’t need an elaborate space, just for them to shine,” Orcutt says. “My background is in pastry; I want to feed people as many pastries as I possibly can, so making that easier for people is definitely a goal in this next chapter and making a better system for that.”
Inside, the space is a mini scrapbook, infused with personal touches that recall moments in Orcutt’s life. A picture of Mount Hood hangs, a nod to her time spent in Oregon, along with a story about bread baking penned by her grandmother. Orcutt’s husband is a birder, and adorning one wall is a mural completed by local artist Emily Herr depicting an assortment of endangered or extinct birds, including the California condor, passenger pigeon and ivory woodpecker.”
