UPDATE 05/23/19:
I met the owners of this Bryant location of the Smallcakes franchise today. Ricardo and Elsie Alvarez say they have the goal to open their cupcakery and creamery in mid-June.
If that seems soon, it doesn’t to them, since they have been getting ready to open the business for a year. Ricardo Says Jeff Martin, who started the company, will be in town soon to help get this location started.
I initially reported that the corporate Smallcakes website says there is a location planned for Benton also. Ricardo said they are actually scouting a location in Conway, not Benton, but nothing is set in stone.
ORIGINAL 05/20/19:
A “sweet” nationwide business has made it known they’ll be locating in Saline County. Smallcakes Cupcakery has claimed a space in the new Crye-Leike office spaces on Highway 5 North, across from Collegeville Elementary. The website shows they plan a location for Benton and Little Rock in the near future as well. There is already one Arkansas store, located in Pine Bluff.
Jeff Martin, who has made appearances on several seasons of the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” founded Smallcakes Cupcakery. According to their website, each of the nearly 200 Smallcakes stores “bakes and frosts 18 signature flavors every morning, fresh from scratch.”
MySaline is keeping up with the story and we’ll let you know as soon as we can when the Bryant store is due to open, and where the Benton store will be.