Crepe and Gelato Boulevard, a downtown Syracuse dessert restaurant, will soon add a Marshall Street location.

Existing Crepe and Gelato Boulevard locations, run by husband-and-wife team Noam and Meshi Cohen, include a shop in Armory Square and one in Israel. The stores sell crepes, waffles, a selection of homemade gelatos, fresh-baked pastries, milkshakes and hot drinks. There is no set date for the opening of the shop’s Marshall Street location.

Noam Cohen said Crepe and Gelato Boulevard is known for its sweet crepes and waffles, which are sold with various sauces and toppings, and its homemade gelato selection. He said the Marshall Street location will have the same basic menu as existing locations but with a few new additional products.

Marshall Street seemed like a natural choice for the new location, he said. Cohen added that many of the customers at the existing downtown Syracuse location are students.

“We decided to come closer,” he said. “It has a really, really cool design and atmosphere, so I think it’s best for us to be located in Marshall. I think it’s a good match.”
There are several food and dessert shops on Marshall Street, but Cohen said he believes Crepe and Gelato Boulevard is something that Marshall Street could use since there is no existing creperie or gelateria. “There is no connection between us to other businesses around,” he said. “We don’t come there to compete, we are coming there to bring something else.”

He added that he believes the Crepe and Gelato Boulevard menu will set it apart from established Marshall Street shops.

Ivy Levine, a sophomore public relations major, said she often spends time at Yogurtland with friends, but would be interested in a new option.

“I would definitely be willing to try a new spot, it’ll be cool to see if it becomes a new hangout spot on Marshall Street,” she said.

Rachel Reymann, a senior communications and rhetoric major, agreed that she would be interested in a new restaurant if it had “good food” for a reasonable price.

“I’ve come to Yogurtland many times, but I love trying new food places,” she said. “You never know if a new food place is good unless you try it.”

Cohen said the new Crepe and Gelato Boulevard will resemble the existing Armory Square shop, which is decorated with walls covered in graffiti. “It’s a very funky shop,” he said. But, he said, he and Meshi “have some very cool ideas for the specific one that’s going to be on Marshall.”

When the new Crepe and Gelato Boulevard opens, Cohen said they will look to hire students. He said they haven’t decided on the store’s hours.

Cohen said the shop will have an event for the grand opening. The event is still in the planning stages, but said there will probably be special promotions. “It’s going to be special with good prices and benefits,” he said.

Cohen said he and his wife are looking forward to opening up a business on Marshall Street.

“We are really, really excited to come and be a part of the area, of Marshall Street, of the special vibration and energy that students have.”

Published on December 2, 2013 at 12:16 am