Give A Crepe La CrepErie got its start in a food truck and spent five years in a takeout restaurant at 2431 Peach St.
Now the owner, Stephani Klassen, 41, has a shop where her kids work with her and 30 customers can dine in.
“We actually lost 100 square feet, but now you can eat your crepe off a plate,” Klassen said with a small laugh.
Her sense of humor matches the sunny, airy feel of the new place at 1909 Chestnut St., where a table of newcomers sat in a corner and discovered her and her daughter Lexi Young’s skill on the crepe machine.
“It’s fantastic,” Klassen said. “There’s been such a positive reception in the neighborhood. And our regular customers are happy.”
Family affair
She’s happy, too. Klassen learned to make crepes at Bertrand’s Bistro, a French restaurant that used to be on Perry Square before the Flagship City Food Hall was built on North Park Row. And now she owns her own creperie, she said proudly.
She employs both her daughter, Lexi Young, 18, and her son Eli Young, 16, at the shop, and calls them “partners,” even though the economic risk is all hers. Eli Young came up with one of their most popular crepes, called the Donkey Kong, a sweet crepe filled with banana and Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread and topped with house-made cinnamon caramel sauce.