When jewelers Bob and Alissa Sweet decided to set up shop together 10 years ago, they toured the former bank building at 226 E. César E. Chávez Ave. in Old Town. They were impressed by the historic space, which was built in 1929, but found it too large to start out in.
Sweet Custom Jewelry instead opened on Turner Street next to Blue Owl Coffee, a space it occupied for over nine years. Then, in 2023, when the arcade operating in the bank building closed its doors, the husband-and-wife team decided the time was finally right to buy it.
“When it came back on the market, it was like fate,” Alissa said…