They gave their Bradley Fair dessert shop three years, Jon Rolph said, but ultimately, they realized it just wasn’t going to work.
So and the end of business on Sunday, Rolph and his Thrive Restaurant Group will close Bakesale Treat Parlor, which has operated in the open-air shopping center at 21st and Rock since July of 2022.
And although Rolph has had big success in the restaurant business — Thrive still owns more than 200 restaurants over five brands (Applebees, Carlos O’Kelly’s, Qdoba and Modern Market Eatery) and is about to open its 15th HomeGrown restaurant — this one still hurts, he said.
“We had an awesome team, and I think it was a great product,” he said. “It just didn’t work to be a long-term sustainable business, which makes us sad.”…