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Sweet Tooth Changes It Up

Sweet Tooth has made quite a home for itself in its newish digs on the corner of Allen and Elmwood. It's brought a light-hearted and family-friendly vibe to an area most recognize as being popular for its bar scene. Seated on the edge of its second summer in the lively Allentown district, Sweet Tooth owner, Renee Newton, has decided to integrate a new concept into her already successful business model.

Sweet Tooth will now feature themed nights, four nights per week, Wednesday through Saturday. Wednesdays will bring 'Classic Dessert Night', during which Newton and her staff will offer up a sweet based on favorite desserts of days gone by. Each Wednesday, customers will have the opportunity to purchase desserts that our grandmother's loved—strawberry rhubarb pie, Boston Cream cake, Baked Alaska—for only $4 (and that includes a cup of coffee).

On Thursdays, 'New Dessert Night', Sweet Tooth's bakers wil…


My Strawberry Alarm Clock

There isn't a single item at Sweet Tooth that doesn't tempt the taste buds, regardless of the time of day. The other morning I was in the area and decided to pop in despite the early hour.

I have been to Sweet Tooth a number of times, and though I miss them at their former site near West Utica, I am thrilled to see the difference that they have made in their new location. Not only is the shop itself quaint, but in the evening it has introduced a family friendly element to the once slightly foreboding intersection of Allen and Elmwood. When I first moved to Elmwood 14 years ago, I never pictured a day when I would take young children to the center of Allentown for ice cream at 9pm on a Friday night.

Despite my previous visits and the exposure I have had to their wide selection of sweets, since taking this position at Buffalo Rising, I have learned that one of the best things …


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