Good peach cobbler will be exhausting to search out. That’s now not the case within the District of Columbia with the opening of Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility within the Northwest D.C., owned by husband and spouse duo Kevin and Eboni Wilson.
Situated close to the Takoma Metro Station on 4th Road, the institution has grown steadily since its opening on April 19. Additional, a shout-out from chef, creator, and tv character Carla Corridor gave the opening a lift, with an on-location style take a look at evaluate on Instagram on the new Takoma enterprise.
“Y’all, it’s candy, the crust is very nice,” Corridor mentioned, opening her eyes after savoring the primary spoonful. “What I like about this peach cobbler is that the crust is cooked however not doughy. It’s like a dumpling.”
Corridor’s evaluate acquired almost 12,300 likes on Instagram, which has fueled the early success of the couple’s newest entrepreneurial enterprise.
The Takoma location is their second Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility within the District. The opposite location opened two years in the past at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, close to the Walter E. Washington Conference Heart. Along with providing catering, the enterprise additionally has a Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility meals truck at Bowie City Heart from Thursday to Sunday.
“It’s only one truck, largely in Bowie. However it is usually out there if there’s a particular occasion or one thing else is happening,” mentioned Eboni.
Beginning a Household Enterprise, Making It Enjoyable
The Wilsons are native Washingtonians who met after they attended Archbishop Carroll Excessive College in Northeast D.C. Eboni Wilson has been an entrepreneur for a number of years as a pure hair stylist, whereas Kevin Wilson is a authorities contractor. Collectively, that they had been in search of a enterprise they may develop.
“But it surely needed to be enjoyable,” the husband mentioned.
After Kevin Wilson got here throughout the Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility nationwide web site on Instagram, having seen it within the background of an influencer, the couple Googled the corporate and found franchises have been out there in D.C.
Now with two franchises within the District, the enterprise has glorious progress potential. Maryland and Virginia at the moment don’t enable franchise companies, however the Wilsons really feel that will change quickly.
“Once we bought the franchise, we bought the District territory,” mentioned Eboni. “Meaning nobody else can open a Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility within the D.C.”
Their youngsters, Kevin III, age 20, Khaleigh, age 16, and Kindred, age 12, assist with this enterprise and different entrepreneurial ventures the couple has pursued.
Guests will discover that the identify Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility is the hook to get folks within the door. As soon as wanting on the menu, folks will see an intensive choice of candy concoctions. As a franchise enterprise, recipes for the sweets are designed by the corporate headquarters’ Manufacturing facility, however the spouse admits that they added their very own like to the recipes to attraction to what the homeowners imagine clients would really like.
“We’ve 12 authentic cobblers that include a scoop of ice cream,” she mentioned. “We even have our ‘Greater & Higher Cookies’ served with cobbler toppings, banana pudding with completely different toppings, cinnamon rolls full of cobbler, cobbler milkshakes, and different sweets.”
The brand new Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility-Takoma is at 6908 4th Road NW, Washington, DC 20012 and will be ordered on-line by way of the Peach Cobbler Manufacturing facility app, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. For extra info, go to the institution’s instagram: @staypeachytakomadc.