Candy Shop Flossophy Features Collaborative Milkshake With Fresh Radio

A new collaborative milkshake named after 100.5 Fresh Radio hosts Pete Dalliday and Dani Guppy has been created by candy store Flossophy.

The store sells cotton candy, fudge, flavoured popcorn, sundaes, shaved ice and other confectionaries. Photo by Luke Best.

The milkshake was made to help highlight some of Peterborough’s notable and community figures in a fun way.

“We want to be that place where you can get an ice cream. It's just around the corner from your house and have a fun neighbourhood hang,” said Melissa McIver, shop supervisor. “To be able to collab with the people that are important to our city, that's really important to us.”

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The milkshake is a cake batter flavour consisting of vanilla ice cream with confetti sprinkles mixed into it. The shake is topped with more sprinkles, whipped cream and finished with a candy kebob.

The flavour is a wordplay of their morning show entitled, ‘Fresh Mornings with Pete & Dani’ with a ‘fresh baked’ birthday cake flavour.

The shake remains on the menu for the next weeks but could remain until the end of summer. The store is considering keeping the theme of naming shakes or other products after notable Peterborough residents in the near future.

“We love collaborations with all the local stores that we have nad all the local amazing dignitaries so it would be fun,” said McIver.

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Downtown Comes Alive As Patio Season Brings Diners Outside For The Summer

Patio season is ramping up with the installation of expanded patio areas and new pedestrian space for people visiting the downtown.

Photo courtesy of The City of Peterborough.

The City has completed the installation of decorative fencing and planter boxes next to businesses on George, Water and Charlotte streets that have signed up for the expanded patios this year, using on-street parking in front of their businesses.

The patio season changes also means that Hunter Street between George and Aylmer streets has become a one-lane, one-way street westbound to add more patio and pedestrian space.

As part of the reconfiguration of the section of Hunter Street, Chambers Street is temporarily closed at its south end at Hunter Street and will be two-way for the duration of the closure.

This is the third summer that the City is putting in place temporary changes to downtown public space to allow for more patio and pedestrian area. This year’s design is similar to last year’s successful design, except for one change: Charlotte Street between George Street and Aylmer Street North is remaining a two-lane, two-way street this year.

In other areas of the downtown, expanded patios are put into on-street parking spaces next to businesses that choose to participate in the program.

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic public health considerations, providing additional outdoor space for downtown businesses and visitors is another way to support businesses that are recovering from the disruptions caused by the pandemic, says the City.

For a second year, the City will coordinate the the Renaissance on Hunter public art project. This project allows successful, local artists to complete murals on Hunter Street. The Road Mural and Artists' Gardens projects are expected to be in place by early July, weather permitting.

The City of Peterborough consulted with Peterborough Public Health and Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area through the design and implementation of the temporary downtown public space changes.

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Couple Opens New Bubble Tea Shop In Downtown Peterborough

Dreams of owning a bubble tea place have come true for couple Jasmine Sina and Allen Zhang as they soft opened their café Bobo Tea on the corner of George Street and Charlotte Street on Tuesday.

Allen Zhang (left) and Jasmine Sina (right) created their own menu for their bubble tea that includes ingredients such as condensed milk, cheese foam and aloe vera jelly in their various drinks. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The popular Taiwanese drink commonly consists of green or black flavoured tea typically with chewy tapioca balls (that act as the ‘bubbles’) and can include milk. Other popular toppings include popping boba (encased spheres of syrup or juice), jelly or fruit.

Customers can adjust sugar and ice levels to their bubble tea as the beverage boasts to be a healthier alternative to other sweet drinks.

“We wanted to use a lot of fresh fruits to make it healthier," said Sina. "People want to have weight control and want a more healthier drink so they can have it every day.”

Zhang and Sina thought about opening a bubble tea shop last summer and began looking for property to open a store in January.

They chose Peterborough since it was a big city in the Kawarthas with a potentially large untapped market for bubble tea according to Zhang. Originally from Toronto, he and Sina believed opening a store in Peterborough would get people familiar with the famed beverage.

"Bubble Tea is already popular in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area),” he said. “Most people (here), I think still don't know what bubble tea is.”

The pandemic created several obstacles for the couple but they persevered in getting their shop up and running. The owners anticipate a shipment of decorations to come in soon before their grand opening at an undisclosed date.

"Of course it's very exciting, we actually did it," said Zhang. "During the time of the renovations, all the supplies were short and the inspections were behind."

Zhang had the idea of opening a store last summer while visiting a friend who went to school at Trent University.

“There are not many Chinese restaurants here so he would always drive to Toronto just for bubble tea,” he said. “That was the first idea that told me that I should start searching out and plan to open up a store in Peterborough.”

The café is offering 20 per cent off all its drinks during the soft launch until their grand opening.

"All the people coming with the feedback, we made the right choice to have it here and I think people like our drinks so I'm happy to see people that walk away with happy faces when holding our drinks,” said Zhang.

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