Miss Marly’s pastry shop is now open at 1715 S. Mobberly Ave. in Longview at the corner of Mobberly and Birdsong Street.
Marly Garcia began what was originally Marly’s Desserts out of her home under the state’s cottage industry law. Her husband, Daniel Garcia, helps in the business as well.
Marly Garcia is known for her pancake bites, which can be topped with fruits, ice cream and other toppings, but the store sells a variety of pastries and other sweet treats — tres leches cake and flan, chocolate-covered strawberries and pretzels, fruit kabobs and churro bites
Hours are noon-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, but look for that to expand within the next couple of weeks. Daniel Garcia said the shop will soon open 6:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. for early morning coffee and pastries.
New tax service
Tamicka Jernigan is celebrating the grand opening of her Sister 2 Sister Tax Services from noon-2 p.m. Jan. 20 at 319 W. Marshall Ave.
She started in the tax service industry by working virtually for Legendary Tax Service in Atlanta, Ga. Her now deceased husband, Duane Jernigan, saw her success and encouraged her to open her own business.
They were planning for and working toward that when he and her stepson, Keyan Jernigan, were victims of a homicide this past summer. They had both encouraged and supported her, and so she decided to move forward with those plans.
Her husband, she said, had invested in her training to move into this profession and then supported her work.
“This is something we had planned,” Jernigan said.
The grand opening will include swag bags, raffle drawings and food.
Sister 2 Sister Tax Services is open 10 a.m.-7p.m. Monday-Friday during tax season between January and April; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays between January and February; and Saturdays by appointment only between March and May.
“We’re mobile and we’re in the office,” Jernigan said, explaining that customers can use the business’s secure app and email for mobile service.
“We try to serve everyone,” she said.
Mall store closing
News-Journal news partner CBS 19 reported the Aéropostale in Longview Mall will close Jan. 24 unless the store runs our of product before then.
The company previously closed 200 stores as part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The Longview store is having a 70 percent-off sale.
Aéropostale has 53 stores in Texas, including in nearby Tyler.
Chain expansion
Atlanta, Ga.-based Chicken Salad Chick plans to expand in Longview and Tyler during the next five years.
The business, which started in 2008 as a home-based venture in Auburn, Alabama, now has 225 locations in 18 states. The fast-casual restaurant focuses on chicken salad and features more than a dozen flavors, along with soups, other types of sandwiches and desserts.
Franchisees Jack and Mona Gabriel, who started with a Nothing Bundt Cake franchise, already have one Chicken Salad Chick location in Tyler.
“Based on their first store’s results and aligning with Chicken Salad Chick’s brand purpose, the Gabriels signed on for five more units across the Longview, Greenville, and Tyler communities,” the company said in a statement. The specific locations within those cities has not been determined, and no specific timelines were available other than the openings will happen in the next five years.
The East Texas expansion is part of larger growth in the company, with three other multi-unit franchise agreements signed in Texas as well. That will bring the total number of new Texas restaurants to 21 in the next five years.
Chicken Salad Chick has 30 locations in Texas.
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