Crepes with Parisian style
The eyes of a six-year-old child grow wide as she lifts up a warm concoction wrapped in wax paper and takes a deep bite of the juicy contents inside. That concoction, called The Seventh Habit, is a crepe made right in front of the customer’s eyes at The Crepery.
Located just around the corner from the tabernacle in downtown Logan is a little coffeehouse called Citrus and Sage. Inside Citrus and Sage is another hidden secret of Logan – The Crepery.
In a small corner of the shop is a handmade counter, constructed by the manager himself. Two crepe griddles lie upon it, ready to transform batter into crepes to sell to the public. The menu items range from breakfast, lunch and dinner to dessert, and all of the crepes are carefully prepared for each customer.
“I absolutely love watching people see me make the crepes. The look on their faces are my favorite,” says Chris Blatchford, USU student and employee of The Crepery.
Former USU students Gabriel and Brooke Anderson are the owners of this small business. Gabriel, 28, graduated with a degree in interior design, and Brooke, 24, has a degree in social work.
Currently, Gabriel is getting ready to go back to school for his master’s in interior design and Brooke is working as a personal trainer.
It all began when Gabriel traveled to France to study abroad and fell in love with crepes. He said he enjoyed how the locals in Paris would make the crepes right before his eyes. He said he loved the way the crepes were carefully folded, how the contents were served in wrapped wax paper, and especially how the recipe was created to perfection.
Both Brooke and Gabriel wanted to incorporate the effects of what they experienced in Paris here in Logan. After finishing school, they said they felt the desire to open up their shop here on campus.
“Originally we wanted to start the business in the Taggart Student Center,” Brooke said. “We believe that the heart of the town is the students.”
According to Brooke, opening The Crepery on campus didn’t work out. They came across Citrus and Sage, and the owner granted them the space to open their shop in the corner.
“The Crepery came together really quick. Once we started the idea of the business, The Crepery was well established fairly soon,” Gabriel said. “Our crepes are very authentic and were based off of the Paris-style traditional recipe.”
Gabriel and Brooke said they wanted to recreate the experience of having a crepe in Paris. Warm colors fill the walls and invite customers to sit down and stay as long as they would like.
Students come after a hard day of classes to relax and study, couples come for a charming date, psychics read the lives of others, poets come to recite and musicians come to perform.
Brooke said everything that they were looking for was here in Logan. Giving back to the community has been a strong passion for the both of them, she said, and keeping involved was essential to their daily lives.
“With The Crepery now up and running, we plan to use our profit for a good cause. We would like to contribute to the art benefit going on in our community and we would like to be able to prepare a Christmas dinner for those families in Logan who are not able to provide the traditional holiday meal by themselves,” Brooke said.
The Andersons’ also said they have future ambitions for The Crepery.
“We want to make The Crepery a future staple of Logan, something that everyone has to come and see,” Brooke said. Gabriel also said he is interested in trying catering.
The Crepery is located inside Citrus and Sage at 130 North 100 East in Logan, and is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. You can also find them on Facebook where specials and discounts are offered.
– laurel.humble@aggiemail.usu.edu
