HAE’s
Bakery & Coffee Shoppe has opened a second location at 3844 Wabash
Ave., just over a year
after launching its first brick-and-mortar store.
The new store occupies the endcap space of the
newly built Wabash Crossing Mall in front of the AMC
Showplace 12 theater. Existing tenants include Better With Bubbli Boutique and
Galaxy Nail Bar.
When plans
were first announced in April, Chris Benad, who owns the business along with his wife, Amy, told SBJ, “This
opportunity arose faster than we had expected; we just jumped on it and away we
went.”
The first
HAE’s Bakery & Coffee Shoppe at 821 W. Jefferson
St. opened in October 2022. The couple demolished the former Family Dollar
building on the site and constructed a two-story building with both indoor
dining and patio seating, plus a private room for special events. The site has a double drive-thru window that is accessible from
both Madison and Jefferson streets.
Benad said
the new location will offer the same menu of baked goods and lunch and dinner
options such as daily soup specials, salads and sandwiches.
The
original location has slightly longer operating
hours, which Benad attributed to the proximity to the Medical District and wanting to accommodate shift changes at the two hospitals. The Wabash location will be open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 7 a.m.- 3 p.m.
