Rockland Planning Board approves Home Kitchen Cafe ice cream shop, bakery plans
James Hatch and Susan Schiro before the planning board Tuesday night.
The building at 19 North Main Street that will house the ice cream shop and future bakery.
James Hatch and Susan Schiro before the planning board Tuesday night.
The building at 19 North Main Street that will house the ice cream shop and future bakery.
ROCKLAND– Voting 5 to 0, May 6, the Rockland Planning Board approved the site plan review for Home Kitchen Café, clearing the way for the business to open the Home Kitchen Ice Cream Shop and Bakery at 19 North Main Street, James Hatch and Susan Schiro said it was nice to be able to move forward.
“We want to be open by mid June or July at the latest,” said Schiro.
“There’s a lot of work to do and we didn’t want to go ahead with that work until this passed and we got permission to open the business,” said Hatch.
The19 North Main Street property abuts the Home Kitchen Café property at 650 Main St. Schiro said during the meeting that they would provide a path from one business to the other for the ease of their customers.
Hatch reiterated that the plans to open a bake shop were at least a year off. That section of the building would need extensive renovation before any such plans could go forward. While currently under lease, the couple has plans to purchase the property. The ice cram shop will be open from May through September.
The Rockland City Council had changed the zoning of the North Main Street lot to commercial in March to allow the cafe to move forward with its plans. The property had formally been a hair salon.
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