PENNY

Right once you walk into the shop you are immedialety welcomed by a long path of pennies. This path of pennies is where the name of the shop came from.

A unique feature of the shop is the bar where you can actually watch your Crêpes be prepared.

This family of three are common customers at the shop. They are enjoying a good laugh and a cheesecake Crêpe.

As most people that live in High Point know, our downtown area is a ghost town for almost the whole

year. You wouldn’t think to find much there except a cluster of empty furniture building. Being a new com-er to the area this year, I was on the search for those “home town” restaurants. I was in shock when I saw how abandoned this area was. After about 20 minutes of searching, I ran into this little restaurant call “The Penny Path Café and Crêpe Shop”. The Crêpes were like no other I have ever had. Along with the Crêpes being indescribable, the restaurant layout was so unique. There is a bar with stools where you can actually watch them make your Crêpe. The restaurant is known for their “Kitchen Sink Crêpe”. In this Crêpe there is everything from cheese to olives in it. The Penny Path can make your every Crêpe dream come true. Whatever you could ever want in a Crêpe, they can make it happen. Not only does the restaurant have the more astonishing “day time” Crêpe, they also have dessert Crêpes that are to die for.

After going back a few times, I had the opportunity to sit down with the owner and talk to him about

his restaurant. My first obvious question was “what on earth does a path of pennies have to do with Crêpes?”

THE

PATH

Looking from the opposite side of Kivett Dr, this is the view of “The Penny Path Cafe and Crêpe Shop.

The shops famous “Kithchen Sink Crêpe”. Filled with anything and everything you ask them for.

His answer was not what I expected. He told me he just liked the way it made the floor look. The owner and his wife moved to The United States from Germany 20 years ago. He told me he had always wanted to open up a restaurant just like this one. Shortly after opening, business started booming and with the minimal amount of seating, the owner said that he started to look at the surrounding build-ings figure out if he could move shop into a bigger building. After many failed attempts at putting bids on building he de-cided he was just going to try and get the small building that was right next to his existing restaurant. It wasn’t until this year that he gained the ownership of the small white building next to his. Within the next couple months he plans on tearing down the wall in between the building to be able to hold a higher capacity of people. He is also planning on opening another Penny Path Shop in the Winston Salem area.

One of the Penny Paths orginal workers making a garlic and herb Crêpe.