DSA AND ICE CREAM
BY XOCHITL GRANDE
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Pincho Loco, an ice cream store by ninth street, is owned by a student’s family who graduated from DSA. This year another student’s family began their own ice cream and crepe locality.
Honey Bee, owned by a sophomore student’s family, has recently opened off North Miami Blvd. The owner carries his roots from Queretaro, Mexico where he also made and sold ice cream. The ice cream store opened its doors around 2 weeks ago, and hopes to continue to spread their delicious sweets around Durham. “I started to make and sell ice cream as just a hobby. My brother had actually gone to Mexico and brought back buckets of ice cream, but it was a lot and I thought to myself: what should I do with all of these buckets? I started making ice cream for my family and then I had people come up and ask me for some so that’s how it all started,” Juan Basilio, Honey Bee’s proprietor recalled. Basilio, who had been making ice cream since Mexico, came to the US along with his talent as a business person. The name of the ice cream shop fits what he sells perfectly. “The title honey bee was my wife’s idea because she likes to design and so I let her do all of the designing for the company. The point is well because we sell sweet products so it would be like the bee that gives honey,” Basilio noted. There are a couple of things the store sells that give the store its sweetness. “What’s most popular now are the crepes and/or the egg waffles with ice cream, besides that we also have chamoyadas, banana split, but everything that we have sells a lot as well,” Basilio commented. The weather affects what the store sells and how much of it; however its variety in flavors gives the customers something exciting to look forward to. “Right now as it is cold the crepes are sold more and in the summer ice cream is sold the most. We have flavors such as chocolate, coconut, strawberry, nut, strawberry, vanilla, coffee, rice with milk and a bunch of other unique flavors,” Basilio described. One thing that makes Honey Bee what it is, are the crepes. In Durham, there have not been many stores that solely focus on selling crepes, and Honey Bee’s combination of ice cream and crepes is what draws the public attention of many locals. “When I started actually no one was selling crepes around the area, except for where I previously worked and that was only on Sunday because it was near a church and so the people liked going there for breakfast.,” Basilio continued. Before starting its location in east Durham they had been selling in the cultural local Mexican market which is where it gained a lot of popularity. “We started selling at Durham’s flea market, and before we would also sell in soccer fields, and then now we have our own place here in Durham,” Basilio explained. |
PHOTO CREDIT: XOCHITL GRANDE
Honey Bee’s crepes and ice cream store opened up its location at 923 A North Miami Blvd. The banner displays all it’s delicious snacks that are like honey to its customers. 
PHOTO CREDIT: XOCHITL GRANDE
The ice cream store is open throughout the week from 11am to 10pm everyday. On the weekend it is open at the Durham Flea market as well. |
Besides Basilio’s daughter who is a student at DSA, there are other young relatives of Basilio who have been balancing school and work at his job.
“My mom used to work with him in a previous job so that’s how I know him. I get out of school at 3:30 and I get here at 5 so that gives me some time to get ready. I come here everyday except for Wednesdays, and I don’t really get tons of homework so it doesn’t interfere with my schedule as I get it done before coming here,” Alan Castillio, a student worker at Honey Bee mentioned.
Basilio hopes to start another business along with Honey Bee and has learned through several ups and downs which he is thankful for.
“Well my goal is to see my business grow little by little and more than anything we are thankful for all the people we have met and who like the product,” Basilio concluded.
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“My mom used to work with him in a previous job so that’s how I know him. I get out of school at 3:30 and I get here at 5 so that gives me some time to get ready. I come here everyday except for Wednesdays, and I don’t really get tons of homework so it doesn’t interfere with my schedule as I get it done before coming here,” Alan Castillio, a student worker at Honey Bee mentioned.
Basilio hopes to start another business along with Honey Bee and has learned through several ups and downs which he is thankful for.
“Well my goal is to see my business grow little by little and more than anything we are thankful for all the people we have met and who like the product,” Basilio concluded.
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