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Sweet Shop serves up new tradition
A gathering place
in Gearhart
By REBECCA HERREN
The Sweet Shop
in Gearhart
COAST WEEKEND
W
ith the building’s
history spanning
decades of different
establishments, Pop’s Sweet
Shop owner Cindy Anderson
decided to sell her Gearhart
business of nearly 15 years.
In 2016, during a visit
to Gearhart, Traci Williams
passed the shop with its
“for sale” sign posted in the
window. A friend suggested
she buy the place, and so
she did.
Earlier this year, Wil-
liams opened the new Sweet
Shop to welcoming acclaim.
The building, interior and
menu may look the same
as before, but look again:
Williams has renovated,
remodeled and refurbished
both sides of the building.
She removed the false wall
and shutters, opening up the
closed area to extend the
shop’s new list of wares.
As with many historical
buildings, the Sweet Shop
has gone through several
transitions. In the 1920s, the
business was known as Pop-
pino’s Sweet Shop, which
operated as a soda fountain,
then one side became a
high-end beauty salon in the
1950s, later an antique shop
and fi nally a boarded-up of-
fi ce space across from Pop’s.
The closed space still had
remnants of the beauty salon
— tall mirrors, worksta-
tions and ornate columns.
Williams left the mirrors for
the ambiance and was able
to use the stations to display
PHOTOS BY REBECCA HERREN
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LEFT: Traci Williams carries a selection of wines from local to organic. MIDDLE: Love Heals from Thistle Farms is one of several product lines Williams supports
at the Sweet Shop in Gearhart. RIGHT: Original columns are revealed during the remodel and separates the lounge area for a gathering place.