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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mara’s Café & Bakery to Open First Franchise Location in Fanwood

Mara’s Café & Bakery has been recognized regionally as the best coffeehouse, and has also won numerous awards for its desserts, sandwiches and more.

The following information was provided by Mara’s Café & Bakery. Mara’s Café & Bakery, a casual, family-friendly café, awarded its first franchise to Marci and Mark Semel of Fanwood, NJ to begin expansion beyond Morris County. The franchise is expected to open in April 2013 across the street from the Fanwood train station at 250 South Avenue. Mara’s Café & Bakery has been recognized regionally and in New Jersey as the Best Coffeehouse, and has won numerous awards for its cheesecake, gelato, cupcakes, cannoli, sandwiches and more. The franchise will serve savory desserts along with fresh roasted coffee and full breakfast, lunch and dinner meals in a relaxing atmosphere. Indoor and patio seating are planned. “We are pleased to have Marci on …

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Mara’s Café and Bakery Coming to Fanwood Crossing

Fanwoodians will soon welcome Mara’s Café and Bakery in the vacant retail space below Fanwood crossing.

Marci and Mark Semel of Fanwood will be opening Mara’s Café and Bakery — the first business in the vacant retail space on the street level of Fanwood Crossing. Semel said they are very excited to be opening the space and expect it to be open sometime in March.  “We are very excited about the location, the town and the franchisees,” said Ian Magley, President and CEO of Mara’s. Currently a Mara’s Bakery exists in Morristown and a Mara’s Café is located in Denville. This is the first venture of its kind for Mark and Marci, Mark works on Wall Street and Marci has been in the hospitality business for 26 years. “There’s a lot of firsts with this,” Marci Semel said. “There are a lot of learning curves.” For Mara’s, this is the first location …

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5:49 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013

Very poor service, overpriced and no parking = won't be around long. Tried it 3 times and was hoping for better.everyone was complaining orders not received wrong food being served. I watched it happen and it wasn't pretty. Good luck that rent can't be cheap.   more ›

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