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The menu also contains gourmet hot
dogs, like the Chicago Dog - topped
with onions, tomatoes, hot peppers,
green relish, a pickle slice, celery salt,
and yellow mustard. Wraps include
a veggie wrap with lettuce, tomato,
cucumbers, mushrooms, red onions,
black olives, goat cheese, and avocado
drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette. For
salads, the top-selling Gorgonzola
Salad includes fresh greens, Gala apples,
strawberries, walnuts, gorgonzola
cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette.
The Frozen Custard
Besides vanilla and chocolate, each
that changes daily. You can view a
and peach, as well as Nutella swirl and
Osmond’s favorite, Toasted Coconut
Almond Chip - were dreamed up and
put on the menu only after a lot of
experimenting, Osmond said.
Customers can also order a concrete
such as fruit, nuts, candy, syrups, and
other treats like brownie or cheesecake
chunks. The concretes are served
upside down because they are so thick.
You can create your own or choose from
one of the 10 “SweetBerries Favorites”
- time-tested concretes like the
SweetBerries Sunset, featuring vanilla
custard, peaches, raspberries, and
blackberries; or the Caramel Crunch,
containing vanilla custard, caramel, and
Heath bar chunks.
The Hawaiian concrete has vanilla
custard, pineapple, coconut, and
macadamia nuts, and The Chocoholic
features chocolate custard, chocolate
chips and peanut but ter cups.
floats, and eight signature sundaes,
such as the popular Boiler Maker, which
is vanilla custard topped with peanut
butter syrup, Oreos, peanuts, whipped
cream, and a cherry.
Finally, a Brownie Sundae, a Strawberry
Shortcake, and a Banana Split (three
scoops of vanilla custard topped with
chocolate syrup, pineapple, strawberries,
and peanuts, surrounded with banana
halves) are all on the menu.
Giving Back
The Osmond family gives back to the
community by helping local schools,
by advertising, and by giving teachers
discounts. Also, it holds SweetBerries
Days - days the restaurant gives a
percentage of its profits to specific
schools. For example, Palma Sola
Elementar y School had three
SweetBerries Days this past school year.
The events make money for the school
and are social events.
“They allow students and their families
to have fun outside of school, with their
teachers and with classmates,” said
Heather Cherry, assistant principal at
Palma Sola. Cherry also mentioned
a sundae bar that SweetBerries set
up for teachers at the school on a
teacher appreciation day. In addition,
SweetBerries has helped the community
by providing jobs to local high school
students over the years.
“Tons of kids have worked here,” Osmond
said, including his son Brandon, who
worked at the restaurant through high
school. Some of Osmond’s previous
employees who met on the job are now
married, he said. Also, the restaurant
has hosted one wedding - of a couple
“It’s become kind of an institution in
Bradenton,” he said of the restaurant.
“And I’m very proud of it.”