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Marla's Sweet Bites Closes
The downtown cupcake spot has officially shuttered its doors—what is your reaction?
After , downtown Highland Park's has shuttered its doors.
The upscale cupcake shop had "specialized in extra-large cupcakes with multiple fillings such as the strawberry lemonade that features lemon cake with strawberry butter cream. The shop will also stock standard-sized cupcakes, tiny “wee cakes,” whoopee pies and cake pops."
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Highland Park Patch is asking for the community's reaction on Facebook or in the comments below.
So far one reader, Gordy Kenmuir, has shared his thoughts:
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"Honestly I think the whole cupcake fad was over-rated anyway, though in a high end town like HP one would have thought it might last longer. I do wonder though, given that Highland Park might tend towards a generally older demographic, if cupcakes were the right thing?"
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