Got scones? Depot Town’s Let’s Get Sconed sees rising fortunes

Scones are the new muffin, at least in Ypsilanti's Depot Town, where scone-baking operation Let's Get Sconed has been heating up the kitchen of Café Ollie. Let's Get Sconed co-owner Danielle Teachout, who also owns MI General Store and Café Ollie with her scone-loving husband Mark, has been helping her employee, Ben Lewis, to run the business. Lewis, aka "head sconer" of Let's Get Sconed, was inspired to turn the scones into a full-time venture last spring. "It was a collaboration of my recipe and his name…" Teachout says. "We encourage our people to be little entrepreneurs." Flavors run from sweet – blueberry-lemon, apple cinnamon, and pumpkin; to savory – zucchini red pepper cheddar. A reuben scone (corned beef, sauerkraut, and Swiss) is in development. The scones are popular at Café Ollie, and are also sold at the Corner Brewery, at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market on Tuesdays, and at the Wednesday Kerrytown Farmers Market in Ann Arbor (now closed for the season). And the bakers want to get the scones out to hungry masses everywhere. "Right now we are just waiting on our [packaging] labels and we're going to start taking them around to other stores and coffee shops and stuff like that, and starting to sell them there," Teachout says. Source: Danielle Teachout, co-owner of Let's Get Sconed Writer: Tanya Muzumdar