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Swah-Rey Desserterie

Can a women-focused dessert bar concept scale across multiple St. Petersburg locations while maintaining scratch-made quality?

Founded2015
HQSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States
IndustryVertical SaaS / Restaurants
The story

Swah-Rey Desserterie was founded in 2015 in St. Petersburg, Florida as a women-focused dessert bar specializing in scratch-made desserts paired with wine, beer, and coffee. The company grew from a single location to multiple St. Pete locations by 2019. It operates as an independent food and beverage venue with no disclosed external funding or fintech pivot.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2015
Founded as St. Petersburg's only dessert bar, offering 50+ scratch-made desserts designed by women for women.· pivot
2019
Expanded to a second downtown St. Pete location open 7 days a week, with plans for third and fourth locations.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Toast (self-operated POS payments)
Accounting gap: none