While the supply chain issues of 2021 caused Tracy Frey’s new business many delays, they didn’t shut down her Buzzed Bull Creamery and Roll On In, which will have its grand opening March 7.
“I’m excited about this,” said Frey who has been working on opening the business for more than a year. “I’ve had so much support.”
Her space on Evans Town Center Boulevard will house two food concepts in one location.
The Buzzed Bull Creamery is a “liquid nitrogen creamery that offers premium frozen desserts and coffee, either buzzed” (with alcohol) or without, according to its Facebook page. Roll On In is a “fast casual restaurant that serves one-of-a kind sushi burritos, sushi bowls, hibachi bowls, sushi donuts and more.”
Frey’s first jobs were in the food and beverage industry – working as a server in restaurants and scooping up ice cream. After that, she spent 20 years working in insurance. While insurance was something she loved and was good to her, she couldn’t step away from her roots.
“It kept calling me back,” she said, of the food and beverage world.
In October 2020, she decided she was ready to make a change in her life. She wanted to try something different – Buzzed Bull’s boozy ice cream desserts fit that bill.
Its menu has specialties such as Death by Chocolate with chocolate brownie, chocolate chips and for the buzz chocolate vodka and Tiger Stripes, a dessert with chocolate, peanut butter cups and spiced rum.
There’s also a milkshake menu and an espresso bar at Buzzed Bull Creamery.
She had hoped to open last summer, but that’s where the supply chain problems came in.
“The supply chain was unkind to me,” she said.
Items made with plastic and stainless steel encountered a backlog.
Frey’s order for her walk-in cooler was canceled three times as was her espresso machine.
She’d planned out six months, which in normal years, would’ve been plenty of time.
But she’s not deterred and thinks her location is the perfect spot.
She’s located across the street from the Evans Towne Center Park and within walking distance of the Columbia County Performing Arts Center.
The regular business hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays, but Frey plans to be flexible. If there’s a show at the performing arts center, she could see the location being open for people who want a late treat or even being open on Sundays during special events.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the managing editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com
