08/28/2026
The last couple of weeks have been a lot.
Last week, we said goodbye to my grandmother. This week, we found ourselves dealing with a fire at the café, an unexpected closure, restoration crews, cleaning, uncertainty, and trying to figure out when we can safely open our doors again.
And then, right in the middle of all of that, we received some news that honestly meant everything to us. 🤍
The Sweet Magnolia has been nominated for Best Breakfast & Brunch AND Best Independent Coffee Shop.
I don't think this news could have come at a time when we needed it more.
When you're exhausted, grieving, and standing in the middle of a café wondering how you're going to put everything back together, it's easy to feel defeated.
And then we found out that you nominated us.
It was this little moment of light in what has felt like a very heavy couple of weeks — and such a beautiful reminder of what we've built here and why we're working so hard to get back.
We're still a relatively new little café. Every person who walks through our doors, comes back for their favourite coffee or breakfast, brings a friend, recommends us, or takes the time to nominate us is helping us build something we once only dreamed about.
So to find out, during one of our hardest weeks, that our community thinks The Sweet Magnolia belongs among the best for breakfast, brunch and independent coffee...
It means more to us than you could possibly know.
Thank you for seeing us.
Thank you for supporting us.
And thank you for giving us something really wonderful to celebrate when we needed it most. 🤍
We can't wait to welcome you back.