Two East Patchogue women and their families spent their summers transforming an old Subway sandwich shop in Babylon into Long Island’s latest SoBol location.
And their açaí bowl eatery is all set to open on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 21 Cooper Street in the village.
“I can’t believe we finally have an opening date!” said Daneen Colombo, who has partnered with neighbor and friend Laura Duncan on the project. “I started thinking this day would never get here.”
Duncan and Colombo had been wanting to go into business together for about a year, and first learned about the trending frozen berry bowls through their eldest daughters.
Those daughters, Paige Duncan, 20, and Sam Colombo, 19, both 2015 graduates of Bellport High School, will also be part of the management team in Babylon.
This will be the third SoBol location on the South Shore of Suffolk, with others already open or in the works elsewhere in Suffolk and Nassau counties.
Formerly called Super Bowls, SoBol is Long Island’s seminal açaí bowl franchise. It started six years ago in Sayville and expanded to Patchogue in 2016 before the launch of a franchise operation last year.
In Babylon, the families handled the bureaucratic hurdles and most of the construction work themselves.
“I guess faith, hard work and perseverance really does pay off in the end,” Colombo said.
And they all bought in for the same reasons. Those reasons are simple, Duncan says.
“It’s fresh. It’s delicious.”
Top: Laura Duncan and Daneen Colombo outside their SoBol location that’s opening this month in Babylon. (courtesy Photo)
