While 5 Kidz Kandy has only been in business since 2014, it has seen a consistent customers base to this day. The business regularly has specials and even does special events and offers on holidays.

This past Friday, 5 Kidz Kandy hosted its second annual St. Patrick’s Day Ceili. The day went from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with customers coming during the time of day when the food they wanted would be served.

Vliet said people were coming in the door right away at 8 a.m. to get Guinness Cupcakes, as well as other items like Mint Milkshakes, Irish Cream Coffee and Bailey’s Brownies, and more.

Those who wanted more filling foods such as lunch items, came in at 11 a.m., when the business was serving Guinness Stew; Dublin Lawyer—lobster in a whiskey cream sauce—Cockle Soup, or clam chowder, and Rueben Slump.

At 4.p.m., Vliet said the business started doing flaming desserts – where peaches and apples were lit on fire and put over ice cream – and others looking for dinner came for the entrees listed above.

Vliet said the time between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. was a little slow but once the flaming desserts started up, the crowed returned. Throughout the day, there was a steady flow of customers.

Vliet used Facebook and Instagram to promote the event and had special fliers hung up in hopes of attracting new customers. She said these fliers often catch the eyes of future customers who have never stepped foot inside of 5 Kidz Kandy.

“The people who don’t normally pay attention to something like a lunch special, they’ll read the event flier,” Vliet said. “If they come in for it, then they see everything else that we have and it helps bring people back in, [sometimes as] regular lunch customers.”

Despite promoting her business both with physical fliers and fliers online, Vliet said people in the community are still unaware of the business.

“We’ve been here almost four years and every week we have somebody who says ‘Oh I didn’t know you were here,’ or ‘Oh I didn’t know you did that,’ Vliet said.

Vliet hosted the event last year and people asked her to host the St. Patrick’s Day event again.

“[To me it means] that at least on certain days of the year we do something right I guess,” Vliet joked on her thoughts when customers ask her to reschedule events.

With warmer temperatures coming soon, Vliet hopes to continue to improve the foot-traffic to her business and High Street in general. While 5 Kidz Kandy does cater, Vliet is continuing to look for ways to bring new customers through the doors.

One new way Vliet is trying to reach out to the local community is the Spring Dream ‘in Tea Party. The café and catering business will team up with Fischer Antiques to host the event Saturday, March 31.

The event is a four-course luncheon, where those in attendance have the option of picking four sandwiches out of six options, and four desserts out of six options and will have a bottomless tea pot.

The event will be held at 62 East High Street, where Mark IV Office Supply & Printing was, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vliet said the collaboration will help both businesses, along with others on High Street, by simply attracting more people.

“Trying to get people to come to High Street…to bring people to town and to do something fun and different,” she said.

The event is by reservations only: to reserve a spot, contact Fischer Antiques at 724-833-9310. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under and the Easter Bunny will also be making a surprise visit at the event.