Page 14 - February 2021 EGuide proof - The Castle Pines Connection

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sell enjoyment.
During a trip to Florida, the Bertocchi family noticed something striking about the five ice cream
and gelato establishments within
a popular entertainment district in Sarasota: only one of them had a line around the block.
Fast-forward a few years and the Bertocchis are the owners of a Kilwins franchise in downtown Parker. The national purveyor of finely crafted chocolates, hand- paddled fudge, decadent caramel apples, caramel corn and brittle, chocolate-dipped treats, and, most notably, its “super premium original recipe” ice cream, has found a home a stone’s throw from Mainstreet and across the street from O’Brien Park.
The ice cream – made on an Ohio kosher dairy farm owned by Kilwins – is the top seller, but
anyone with a sweet (and salty) tooth can find something they like.
It’s a drastic change of pace from owner Susan Bertocchi’s former career. She served as a surgical physician’s assistant specializing in trauma at a busy hospital in Queens, New York.
Seeking a change in lifestyle, the Bertocchis moved to Parker 14 years ago after a nationwide search for the ideal place to raise a family. Mike Bertocchi is a surgeon at Parker Adventist Hospital and the couple has three children, ages 23, 11 and 10.
Susan traded in her high-intensity job for a stint as a community volunteer and proprietor of Simpler Times Designs at South Parker Road and Mainstreet before closing the doors on the furniture painting studio.
We focus on making
customers feel welcome.
They usually leave in a
better mood. We want to
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Hitting the sweet spot By Chris Michlewicz
sweet confections...