History of Sweet Shop
The Sweet Shop is located at 701 W Jefferson St. Though its present status is as a hub of student activity, the store has gone through many transformations.
Florida Memory, an archive dedicated to the history of Florida, includes this note about the physical store: "The Sweet Shop is a restaurant and cafe just across from the south gate of Florida State University. Originally constructed in 1921 by Moses Demetree as a family home, the building was soon leased and converted in 1922 to business use by T. J. Hawes, who ran it as The Wisteria Tea Room for the ladies of FSCW. The business was taken over in 1924 by the Frain family who renamed the little restaurant The Sweet Shop."
(The Sweet Shop at 701 W. Jefferson St. in Tallahassee. 1940. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Nov. 2021.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/319220>.)