B U S I N E S S + C U LT U R E 55 “We wanted to offer something unique to help bring people in the shop,” she says. “After a lot of prayers, God dropped this idea into our laps. It has been a lot of fun.” As you prepare to leave the cottage, the aroma of chocolate will pique your interest as you find your way next door to Sweet Cacao Chocolates. Owner Dena White is a master chocolatier who creates an assortment of truffles, brownies, and chocolate covered marshmallows, as well as homemade granola and gelato. Once shopping is completed, it is time to grab a table at the Buzzery, where owners Jerry and Beverly Magginnis have incorporated locally produced honey into their menu of pizza and mead. Jerry explains that mead is created by fermenting honey and water. He then adds a variety of fruits to develop unique blends such as blackcurrant and blueberry, strawberry, pomegranate, and peach. “I wanted to do this as a family business,” Jerry says. “We are offering something unique that people want, and having fun.” Jerry says the family connection includes his daughter, Cana, and her husband, Dennie Best, owners of Best Apiaries, which supplies the local honey used in the pizza dough and sauce, as well as the mead. His son, Dave, provides the marketing expertise and works alongside his parents in the restaurant. “We moved to Boston to be near our daughter and grandchildren,” says Jerry. “We decided to open a pizza place, and I started making mead, so it was a good combination.” With the growing popularity of mead, Jerry has purchased another building in Boston with the hopes of establishing a mead tasting room and retail store. Jerry and Beverly Magginnis, owners of the Buzzery.