Specialty Cupcakes, Ice Cream Among Offerings At New Dessert Shop

STERLING, VA — Cascades Marketplace continues to see more businesses open, with the most recent being Lil Cakes & Creamery on Thursday.

Lil Cakes & Creamery Cascades announced its soft opening Thursday at 21010 Southbank Street Sterling, VA. It specializes in ice cream, milkshakes, signature cupcakes and other sweet treats like macrons, cheesecake, cake pops, brownies and cannoli. Seasonal offerings are available too. A few fall cupcake offerings in store for the opening are Pumpkin Pie-Ception and Apple Pie Cheesecake.

Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sundays to Thursdays and 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays to Saturdays. The dessert shop is aiming for an October grand opening, according to a flyer displayed in store. Stay up to date with the business by following its Instagram page.

The new dessert shop is part of a revitalization at the Cascades Marketplace, which had significant vacancies in recent years. Other recent business openings include Brasserie Royale from the Local Provisions owners, active gaming experience Activate, French-inspired Korean bakery Paris Baguette, locally-founded taqueria Taco Bamba and Asian fusion restaurant from James Beard Award nominees CHIKO.

Other changes include the McDonald's being demolished for a future Shake Shack, plans for Starbucks to relocate within the shopping center and add a drive-thru and Inju Korean BBQ.

Along with the new businesses, there is construction activity at Cascades Marketplace to make sidewalk improvements. The Pax Place at Cascades for-rent townhouses are in the process of opening near the shopping center, and there are plans for more stacked townhouses and regular townhouses on the block where the former Skyzone that closed last year was demolished.