There is a good chance the Spy is not the only one wanting to know why someone would open a restaurant at a small regional airport. Given the other, some would say more attractive, options. We’ve been curious for some time about the decision to forgo more likely locations like downtowns or suburban shopping areas for a isolated, lightly frequented main terminal building of a airfield that has no regular commercial traffic.
That was the reason we waited a few months for Susan Leonard, the owner of Sugar Buns at the Easton Airport, to return to town from her second home in Florida for a interview And it was a good decision since Susan turned out to be an ideal representative of a very special breed who seeks out these kinds of business opportunities.
In her Spy interview, Susan shares a remarkable story of a professional woman seeking a mid-life change on the Eastern Shore. But it is all the more impressive given Susan’s exceptional start in life as a flight attendant for TWA in the golden years of jet travel; being one of the first women admitted to the FBI Academy; and a owner of many different businesses who escaped the great recession to start a bakery in St. Michaels in 2008 before starting Sugar Buns.
This video is approximately three minutes in length. For more information about Sugar Buns please go here.
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