From cart to sweet shop: Quintessential opens Downtown
Quintessential Sweets’ Christopher Gray at his new downtown location at 97 N. Main St., between Court Square and Civic Center Plaza. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Nine years ago, a pair of high school sweethearts quit their jobs in corporate America and struck out on their own with Quintessential Sweets.
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Christin Yates
Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.
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