With the warm weather peeking through during the past few weeks, The Street at Chestnut Hill is often a go-to spot for locals to hang out, grab a bite to eat, and make new discoveries. And the newest discovery to be made is The Street’s most recent pop-up, CommonWealth Kitchen. Nestled behind Shake Shack, CommonWealth Kitchen has taken over the pop-up storefront in its first-ever retail venture.

Cookie orders began flooding in just minutes after a segment about Collette Divitto, the owner of Collettey’s Cookies, aired on CBS Boston. Within days, Divitto had requests for 2,000 cookies. And that was November, before her story really went viral. Since then, orders have skyrocketed to 60,000. 

What happens when you’ve got a brilliant idea, put it into action, and then realize that a pivot is necessary? That’s what happened to young food entrepreneurs Cassandria Campbell and Jackson Renshaw, whose Fresh Food Generation food truck drew accolades as soon as it began traversing Boston early in 2015.

As a teenager, I always wonder what more I can do. I'm involved in clubs, sports, and just about a million other extracurriculars. However, never in a million years would I have either the time or passion to start my own business. For Grace Connor, owner of Little G Ice Cream Company, it seemed like a no-brainer. At the age of 17, she is running a fully successful, soon to be home-recognizable, ice cream company.