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Brian Zoubek's Quest for the Perfect Cream Puff Continues

The former Duke basketball standout from Haddonfield is getting closer opening his Dream Puffz pastry shop.

The storefront a 605 Haddon Ave. in Haddonfield, NJ, still doesn't look like much, but Brian Zoubek has high hopes.

The former Duke basketball and standout is well on his way to the next chapter in his life, as a pastry entrepreneur.

"There's going to be a long, custom counter right here," said Zoubek, extending his 7-foot-1 frame to make the point. "But, we've still got some work to do."

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The small shop, next to the sandwich and catering shop, will join a row of stores featuring other culinary delights, such as at 427 Haddon Ave. Zoubek's shop will be Dream Puffz, Heavenly Cream Puffs.

Zoubek, who won a NCAA basketball championship at Duke in 2010, still stays in touch with his Hall of Fame coach, Mike Krzyzewski, "Coach K." He said he had an amusing conversation with him last month at a basketball camp in North Carolina.

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"He looked at me kind of funny and said, 'Cream puffs?'" Zoubek said. "Then he told me he thought it was a great idea."

Zoubek joked that he might slip Coach K a couple of cream puffs to see if he'd change his mind about naming him to the 2012 USA Olympic basketball team he's coaching in London.

Zoubek said a on Haddonfield Patch last month went viral shortly after it was published.

"It was pretty crazy," he said. "Right off the bat somebody picked it up on ESPN hours after it was published and then I went to the basketball camp at Duke and all the writers there picked it up, as well. The ball is kind of rolling a little bit."


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