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| - I'd love to give this place a glowing 5-star review. But after several visits, I just can't. The place is kind of a mess, to be honest. I'm a little shocked by all of the love it's getting on Yelp. Perhaps I've just gone on the wrong days, and missed it's normal greatness.
The layout of Rosie's is confusing and awful. The first thing you see when you walk in is not a sign of what they offer. You don't see a smiling face. You see the desserts. Not that there is anything wrong with baked goods, but it's awkward. And then you are given a choice to walk left to the coffee bar or go right to the food/bakery area. I believe you can also order smoothies and fancy coffee drinks at the coffee bar. But who and where you pay or where you go for certain things is confusing. Their sloppily hand-written (in chalk!) signs are also unpleasant to look at and look unprofessional.
The pour-over coffee (that you can order on the left side) is fantastic. They do a nice job with the coffee, no doubt. But they go way too far in explaining all of the accolades the coffee has collected. Server, I don't care how may awards the coffee has won, calm down and go get me my coffee. I'm not even sure if you can order pour-over coffee at your table, or if you have to go to the bar and order it. There is batch coffee offered over to the right side.
I wanted to try the Biscuits & Gravy that others have liked, but they were sold out the last time I went. My roommate and I shared two sandwiches and both were mediocre. Not exactly sure what made my turkey sandwich "tuscan", but it was not very good. The quality of the meat was also questionable and did not appear to be the greatest. The pasta salad that came with my sandwich was flavorless and mushy. My ginger chai latte was fine, but had a lot of clumps of cinnamon in it, which made is somewhat unpleasant to drink.
It's also difficult to even find the place, due to poor signage. You've likely driven by Rosie's and never even noticed.
The donuts were good. I'd order them again.
What I'd recommend is walking in and sitting at the coffee bar. Order some delicious pour-over coffee that they will repeatedly tell you won tons of awards. Order a donut or two. Consume. Then leave. Or for much better food (and good coffee) hop just down the street to Crema Cafe. Crema does almost everything better.
Also, why are you closed on Sunday?! A coffee/breakfast/bakery spot being closed on Sunday makes no sense.
I'll give Rosie's another try or two, but those Biscuits & Gravy better blow my mind, or I'm likely done with Rosie's. You can find great coffee and baked goods at a handful of other establishments, and I can't really see myself going here as often as I thought I would. Rosie's in it's current form is quite a disappointment. The coffee and donuts are great, everything else...not so much.
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