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| - The fiancé and I walk in around 4:00 just after my classes end. He promised me a trip to a bakery since I got an A in Philosophy, and this is relatively close to the CSN campus. We walk in, a tad bit confused as to where to stand (my fault, long day = no common sense), and I lay my eyes upon the most beautiful display case I've seen in quite some time (I'm a sucker for pretty colors and icing). The girl at the front was somewhat new, so I'm not going to criticize the wait or service. We've all been new hires and, frankly, it sucks until you finally settle in. Still, who I presume was the manager, had an awesome personality and waited on us a couple times. She was awesome. So, overall, this was a great find.
I went insane with ordering for myself, parents, and fiancé. Perhaps not having eaten since the day before had something to do with it. I checked out with a chocolate "Blackout" cake, two apple crumble pies, two orders of mac and cheese, a chocolate-dipped french macaroon, a raspberry crumble bar, and the adorable little fruit tart that's free with a Yelp check-in.
The decor is great, it's very quite, and there's a little vial with fresh flora at every table. Everything is clean and presented in a lovely fashion. It's a very open and friendly environment with a little bar at the front and lounging chairs. It took some time to get what we ordered, but we're patient people and that's no big deal. Again, new girl was sweet and professional - that's what really matters early on.
The mac and cheese was by far the most wonderful thing there. I honestly don't think I've had mac so creamy and wonderful in my entire life. Absolutely delicious. It is pricey, though. After tax, about $9.00 a bowl; the portions are enough to fill you, but not enough to have for later. Let's just say the fiancé was still a bit hungry afterwards (the pie filled him, so he was happy). Nonetheless, awesome.
The Blackout cake. At least that's what I think it was called. The presentation was awesome. It was very sweet, and insanely rich. I had about a fourth of it and took the rest to go. But, it had great flavor, and it was an awesome dessert (in small quantities).
Apple pie. I bought one to-go for my fiancé and another for my father (we'd be seeing him later). The presentation was so cute. I loved the portion size and the price was great. The fiancé loved it (he's not even that big into apple pie). The apples were baked to perfection, and still maintained a slight crispness. The crumble on top is phenomenal...no really, it's great. Now, my father is an apple pie connoisseur, of sorts. He really liked it, but it's not the best he's had (that would be in a little restaurant out in Boulder City). I still believe that's an impressive feat, despite his criticisms.
The raspberry crumble bar is tasty. The raspberry is a little powerful, but it uses that same crumble topping as the pie. The trouble was that I didn't order it. I'd purchased a strawberry cheesecake to-go, and found this little cutie inside instead. No big deal, it was alright. The same with that cute little tart (check out the pictures, it's adorable). Nice presentation, and the berries were incredibly fresh without that odd glaze topping that adds a sort of artificial taste to good fruit, as though a preservative. The macaroons are good. As expensive as any other french macaroon in Vegas. Honestly I'm not sure why there's hype about macaroons in general...they're cute and sweet, but I guess I'm missing something.
As a response to a previous one-star review: I got paper beneath the desserts in my box. Not sure what you did to fluster the girl enough to just throw your cake in, hoping you'd leave. Or maybe she was new? Who knows.
Overall, service was okay, food was incredible, desserts were great, and we intend to come back and revise my review based on how it goes!
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