In my previous review, I never got to order my item because the rude barista had a long conversation with a friend. I solved this issue today by ordering off of Ritual. (Ritual is an app that lets you preorder and pay for items on your phone, and skip any lines or rude servers.)
At $5.75 a latte, this place is more expensive than typical chains or even independent roasters. Hard to justify a $6 latte that, really, isnt anything special. At least Bulldog gives me a little tye dye in my $6 rainbow latte.
But i did enjoy their peanut crunch treat, at $3.5. Their cookies are $3.85 where other cafes would selll for $2.5 at most.
The price is likely due to their location on market street which has failing businesses due to high rent and low traffic (except saturdays).
For Balzac's, 3 stars out of 5. For Ritual, a perfect 5 stars!
Jimmy's Yelp Ratings Scale for Food:
[*] Disappointing. Just...no.
[**] Not very good. Will not return.
[***] It is what it is. Go enough times and you'll break even on quality.
[****] My go-to place. Rarely disappoints.
[*****] Everything on menu is good. Every time.