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| - Do I like having a bakery right around the corner from my house? Yes.
Do I like supporting small businesses? Yes
Does Bakerbots make tasty baked treats? Yes
Are Bakerbots treats superior to the average non-chain bakery? Nope
Does it tick me off when established companies, regardless of size, inconvenience their customers with cash only policies? Yes
Do I suspect this cash only policy, not only inconveniences their customers, but may be contributing to some sort of tax fraud? Yes
Do I get annoyed when I see people lining up for long wait times for anything outside of absolute necessities (with the exception of the LCBO)? Always
Am I disgusted that 50% of the inventory is not protected, in any way, from customer or employee contamination? Absolutely.
If you are reading about Bakerbots then you already know what they do. Their carrot cake is good, their cookies are good, (although directly exposed to everyone who comes in), their cookies do not make good companions for ice cream sandwiches as they are too hard and cause all the ice cream to squirt out when you bite into one.
The aforementioned lines guarantee 100ish people stand in line over the course of the day and breath and/or cough and/or sneeze and/or drop something on 50% of the items people are clamoring to buy. The majority of these unprotected baked good are right by the cash register. Have you ever seen someone inadvertently spit while they speak? Like possibly when they say, "Your total is...." or possibly, "Thank you?"
Guess what ice cream sandwich lovers? This includes the cookies for the sandwiches you are happily overpaying for.
Unlike other reviewers, I do not have an issue with their service. I find the employees generally plesant and helpful. They aren't friendly enough that you want to invite them over for laughter and wine, but they are better than just good enough at their jobs. From my experience, service from one of the female owners (maybe the only owner?) is the only exception to this. She is not nice, not friendly,and makes me begrudge spending any of my hard earned money at her establishment.
I will still go back though. Never would if I didn't live two blocks away
4 for the non owner service
3.5 for the food
3 for the prices
1 for the owners attitude
1 for the lines which give this place more credence than it deserves
0 for the cash only policy
0 for their lack of protection from other people's germs
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