Their new space is beautiful and very inviting. The pastries are amazing as usual. I'm not a big cupcake fan but my husband almost passed out when I told him Vanilla was moving to our town. I really enjoy their other pastries...the scones are to die for. The homemade Poptarts are to die for. I was not thrilled with their new espresso offerings...seems like an afterthought and the staff don't really seem to know what they are doing in this arena.
The staff leaves something to be desired. Even at their old location, I never really encountered a friendly staff person. On a recent trip, I saw they had something called an "almond frangipan croissant." I had no idea what that was, had never heard it before. I asked the lady at the counter "What is the almond frangipan croissant?" to which she replied "Um...exactly what it says it is." I was pretty irritated with that answer so I said, "UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FRANGIPAN IS." She replied "I don't know either." WTF?! She finally went and asked someone what frangipan is (It's a type of almond filling, learn something new every day!).
Thankfully their amazing baked goods more than make up for this wackadoodle person they have working the counter.