Best macaroons in the Valley
Heard about Essence's macaroons from a friend and hit the place up. It's a small shop-- maybe 12 table tops total, plus a bakery case near the cash register. The selection of pastries is small, but excellent.
We took a to-go order of a dozen macaroons, a small sweets box, a carmel-sugar pastry, and a ginger soda. All rocked. The macaroons are everything they were cracked up to be. The carmel-sugar thing made my little girl's day, though I thought the sweetness and slight liquor finish were a bit much. And the sweets box of small cookies and tarts was perfect to share as dessert for dinner.
Can't say anything about the restaurant part of the shop. Ooh, but they did have big macaroons (maybe 3.5" in diameter), which I have never seen, before.
Lady who took care of us at the register was very nice.