After catching wind that a new coffee shop was in my neighborhood I decided to give it a whirl. I had a deep craving for a delicious pastry to start my week off with so I headed on over to Smooth Brew Coffee. Everyone in my neighborhood has been raving about how delicious this place is so I figured I'd support a local business and satisfy my taste buds.
I pulled right around to the drive-thru and the parking lot was pretty empty. I was glad to see this so I didn't have to fight the Monday crowd. I asked the nice cashier at the window what pastries they had and he had me at cheese danish. Score! However, when he told me the price was $2.98 I about choked. Then I figured that I would get a decent size danish for that price. Boy, was I wrong.
From just looking at it I noticed that it was small and there wasn't enough filling in it, especially for the price I just paid. I only took one bite out of it because it was really dry and it was stale tasting, even the filling. The danish tasted like it was a day old and not freshly made, which does not make me happy considering I was really hoping to like this place. My $2.98 cheese danish went into the trash after one bite because it was very dry and lacked flavor.
I really wanted to like this place because it's located near my home and pretty much everyone in my neighborhood likes this place, but after my overpriced dry danish I won't be going back. I was going to give their coffee a whirl but I think I'll stick with my Dutch Bros. and I'll stick with Karl's Bakery for their pastries.
I understand this place is fairly new and they're probably still working out some kinks, so maybe one day I'll go back. But as of now my taste buds are scarred and sad from the disappointing danish that I subjected them to this morning.