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| - We first went to Crave shortly after it opened when we had our engagement party there. I wanted a second experience to make sure the elatioons and libations didn't skew the review. The ambiance is cool lounge like. My confession: I still see the cooler than school kids smoking the hookah and think it 's illegal and there will be a bust at any moment. Parking can be tricky, and they will tow in the lot across from Graham.
Our first visit we had a few small bites, the Victorian chocolate (2/5) and Scarlet Letter red velvet cake (4/5), bananas foster cheesecake, some cupcakes and plenty of drinks. The bananas foster cheesecake was the standout (5/5) and the only one that was crave worthy. The peanut butter cup cupcake is not as crave-worthy as Priscilla Tsai's recipe on eatmycharlotte.com.
Second visit we had a seasonal peach cobbler (3/5), caramel turtle cheesecake (3/5) and a coconut cupcake (3/5). Hubby and I had a disagreement on the peach crisp because it came encrusted in a small round puff pastry "pie" which he loved and I hated. Luckily the peaches inside were tasty, though not plentiful for a $9 dessert. It's saving grace was the cinnamon ice cream which was good. The cheesecake was, as expected, rich. Though it seemed as if it was refrigerated for a while. The cake of the cupcake had a good flavor but was a little dry / tough. The cream cheese frosting definitely was plentiful and was a bit sweet for my taste. However, it was covered with toasted Coconut which added such a great flavor and texture.
The best drinks are the mochatini and chocolate cocaine and on Wednesday's they are half off, so the house is packed. I would suggest making a reservation.
The service was comically bad the first time (it is still a joke w/ my friends) where orders were wrong, and the food took forever or was delivered to another table but we still were made to pay. I am delighted to say that our waitress was awesome the second time. She was taking care of half a busy restaurant and was still attentive and friendly.
Bottom line: go for drinks and have a dessert if you want one, but quality-wise they don't have the best in class.
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