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| - Sweet Cakes, or "that Mormon place," as many of my fellow workers in downtown Mesa call it, is a good value, and has excellent baked goods.
Why "that Mormon place"? Well, sometimes they have a basket with a sign that says, "Free gifts," and you get all excited, thinking maybe it is full of cookies or pens or something -- but then you realize it's full of free Books of Mormon.
On the upside? Excellent cookies and brownies. It's only a lunchtime place, and the best value is a soup/salad/half sandwich combo, which comes with a pickle spear and a cookie. It costs about $6.50.
The soups are really heavy - I haven't even finished my cups of them when I've eaten there.
And, while you won't find any of your trendy pesto-fresh basil - buffalo mozzarella-gruyere-proscuitto kind of stuff here, you will find nice, home-baked breads and simple veggie, turkey and french dip sandwiches. Get the honey wheat bread, it's the best.
It's often pretty crowded with the Mesa/Gilbert Stay-at-home-mom crowd, so it can be hard to grab a seat, but the tables clear out pretty quickly.
Make sure you grab a big cookie to take with you.
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