Stepping in, you're greeted to a nicely dim lit room of wood tables and chairs. Popular place that night, and I felt great social atmosphere at this cafe.
The carmeletta, a vanilla & caramel latte we ordered was a little too sweet to my liking. The main reason for coming here wasn't for the coffee..
I came here mainly to eat me some cookies. nom nom nom
The barista probably thought we were nuts because after ordering the latte we proceeded to order 3 large gourmet cookies. "I'll get this one and that one and whats that one.. oh ok sounds good.. Well get one of those"
So here we go.. My critique on the cookies
Peanut Butter cCokie -- not very sweet. it has a hint of peanut . there aren't any actual whole peanuts or chopped peanuts inside. guessing it gets it's taste from natural unsweetened peanut butter source, then sweetened with brown sugar. It's a large gourmet cookie about the size of your hand. I find Kraft's peanut butter cookie recipe, the one that can be found at the back of the jar label yields better tasting cookies IMHO.
Next cookie, the Almond Biscotti. This was decent. Hard and meant for drink dipping. There were chopped almonds in it. It's pretty hard to gnaw on. You'll need iron teeth to eat this thing raw. It makes a huge mess and would meet Cookie Monster approval.. Nom nom.. :)
Last cookie, the Oatmeal Raisin. Just forgettable.. that's what you are. Taste like something I would get from the grocery but soft gourmet type. I can make one better at home.
To sum up I wasn't wowed by the cookies or drink here. You can find better value elsewhere.
However though, the atmosphere is fabulous.. I felt great social energy here. People conversing in groups or in two. Not just acting like a slaves to their notebooks.
It would be a good place to meetup in the neighborhood it has character.