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| - Sandwiches and sweets served tout-sweet! I had actually heard of this restaurant from a show called "Best Food Ever" hosted by John Goodman. In the episode, John Goodman, in his deep rumbling voice, proclaims "Go to Sweet Cakes Cafe for their BETTER THAN SEX BROWNIE". Well with a name like that who can resist?
The cafe focuses mainly on sandwiches and sweet baked goods. A whole sandwich is $7.75 and you can get a combination lunch special which is a half sandwich and salad/soup for the same price ($7.75). I had the combo lunch (Turkey medley and garden salad with sesame vinaigrette) with the aforementioned brownie (Called the 5 layer brownie in real life). My total was around $12 with tax.
The cafe is cute with lots of small tables to accommodate the lunch crowd. My sandwich and salad were made in a few short minutes. It was a small half of a sandwich with a side salad that consisted of sliced romaine, a few pieces of chopped tomato, and a few slices of cucumber. Dressing was in a small container on the side. While the sandwich half looked tiny to me, it did taste good, with the fresh sliced turkey, light crisp bacon, and sweet cranberry sauce. The salad was also fresh but it was very basic and I couldn't really taste any sesame in the dressing, just a generic sweetness. It was super thick and concentrated so I only needed a small drizzle on the salad.
The combo lunch is served with a small chocolate chip cookie. The cookie tasted very doughy and was very light colored (No slight browning/caramelization from baking), an indication they hadn't baked the cookie for long enough. As for the BETTER THAN SEX BROWNIE, what was the verdict? Well.... I don't mean to be crude or very harsh, but let's just say the people that unofficially named this brownie should maybe talk to a sex therapist. The whipped frosting really killed it for me. I liked the fluffy light texture of it but it was so sickeningly sweet I could only take a few bites before declaring mercy on my pancreas and its insulin production for the day.
Service was very friendly and as sweet as their desserts. Unfortunately, I wasn't too impressed with the baked goods here or the sandwiches, especially when there are other options for food in the downtown Mesa area.
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