UPDATE: Returned and quality is even better. Full five stars. Highly recommend.
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Open since fall 2016, the shop is run by two very sweet, millennial sisters. One of the sisters is an artisan Baker, the other runs the front. Small batches of cupcakes, muffins, cakes, French macarons, and other goodies made fresh daily. Check the macarons for variety of flavors. The pistachio is smooth and lovely, and the lilikoi is very flavorful. Using a mix of ganache-based and buttercream-based fillings to get the most punch out of each combination, this shop really will fill custom orders. The cases are beautiful, very Instagram worthy. The flavors are good. And, most vital, the shop is super clean.
Presentation is adorable, using a simple cardboard box and pastry box string. Perfect for gift-giving.
There is a small, maybe 3-stool eat-in counter, with cute sayings on the wall. Sit, people-watch or watch the traffic go by, and sample a bunch of different things with someone you love, or even just like. There is also ample outdoor seating shared with a bunch of other shops in this complex, preferable if you have small kids or strollers. The shop is very small. But, you can really tell that this shop has a lot of love put into it.
Free 2-hour validated parking in the structure. Or for a quick stop and run, there is metered parking right outside. But you want to stay. You do.
Good for a lunch/getting to know you date, along with the larger, full-menu Café Grace down the block.
Prices are what you would expect for a shop like this, about $2.25 per macaron, a little more per cupcake. You're paying for quality-- this is not your big box, made two-days-ago-and-sitting-in-cellophane-all-this-time kind of joint. These are beautiful, boutique, carefully curated flavors, made as fresh as you can get without living with these ladies. Giftable and special.
Four stars for what they have to offer currently, will upgrade if consistency proves to be there.
Accepts credit cards.
Uses the 5Star app.
Bathroom available on request, through the complex.
Recommend.