Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Babycakes--fabulous desserts in Hillcrest

 Photo from the Babycakes website, used for review purposes only.

Babycakes--3766 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, California, 92103.  (619) 296-4173.  To see their website click here

This will be a shorter review as we only had dessert, but we liked what we had and saw and will go back.  Babycakes is a fun and relaxing dessert place that also has a full bar.  Think Truffles on Clifton (For our Cleveland fans.) with booze.  The specialty is, as the name suggests cupcakes, though they had a scrumptious dessert case and also serve quiche, fruit trays, and similar items.  Their website states that they are getting ready to add lunch and brunch soon.

Parking in Hillcrest can be a problem, but Babycakes is far enough down Fifth that there is usually street parking.  If not, the Rite Aid across the street has a pay lot. 

On the approach, I noticed the location has a quaint, antique look and according to the website, the restaurant is situated in 1889 Craftsman home.  There is a front patio with ample seating that allows smoking.  There  a rear patio though I did not see it.  Toni and I went to the dessert case side and were helped by a friendly guy with earlobe expanding earrings in that were about an inch across.  I got a vanilla cupcake with fudge icing and a double espresso.  Toni got a rasperry fudge cupcake with a soy chai latte.  I was immediately impressed that friendly earring boy peeled the cupcake paper for us.  If you are like me, I tend to avoid cupcakes simply because I don't like messing around with the paper.  Then he plated them, added some chocolate sauce for presentation points, and made witty chit chat all at the same time.  While he was helping us, someone else came to make sure we were being helped.  Service is not an issue at Babycakes.

We got our food, 2 cupcakes and 1 double espresso and one chai latte--the damage $14.14--very reasonable I thought.  I was happy to give earring boy a few dollars in the jar.

The cupcakes were good--these were not your momma's bakesale cupcakes--they were moist with thick, rich icing, garnished with little chocolate discs and some sauce.  Wonderful.

We ate on the patio.  A server came by twice while we were out, cleaning and clearing.

Best of all--no dogs and no screaming children.

Babycakes--good food, prices, atmosphere, (Though the view from the front patio is Rite Aid and the taxi stand.) nice looking bar.  For what it is--I gave it a GOOD-GREAT on our scale.  Toni had to refrain from helping with this review as she doesn't feel good, but she liked it too.  We will go back when they expand their food menu.

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