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wildflowersoulKickass Cupcakes in Davis Square- Verdict: Fail. Hardcore fail.
Ok, first of all, if I'm going to pay $2.89 for a cupcake, I'd like it to be at least the size of a Hostess cupcake. Or at least the size of a cupcake that fits those normal cupcake paper thingies you can get at the grocery store. Or, at the very, very least, make it the size of something you can bake in an Easy Bake Oven. Smaller than that and you are starting to lose me. Overbake the tiny little cake part of the cupcake and you continue down the path of loserdom. Add crappy frosting and I am gone. Also, the price of a dozen is just absurd. $33 for a dozen pathetic cupcakes is just for suckers, especially when a few blocks away are the tastiest cupcakes on earth that sell for $9.90 a dozen. If you're going to charge such outrageous prices, at least cut people like a $5 break on a dozen, it will make them feel a little less like they're being ripped off.
By comparison, the cupcakery in New York that we tried last year (Crumbs) has cupcakes that are huuuuge, delicious, and cost $3.50, which is reasonable for taste, size, and what I consider to be the "New York City tax" of things being more expensive than necessary in Manhattan. I couldn't even finish the cupcake I got at Crumbs because it was so huge, and those of you who know me know I can pack in some food like nobody's business, and have no shame about scarfing down edibles.
I love the Emperors New Clothes-esque sentiment that so many denizens that bastion of LJ community sanity are spouting. Or maybe they really have never had better baked goods and they love throwing money down the toilet. Whatevs, I give that place 3 months before they've gone under, unless they change things up a lot.
Anyway, I've been "jogging" in the mornings lately, and I'm kind of digging it. Right now the morning temperatures are perfect, and at 6 am, the roads are quiet, it's just starting to get light outside, and it's quite pleasant.
Ok, first of all, if I'm going to pay $2.89 for a cupcake, I'd like it to be at least the size of a Hostess cupcake. Or at least the size of a cupcake that fits those normal cupcake paper thingies you can get at the grocery store. Or, at the very, very least, make it the size of something you can bake in an Easy Bake Oven. Smaller than that and you are starting to lose me. Overbake the tiny little cake part of the cupcake and you continue down the path of loserdom. Add crappy frosting and I am gone. Also, the price of a dozen is just absurd. $33 for a dozen pathetic cupcakes is just for suckers, especially when a few blocks away are the tastiest cupcakes on earth that sell for $9.90 a dozen. If you're going to charge such outrageous prices, at least cut people like a $5 break on a dozen, it will make them feel a little less like they're being ripped off.
By comparison, the cupcakery in New York that we tried last year (Crumbs) has cupcakes that are huuuuge, delicious, and cost $3.50, which is reasonable for taste, size, and what I consider to be the "New York City tax" of things being more expensive than necessary in Manhattan. I couldn't even finish the cupcake I got at Crumbs because it was so huge, and those of you who know me know I can pack in some food like nobody's business, and have no shame about scarfing down edibles.
I love the Emperors New Clothes-esque sentiment that so many denizens that bastion of LJ community sanity are spouting. Or maybe they really have never had better baked goods and they love throwing money down the toilet. Whatevs, I give that place 3 months before they've gone under, unless they change things up a lot.
Anyway, I've been "jogging" in the mornings lately, and I'm kind of digging it. Right now the morning temperatures are perfect, and at 6 am, the roads are quiet, it's just starting to get light outside, and it's quite pleasant.
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Date: 2007-09-10 03:58 pm (UTC)I mean, I still am, but damn.
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Date: 2007-09-11 01:58 pm (UTC)There's a place here called Vegan Treats. I was *so* stoked when I saw they were going to open a shop in Bethlehem! I went there on a nearly weekly basis, despite the high cost and the after-effects of vegan treats (they always made me feel really BLAH.) She also used to make tiny cupcakes (I haven't been there in ages, so I don't know if she still does). And all of her pastries were expensive. Although - to be fair - vegan treats is a real niche market. I think she does most of her business selling to restaurants and the like in Philly and NYC and only does limited business out of her store. I don't know. But ... man, I've digressed. I want cupcakes, now! And we have no cupcakeries in these parts. *pout*