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    Thirsty Whale Bakery

    3.8 (12 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Found a nice bench outside.
    Gretchen E.

    Bakery AND Ice cream!! Sunday afternoon, we stumbled upon this treasure! Lila helped us with both information and friendliness! Nice baked goods (numm!), ice cream, beverages, nice seating inside, and a few benches outside. Will go again!

    Michaela S.

    Such fun donuts and allergy friendly. Plenty of options for the people in your life-- personally or professionally

    The scale says 2-stars is "Meh. I've experienced better" and I can think of no better description of Thirsty Whale. This is a generic bakery that adds its unique fun by putting candy on pedestrian donuts and serving completely forgettable baked goods. This is a fun twist on Wuollet, which is the kind of bakery that your grandparents (or even great-grandparents for you Alphas) thought was fantastic back in the midcentury. Wuollet is bland and forgettable. This is bland and forgettable with, quite literally, candy on top. There's only so much you can do with a mediocre foundation. These are instagrammable baked items that aren't particularly good. Wayzata has had better: Bellecour (RIP) was fantastic. The city has many other great options with Diane's Place, Patisserie 46, Rustica, Black Walnut, Marc Heu, etc. The space is a quick adaptation of a Penny's location that closed because the owners of the chain just stopped caring (they sold the other 2 locations to Daniel del Prado's restaurant group to become what is now Cafe Ceres, this one just was a slow crash). The space was never a great design, it was a complete misfire compared to the other 2 locations (the claustrophobic space originally had plywood walls before they made it feel more open). Thirsty Whale has done a reasonable job brightening it up and adapting it into a pleasant area. The staff was earnest but not very well trained at how to operate efficiently, I would say it's about where I would expect. They need to be better about cleaning the tables up (and the patrons need to be better about bussing their own messes). I simply can't recommend this place.

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    11 months ago

    A perfect Sunday morning reprieve with a friend. Not crowded, great beverages, delicious donuts!

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    I lov the food and drinks so nice great customer service and they are very nice. Love the Deco too

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    Buttercream Wedding Cakes & Desserts

    Buttercream Wedding Cakes & Desserts

    4.0(25 reviews)
    1.8 mi

    We were contracted with a venue that mandates we work with Buttercream but my experience with the…read moreowner literally put me in a panic attack. We arrived for our appointment and David was the only person in the shop. We sat down to do our trial and a customer duo came in. One who we assume knows David personally who was bringing her "out of town friend" (we later found out her friend is from Golden valley) to try out the cupcakes. David left us at the table and never came back for questions. We kept trying to signal him to come back as we had questions on if we could put certain fillings with certain cakes. My anxiety started to climb as he continued to ignore us for these two ladies purchasing 2 cupcakes. This was my first time ever being a bride and I am a baker since my grandmother taught me to bake when I was little. To say I was looking forward to picking out my wedding cake more than my wedding dress was accurate and yet here we were being completely ignored by David. After they had a long conversation about this and that David finally came back to us and asked what we wanted to do. My fiance stepped up and said we had a few questions. I then began to ask if we could pair the caramel with the white cake and Davids response was as if I was the dumbest person on the earth for not knowing you can not put it on white cake since it cant support it. We asked if the cookies and cream filling could be put on white cake and he just kept giving us answers as if we were wasting his time. Not treating us like we were going to purchase large cake for a wedding. I started to shut down since I started fearing asking any questions. He then started asking us if we wanted tiered or cupcakes and obviously I had questions about if pricing would look different and all that so my husband had to ask the questions. I ended up in tears unable to make a decision and hating my interaction with David and his lack of customer service. We walked out of there with myself in tears unsure what to do because David was absolutely the worst. We reached out to our venue/catering manager about the experience and she told us that should not have been what happened and told us we should try the st paul location and that she would ensure we have someone who is actually friendly to work with us. If we were not required to use this bakery after this experience, we would have not.

    My interaction with Buttercream was short and sweet. I needed a cake for a birthday and my usual…read morebakery was booked. I placed the order, and picked up my cake a few days later! They did not offer much for customization options when it came to the cake, but it was fine given that they had about 4 days notice. I would order from them again if I need something in a pinch!

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    Us smashing cake into eachother faces

    Buttercream Wedding Cakes & Desserts - My wedding simple and elegant I can still taste the amaretto cake in my mouth today.

    My wedding simple and elegant I can still taste the amaretto cake in my mouth today.

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    Crossroads Delicatessen

    Crossroads Delicatessen

    3.9(292 reviews)
    4.6 mi
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    The chicken wild rice soup had an abnormal amount of mushrooms and hardly any chicken. This was…read moreextremely disappointing considering it was $23.

    It's been a few years since my last review of Crossroads Deli, but my rating remains high. Their…read morematzo ball soup is one of the best versions available in the Twin Cities. Today I tried their Roast Beef on Weck, which is carved roast beef on a type of roll called a Weck (a Kaiser-style roll topped with coarse salt and caraway seeds.). The restaurant was busy, and this is not a trendy place! I'd be surprised if there was anyone in the restaurant who was not of Medicare age (which also describes me; I'm not being ageist, just truthful). This is something that is available for lunch, during the week (not on weekends). Previously, I wanted to order this before. It was at the beginning of the lunch hour, so unfortunately the end pieces were cooked well-done. I asked if they would cut from the center, which is much more rare, but they wouldn't do that. This time, we came later and I could see that the roast beef was gloriously rare, which is what I like. The sandwich was quite enjoyable because it was juicy and flavorful. It comes with a side of cole slaw which is vinegar based (which I liked, but isn't traditional in the Midwest). It's difficult to find good, rare roast been in the Twin Cities, so this was another good find. My wife had the matzo ball soup, which remains high quality. The beef on weck sandwich (with coleslaw) was nearly $20, which is a bit on the expensive side. The service is spotty. It depends upon who is your waitstaff person (I knew it would be slow based on our previous experience with this person).

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    Fish and Chips less the Chips

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