Uh-Oh...

Holy crap, I'm in trouble. Sprinkles Cupcakes opened on Monday in my neighborhood. It's a lovely and very welcome addition to the Gold Coast. Last night on my walk home from work I tried to stop in and buy a cupcake, but the line was down the block...even at 6:30 pm. They close at 7 pm Monday through Saturday. So tonight again on my way home, I stopped in. The line was much shorter and v. fast. The building is such a great and colorful design inside and out. The staff there is v. friendly and happy. Must be all the sugar... After examining every flavor available today...I bought a red velvet cupcake (left) and a vanilla (right), of course. I devoured the red velvet and saved the vanilla for tomorrow night. The red velvet was heaven and the cake was so moist!

Not to worry, I am still hopelessly devoted (I craved Sweet Mandy B's cupcakes ALL THE WAY from Toronto) to Sweet Mandy B's...still the best cupcake, hands down. But Sprinkles is conveniently on the way home from work, close to my favorite brunch/lunch/snack/dinner place, Feast and around the corner from Sarah's Pastries & Candies. I'm in trouble. I L-O-V-E my neighborhood.

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Guess What's Coming to my Neighborhood!

YAY! Sprinkles Cupcakes!! I love the exterior design of their stores and cannot wait to taste their many flavors of cupcakes. I hope they bring this with them too.

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Happy Father's Day!

I meant to post this earlier, but the day got away from me. Feast, had this as part of their advertisement on their menus for weeks for their Father's Day Brunch today. It cracked me up...so I thought I'd share it. So true, at least in my case. Happy Father's Day, Dad!

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more, more, more

A new cupcake shop opened in my neighborhood, more cupcakes.  It's a neighbor to two of my favorite spots in the Gold Coast:  Goddess & Grocer and Cru Cafe & Wine Bar.  It just makes the block of Delaware between Rush & State Streets, even better.  I stopped on the way home from work and picked up the beauty above.  It's the more cupcake.  The cupcake is a take on the Hostess cupcake, chocolate cake, with a marshmallow filling and chocolate icing on top. I kindly took a bite out of the cupcake so you could see the marshmallow middle.  I'm so considerate. They have a variety of flavors and offer FLIGHTS of cupcakes! I KNOW!  There's a chocolate flight and a crazy bacon flight. Bacon?  They offer three bacon cupcakes in the flight: Bacon Brown Sugar Maple, Bacon Apple Cinnamon and BLT.  

Sweet Mandy B's is still my favorite cupcake in Chicago, but that more cupcake...is a very close second.

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