On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:43 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/27/10 21:06, Mandy wrote: >> >> FWIW, April Gruver did the cupcakes for our wedding... Vanilla has the >> best cupcake in town if you ask me. Plus she's uber-cool and friendly. > > April's a hardcore pastry chef and I think that's why her cupcakes are so > much better than Dozen's. I normally don't eat wheat, but I've tried > cupcakes from Dozen and Vanilla and April has both the cake and the toppings > nailed. Dozen's cake is horribly dry. They've gotten a lot better at it, so it's well, better. They used to not cover the cupcakes at their Squirrel Hill location, and I'd only get 'em at 7 or 8 pm... and they sucked. Vanilla has *awesome* icing, and *awesome* cake, and is the best cake I've ever had. I need to get married to have them make the cake. Plan Without Drawbacks. >> Haven't been to Salt of the Earth but I hear so much goodness. > > Kevin is an extremely nerdy chef, into both high-tech cooking and > local/seasonal ingredients. It's not cheap but it's a really fun experience > if you're willing to have an open mind about what you're eating. On the > other hand, he's super busy right now. We've been trying to get him to > speak at dorkbot for a year or so, but opening Salt has him in the weeds. If you haven't been to Salt, *go*. Please, God, let this business succeed. I keep pushing coworkers to go there, as it's awesome, and deserves to succeed in spades. And the drinks are spectacular as well; the only mixed drink place I've seen compete is Embury, in the Strip, which does pre-prohibition cocktails with a early-1900s hipster kind of flair. (In a good way!)