Location: Red Velvet Cupcakery 501 7th Street NW (Chinatown)
Flavors: Coconut, Lemon Coconut & Vanilla
Cost: $3.50
Score: 1.5
After an awesome happy hour at Zola’s, my buddy and I walked around
Walking into the tiny shop we were greeted by the person at the register and, I assume, the manager. Their customer service was great and the cupcakes are a decent size. I noticed that there were alot of exotic flavors but I ordered a variation of my usual: lemon-coconut, coconut (redundant, I know) and vanilla. All placed in a cutie-pie bag (that now doubles as my lunch bag), I was eager to tear into the much talked about cupcakes.
Sadly the cupcakes sucked! My vanilla and lemon-coconut cupcakes were decent but not crave- worthy. The plain coconut cupcake tasted like lard infested frosting playing host to huge sugar granules. Ironically, I didn’t try their namesake red velvet cupcake but if my chosen cupcakes were any indication- I wasn't wrong in my decision.
*Originally Published June 2011
Cost: $3.50
Score: 1.5
After an awesome happy hour at Zola’s, my buddy and I walked around
Walking into the tiny shop we were greeted by the person at the register and, I assume, the manager. Their customer service was great and the cupcakes are a decent size. I noticed that there were alot of exotic flavors but I ordered a variation of my usual: lemon-coconut, coconut (redundant, I know) and vanilla. All placed in a cutie-pie bag (that now doubles as my lunch bag), I was eager to tear into the much talked about cupcakes.Sadly the cupcakes sucked! My vanilla and lemon-coconut cupcakes were decent but not crave- worthy. The plain coconut cupcake tasted like lard infested frosting playing host to huge sugar granules. Ironically, I didn’t try their namesake red velvet cupcake but if my chosen cupcakes were any indication- I wasn't wrong in my decision.
*Originally Published June 2011
