Alas, this wonderful family eatery is going out of business at the end of this week. :-(…read more Everyone at MJ's was so wonderful and they always treated their customers like family and I will certainly miss Mary Jo & Dan, along with the wonderful staff of Diane, Bonnie, Casey, Jake, Jessica and all of the others who have passed through their doors over the years! While new owners may be taking over the building, (and yes, I may very well be dining there) the spirit of the MJ's team will always linger there!! Good luck to all at MJ's!

Tried this place for the first time this weekend. My wife enjoyed the breakfast sandwich on a…read morecroissant and I feasted on the tasty and hardy farmer's BLT on wheat. For drinks we had unsweetened ice tea and hot coffee. Unfortunately my wife didn't really like her tea and my coffee was just okay. The waitress did remove the tea without question which was unexpected and nice. Friendly and efficient service and a clean comfortable setting. We'll definitely be back again

Service was kind and quick. I had a hazelnut latte and the breakfast burrito panini. The coffee is…read moredelicious but I didn't see that they had house made flavors until afterwards so I wish I got one of those instead. Burrito panini was good, but more like a wrap panini than a burrito. The vibe is chill and was perfect for a little morning admin work.

I can't say enough wonderful things about this place. The breakfast sandwiches/paninins are…read moredelicious and prepared to order- this can mean you have to wait, so just plan ahead, it's worth it. Their pastries (cinnamon roll is my favorite) are always a hit in my house. I'm a cold brew girl and theirs is phenomenal. They have plenty of options for syrups, milk alternatives and cold foam. I'm so grateful to have a small business coffee shop in the area that is worth going to!

Excellent service and food!…read more The BEST pastries!!!l I have never had a mediocre experience here :)

We tried the Italian sub and a few donuts. That was probably the best chocolate donut I've ever…read moretasted. The meat and toppings on the sub were hot and fresh. I did not care for the bread. It was a bit tough and made the sub dry. Overall, really good first experience. Maybe next time I'll ask for some of the bread to be scooped out.

I've been coming to JeannieBird for a number of years, spanning back to when the dearly departed…read moreJeannie was still running the business. It's not only a joy to see the business still enjoying good success, but to also taste the enhanced skill of the bakers here. Make no doubt about it, the croissant here are authentic and delicious. Just the right amount of butter to bring out their savory character, with just a kiss of natural sweetness. The ham and Gruyère is an absolute pleasure. They have actual content; not just a tease of baked in ingredients. The financier were also perfect! I'm very much looking forward to seeing any additional Parisian pastries added to their counter. The traditional stars of their menu remain outstanding: the iced tea and sweet potato biscuits. While JeannieBird isn't always on my way to my usual destinations, this business is always worth a special trip.

JeannieBird is honestly worth a drive out to Westminster. We've been here a couple times, and it's…read morejust a delight. There's no better word to describe the experience. It's a fairly small cafe with excellent food choices. This isn't a fancy coffee experience, but they do have all you can drink when dining in. JeannieBird is often very busy, but they move through the line quickly. Seating can be challenging, but folks who are leaving aren't dillydallying and will offer you their spots. Husband got a biscuit sandwich and loved it. I got an everything croissant with feta and spinach. And we split a monkeybread. Everything is so, so yummy. Parking is pretty easy, with a small lot beside the building. Free parking Sundays. What sets this place apart, though, is the owner and staff. The owner pops around to each table to chat. Sure, he asks how the food is, but then he stays to connect -- and it feels sincere. This place is a rate gem.

I loveeeeee Fresh Bakery! I have been able to go in and place orders, also via email. I get my…read morehusband's birthday cakes from here. Have had baby shower cakes made, and my nephews, my friend birthday's as well. When you go in to pick up, you have to try some of their readily available bakery goodies. They are always helpful very welcoming. The space is designed for pickup and consultation. One of Baltimore's top cake bakery!

I was shocked by how good their cakes and cupcakes are. On my first trip, I ordered a variety of…read moreflavors all of which were amazing. On the next trip, I tried the chocolate chip cookies and those are divine. Finally, the personal size Keylime pie is so rich and flavorful. The prices are great especially for such high quality baked goods. There is a rewards program that allows customers to accumulate points toward a discount coupon.

This black-owned bakery is EVERYTHANGGGGGG!!! From the customer service, quick shipment, to the…read moreabsolutely insane cookies - I can't say enough about them! Sweet Maddies offers cakes and cupcakes locally in Frederick, MD, and I can't wait to try them! But for now, what I'm hooked on is their bake at home cookies that they ship nationwide! They have these cookies down to a science!!! They come frozen with ice packs, baking instructions, and even parchment paper. But get ready, because when they come out of the oven, it will be like a little cookie angel came down from cookie heaven to deliver this ooey-gooey goodness straight to the depths of your tastebuds. The toffee salted caramel cookie is soul satisfying. An absolute MUST!!! Their new s'mores cookie is everything you want it to be and more. Other flavors I'll be trying this week and next is the stuffed snickerdoodle, choc chip, Maryland mud, oatmeal cranberry, and more! Stop reading now, and go place your order!!

My bf found this place online as a pop up in frederick and as a cookie lover we HAD to check it…read moreout! The sweetest couple greeted us as soon as we walked in with some of the tastiest cookie samples i have had. I ordered the snicker doodle and the blueberry muffin. Unfortunately i inhaled the blueberry i have no pictures but it was delicious. It was a cookie but tasted like a muffin if that makes sense. They definitely know what they're doing with their baked goods and even mentioned they do orders. I can get an order of the cookie of my choice get it sent to my house and bake them when i'm craving them?! Amazing! The sweetest family with their sons helping as well!

Continuing on my list of coffee shops, I tried The Reister's Daughter in Reisterstown, MD. This…read moreplace was great. We met some friends and were able to find both parking and a table. I had a mocha latte and this Iranian Chocolate Pop-Tart thing that was awesome.... I really need to start taking pictures of my food and these places. The ambiance is that of a coffee house but this coffee house is an old historic building with natural wood floors and big windows. The layout is convenient for having a mix of seating and the volume was such that we could hear our party but not feel like we were screaming. The coffee was good. the people friendly, the snacks (ok not a meal but too much to ignore from the experience) the snacks were delightful. My wife almost ate half of my Pop-tart it was so good. Ok, this one gets a definite try, the locals seemed to like it, it was close-ish to Columbia, and worth checking out.

I stopped in again today for a breakfast wrap. And again they are out…read more But I was happy to see that they have started with THE PUMPKIN favorites.... It was late morning so a lot of the baked goods were low. I chose after minutes of wanting what I wanted to decide on trying the chocolate berry bread pudding. I got a small iced PSL w/oatmilk and light ice. There was a very steady flow of customers. The warmed up bread pudding came out within reason but my psl to an unusual time to get to me. I honestly believe they skipped over my ticket as folks coming well after me receives their orders and left. A few minutes of house cleaning (wiping tables) was needed. Ive never been in here feeling like it was trashy and cluted but today it felt a little as such. I was satisified with my PSL and bread pudding. I left with goodness but wish I could have had my wrap.

This store drew me in with "cakery." Yes, please! I had a delectable red-velvet, cake pop. It…read morewas delicious! It had that classic red-velvet taste I love so much. Enrobed in a yummy, white shell. I will certainly buy more of those. Sadly, I also got lemon-poppyseed scones. While they were moist, they didn't have much flavor. On to the lemon-raspberry cupcake. It had raspberry filling, which overpowered the lemon taste. The icing didn't appeal either, as it was thick & bland. They also sell deli items, so I may try one on my next visit. I'll give it another go. Fingers crossed for more cake pops! Smile a little.

Stone House is a must! Beautiful little location with a wonderful staff. Leah greeted us as soon as…read morewe walked in with a smile on her face. Being the first time there, she walked us through the menu for food and walked us through the various desserts offered. The food was amazing- thanks to Joe- But those cupcakes will be the reason for our return! If you are in the area or making a 2 hour drive like me- Go to Stone House!

Went a few times before and really enjoyed the coffee and pastries. Went there yesterday and got…read morefood to go. The scone was great and fresh but then the cinnamon bun was dry, the lemon square was not good, and the brookie was dry, hard and crumbling. We couldn't finish these after a couple bites. I love supporting local but disappointed in what I got after paying $30.

The muffin tasted like a cheap boxed white cake mix. It was not good. The coffee wasn't good…read moreeither. The restroom was clean. I liked that.

Artistic Desserts specializes in wedding cakes, but from what I saw, Mike does cakes for all…read moreoccasions and other desserts and unique chocolate sculptures as well. We met with Pastry Chef Michael Markwitz at his (very nice) home to go over our wedding cake selections. We were served full-sized slices of his incredibly delicious moist cakes in his dining room, on Lenox china with a freshly brewed pot of coffee. HUGE slices of delicious cake - so you can taste each one several times as you're narrowing down what you want. He combines whatever filling you want with whatever kind of cake you want, so again - big slices of fresh delicious cake really help when you're mixing stuff up to make an educated decision. He helped us select the number of tiers we wanted and even suggested keeping the cake shorter and offered to make a couple of cakes on the side to save money. Not sheet cakes, the same awesome round cakes with fabulous fillings. The cake is cut and served in the back anyway, so no one would notice either way and the quality of the cake is identical. Since we're having a backyard wedding, he even gave us tons of detail on how to cut and serve the cake and drew me a little diagram as well (there is an art to cutting a huge wedding cake without butchering it and I'm grateful he took the time to explain.) We have three tiers and he doesn't charge any extra if we wanted to do all three tiers with different cake flavors and fillings. The Cakes: Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting - the cake and icing were dense and delicious without the cloying sugary sweetness or unsweetened butter greasiness of a lot of other bakeries' cakes and icings. Some kind of white italian cream cake with a layer of Swiss imported seedless raspberry marmalade and a second layer of custard creamy goodness. Dense and delicious lemon cake with raspberry cream - we went with this one. Again, not too sweet, not TOO dense - just right. The chocolate - holy goodness. There was some kind of incredible ganache filling in there that was to die for. He made another cake with crushed peanut butter cups in the filling - this was my fiance's fave and it was delicious as well. Believe it or not, I am not a huge fan of cake overall, but you can't NOT love this guy's cakes. They are fabulous and they are beautifully decorated. He spent well over an hour with us at 7:00pm on a weeknight to accommodate our work schedules. He scrolled through endless pictures of cakes he had decorated so we could see some examples and he made some great recommendations. He let us try samples of fondant even though the cake we were selecting was iced with buttercream. It was light and soft and tasted almost like marshmallow. Not at all what I expected fondant to taste like, but he makes his own and it is delicious. When I went off on a holy-crap-i-never-even-thought-of-that-what-an-awesome-looking-cake tangent, he brought me back to my original vision for a simple, plain, classic wedding cake, even though the other option that caught my fancy would have cost a significant amount of money and truly would have been an impulse-buy. The man is a professional. Damn it I love independent businesses who haven't gotten so big and self-important that they forget about their customers. What a drastic difference between a tasting in the home of someone who loves what they do, and an impersonal tasting at a busy bakery that barely gives a crap about you and expects a healthy deposit in advance before they do you the huge favor of serving you silver-dollar sized stale morsels of inferior cake. He takes consultations by appointment only, so you'll want to plan in advance if you need a cake. His site has a lot of great pictures as well. I highly, highly recommend Michael and his wonderful cakes. We drove an hour to get to our tasting and it was so worth it. He is very friendly, very knowledgeable and very interested in making sure you get exactly what you want for a fair price. It was a great experience and a fabulous reminder of why I love shopping small, independent operations most of all.

Michael was awesome to work with. The tasting at his house in Westminster was great. He served us…read moreon his china and offered us tea and coffee. He gave us lots of different options to choose from as far as flavors and decorations. He also suggested that we have one of our flavors on a sheet cake that guests never see to save money, which we did. I've been to a lot of weddings where cake slices are left abandoned on the table, there is lots of cake leftover, etc. Our wedding was NOT like that at all. Everyone was talking about the cake and there was hardly any left! We had Italian Creme Cake w/Chocolate Ganache & Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Red Velvet w/Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting, and Italian Creme Cake with Vanilla Pudding & Swiss Raspberry. All were amazing, but if I had to choose my favorite it would be the Reese's peanut butter cake! The cake looked and tasted wonderful! Seriously, this was one of those wedding vendors that just blew me away. I expected the cake to look and taste good, but it was AMAZING!