They get everything exactly right! Love this place! From fresh green beans to mile-high layer…read morecakes, Dean's is just good, old-fashioned wonderful-ness.

Being from out of town, I "yelped" my way through some reviews before choosing Dean's for lunch…read more From being seated to paying my bill, the service was very good. I chose a meat + 2 ( salmon, squash & deviled eggs)-- the eggs were on the bland side, especially compared to the salmon & squash which had excellent flavor! Note: several meat choices were available, not always the case w/meat & sides. It's always a good sign when a place is busy on a Monday & while I don't know if I was the only one from elsewhere, I'm pretty sure the vast majority were locals.

My partner and I moved to Norris recently and stopped in the day after we moved here. We were met…read morewith smiling faces and friendly conversation. The owners are amazing people who take their time to get to know you and make you feel welcome. The baked goods are absolutely amazing, some of the best treats i've ever had. The menu changes everyday which gives you the chance to try SO many delicious treats. Love this place so much!

Went with my husband and our youngest son and the dessert was delicious! They also have coffee, and…read moresome take home dinner options. The staff was friendly, the place was well cared for and even the customers were great. I definitely recommend stopping by if you're in the area!

I just recently placed an order for cheesecake for a birthday. Having been to this business before,…read moreand it being a bakery, I would have assumed the cheesecake was made in house. Unfortunately, the cheesecake was store bought and cost nearly $8 a slice. I would love for this area to have more businesses, but I will not be returning Heidi's any time soon. Very disappointing.

Yes there's a wait. It moved at a fine pace and the weather was quite breezy so we didn't really…read moremind. Everyone in line was chatting or observing and it just comes with the territory. More importantly, it's totally worth it. We got a box of goodies and they were all fantastic. You can taste the quality of the products they use. You can taste the butter. It's just lovely. My husband also really liked his latte. We sat inside and ate some of our goodies. We took the rest home for my mum for Mother's Day. My family loved them, too. Nice space. We also bought some whole wheat flour as a gift while there. Will absolutely go back when I'm in the area.

I stopped here to grab some treats on my way out of Knoxville. This bakery/cafe is absolutely…read moreadorable inside - bright, spacious, welcoming - and has some limited outdoor seating too. If I'd had more time, I would have loved hanging out here for a while. I only managed to get here about 45 minutes to close, so their selection was understandably if somewhat disappointingly quite picked over. I wound up with a cranberry oat scone and a blueberry and raspberry hand tart. The employee was very pleasant and warm. I appreciated her eagerness to help and positive attitude despite my late arrival. The baked goods sadly didn't really live up to my expectations. The cranberry oat scone was the much better of the two; it was pleasantly sweet and had the proper scone texture and only a little dry. Unfortunately, the hand tart had several edges that I discovered later had been burnt. This impacted the flavor of the whole item and sadly diminished it greatly. The fruit filling was tasty at least, though I didn't get much raspberry from it -- mostly blueberry. I'd be down to try again in the future, just would come earlier in the day when the selection is a bit larger and the products available are a bit more "choice," let's say. I appreciated the kind service and lovely vibes!

Holy moly! To start, I'm well into my 70s. So I don't get out much. But as it's tax season, my wife…read moreand I went to H&R Block to deal with that. Well, VG's Bakery just so happens to be next door to the tax office. Then after meeting with the tax person, and as we were leaving, I asked our tax adjuster if the bakery next door was any good. She said "There's nothing that's not excellent!" So, my wife and I went in and bought a few things. All were fresh and excellent. We also bought a couple of their Ginger cookies, and I'm now in love. So much so that I went there yesterday and bought 6. I just now finished slamming one and a half in my mouth at full speed. Love this place. The staff is friendly and appreciative for the business. It's not Dunkin' Donuts, but that's the point. Go there now.

Best all around bakery in Knoxville for sweetbreads and cakes. Outstanding and worth it.read more

Holy cannoli. The cannolis here are fantastic, cream-filled wonders. Dusted with powdered sugar and…read moregarnished with chocolate chips you get just enough sweetness and flavor in each bite. Apparently, this spot has even been shown on several TV and news features for their famous cannolis. I believe it. But the signature treat here is actually the merri-mac tea cake which has been around since the bakery was founded, apparently. It's basically a shortbread cookie with fondant. I can't say that I loved it. I think it would be much better without so much fondant. I scraped it off then scarfed it down. The owner just completed renovations and is working on the second floor now. If you have some time, peruse the pics on the wall and take in the history. Apparently these treats have been around as the very first bakery in town.

What a cute little bake shop from the outside!! Look out Knoxville, they are gonna be on the news…read morethis week--and I can see why, usually when you walk into a bakery, you smell baked goods. Not the case here. The cannolis are OK!! Very sweet BUT they taste like their pre-made. I have tasted the same ones at Carrabas but they put chocolate chips on it instead of pistachios. The frosted brownies are huge--but very disappointed in it....very hard, like stale hard !! The Apple fritter has chunks of Apple's in them, would be much better warmed up. Very reasonably priced on their goodies... --I wish they sold milk to go with these sweets-- I have had better.

I was in the mood for a cookie so thought I would run in and get a dozen to take and share with the…read morefamily. When I walked into the bakery there was such a wonderful selection of different cookies I walked out with 3 dozen. I was very popular when I arrived with the pink box full of cookies. Each of the different kinds were amazing. Chocolate chip, salted caramel, sugar, thumbprint, oatmeal raisin, white chocolate macadamia.....WOW. I'm a pastry chef, I know baked goods, I am impressed

Their hours are short and they have low inventory. They are only open Thursday 10-4pm, Friday…read more10-6pm and Saturday 10-4pm. You can't even pick items before or after work. They don't do cakes anymore either. Their prices aren't bad.

Our boss at work bought us cookies, we ended up cutting them in quarters so we could taste them…read moreall. Sugar rush to the nines! The Dubis Biscoff brownie was the best! The chocolate crumb cookie Oreo was a tight second. We also had Pink sugar cookie, celebration cake cookie, oatmeal marshmallow, ultimate peanut butter, and chocolate vanilla ice cream swirl. Packaged nicely, huge, moist and over the top rich!

A bit pricey for a cookie. I was able to get two with the gift card my friend gave me…read more The Lemon cookie lacked LEMON. It tasted just ok, it needed much more lemon. The Sea salt chocolate was gooey good. The staff acted like I had been there before, so there was some confusion where to pick up my boxes..... I was watching to my right what the girl was doing scooping batter etc., and just waiting. I was informed my cookies were ready.... I asked where(?) and she seemed irritated to say over there. (Pointing to my left) At the price of the cookies, not sure I will be back, and I do it won't be for the Lemon cookie.