Three must-tries here at this El Salvadoran and Mexican neighborhood bakery go-to:…read more 1.) Get the breakfast platter with plantains, scrambled eggs, chorizo (sausage), refried beans, crema (similar to a milder, sweeter sour cream) and queso fresco (dry, salty squares of cheese). There are 3 variations on this breakfast platter, served all day here. You did not visit Flor Blanca until you eat one of their breakfast platters, shown in photos on the special breakfast menu. And, the rich coffee - to go with it - is definitely a thing here. 2.) Get the soft banana pudding bread (I don't know what they call it but it's the only dessert with a golden top that looks like a square slice of bread pudding.) Heat it up at home. It's tender and mild. Don't pour rum on top of this bread pudding because you may not be the same, afterward. And you will end up wanting more. 3.) Get the plain tamales and make sure to buy extra crema. You cannot find homemade tamales just anywhere outside of holidays. These tamales are so good. Meow meow meow meow. Listen, there is a lot of good food here. I love the plain white rice as it is seasoned well. So when it is served with an entree I sometimes get another side order to take home. The horchata drink was an early afternoon ritual for me, at times, along with the heated banana bread pudding. (If anyone knows what this is called I'll update the description.) People live to go in-and-out just to pick up a red tray and fill it up with pastries to go. Tempting! The cakes are moist and the cake pops are delicious. I love the mango tres leches cake here. And you can get a large, professional cake baked. There is a whole catalog of special event cake designs to choose from. Even though they close at 8pm, most people eat here much earlier, as I've seen and seem to finish before 7. I used to come here when no English was spoken at the counter. You could say the food names by navigating and pointing to the menu photos. It was like you were in a completely different country. Now, a few years later, all of the staff can speak to you. Either way, they were patient with me and my broken Spanglish. I really like the team, here. We have been here en la noche (night) - eating late and enjoying the food - and they have always been gracious and helpful. Just ask them what the most popular dish for that time of day you are there. I'm learning that we need to come earlier and take our food to go if it's after 7ish because otherwise we are sitting alone. There are so many menu items I didn't touch on which I've enjoyed, but do not miss the first 3! #localtastebyjenny

Love love LOVE the variety of sweet bread and ice cream…read more The service is efficient and clean. It's been 3 years since the last review, so please go check it out and enjoy!

This is a new startup business with 2 partners, Crystal and Rick. Crystal prepares all of the…read moredesserts. Rick helps and does graphic arts. You'll see some of his work around the business. They have a unique approach to desserts. Crystal can custom make a dessert for you while you wait. You start with a base (donut, cake shell, pie crust, or rice crispy treat). You add icing, pudding, toppings, or fruit to the base. The more you add, the more it costs. They can cater for events. After 3 visits, we tried 6 items. 1) Custom dessert    Miniature cinnamon rolls, cream cheese icing, chocolate pudding, strawberries, and bananas. The cinnamon rolls are not listed as a base, but Crystal suggested using it. They were soft, moist, and slightly sweet with just enough cinnamon flavor. Overall, the flavors were well-balanced and mild. It was good. Some experimenting is needed to get an ideal dessert. The choices are numerous. Sweetness can be adjusted in some components. I can appreciate that! 2) Banana muffin with toppings of vanilla icing, crushed vanilla wafer, and a vanilla wafer. The muffin was soft, moist, and slightly sweet with a good banana flavor. The icing had a light vanilla flavor with a modest sweetness. The wafers were typical. I'm not a fan of a lot of icing, but this vanilla icing was very good. This was one of the best tasting in this group! 3) Banana pudding pie    It had an individual-sized pie crust filled with banana custard. The custard had a prominent banana flavor with the right amount of sweetness. It was smooth with a nice richness and thickness. This was simple, but very good! 4 & 5) Blueberry muffin and Chocolate muffin. They were both soft, moist, and slightly sweet. The flavors were mild. There were chocolate chips in one and real blueberries in the other. The blueberries were slightly sweet, which is a nice detail that some bakers don't do. Everything was good tasting. 6) Rice Crispy treats    There were 4 treats in a pack. They had different flavors. One was mango flavored with powdered sugar on top. That one was the best and most interesting in taste. The other 3 used regular rice crispies with marshmallows. One had chocolate syrup soaked into it. It was okay and rather simple. One had strawberry icing with candy hearts. It was sweet because of the hearts. The rest of the flavors were mild. One had strawberry icing drizzled on it. Simple and okay tasting. The service was friendly, informative, and helpful. Crystal is one of the nicest people I have met. She tries to tailor desserts to your liking. She'll listen to suggestions. The dining areas and restrooms were very clean. They are located in The Spot Food Hall at Restaurant Row Apollo shopping center which is near the Branch Avenue Metro subway on the Green line. Parking is plentiful and free. This is a local small business that appreciates your support! Give them a visit when you're in the area.

The Pie Bar is a newly added food stand in the Spot dining hall, offering their famous bean pies!…read more Unfortunately, they were unavailable when we went and came at a later time, but they offer donuts, popcorn, muffins, cookies, and other various desserts. In terms of pies, they have 20+ different flavors, including: Pumpkin, Pear, Blueberry, Fig, Pineapple, Coconut, Cherry, Strawberry, Chocolate, Pecan, Sweet Potato Bean, Almond, Apple, Apple Cranberry, Banana, Rhubarb, Lemon, Carrot, Peach, Sweet Potato, Blackberry, Butterscotch, Bean Pie, and Caramel Apple. You can refer to their menu that lists all the ingredients that are used. I was curious to try their bean pie, so maybe next time! I did reach out to the staff, and they stated that they're more of a pop-up, so you'll need to keep your eyes peeled for their posted next date(s) of appearances. They ended up being set up in the center area of the dining hall. Located at The Spot, there's plenty of parking. +check social media for next date of pop-up appearances +bean pies available +located at The Spot +plenty of parking

I ordered a few cupcakes from this location. And to be honest with you, some of them were a bit of…read morea hit or miss. I tried A banana pudding flavor that was actually very good and I truly enjoyed the flavors. It was definitely giving southern banana pudding. But then I try to red velvet and it was very dry so I wasn't a fan of it at all. I would still say try it out because one review shouldn't make you say yay or nay entirely if the experience is up in the air. Service was pretty good and the location is very cute and clean and inviting. A friend of mine also ordered a few cupcakes and I can't remember the flavors but there was one that was dry for her as well and wasn't very tasty. But the other two she said we're pretty good so yes I would say still try this spot out to see which flavors you may enjoy.

I absolutely love this place but it can be a little pricey. My favorite dessert is the dubai…read morechocolate chip cookie

Great service. Asked for a warm cookie with with ice cream and Niya made it happen!…read more Great service. Asked for a warm cookie with with ice cream and Niya made it happen!

Very cute place in the MGM hotel and casino. Al Almond…read morecroissant was really delicious and definitely enough for two people. It's so big. Egg sandwich was good as well coffee very good. Very nice selections.

- I visited around 3 PM Saturday afternoon because I was in the area running errands and intended…read moreon doing takeout out, but decided to dine in after coming inside and placing my order. - The cafe is bigger than I expected it to be from the outside, and was about half full when I arrived. There were different types of tables/seating to choose from and everyone seemed to be smiling and in a good mood. They were playing a mix of R&B that included T-Pain, Snoh Allegra, Musiq Soulchild, and Bruno Mars to name a few. They had beautiful paintings of various influential figures in Black art and culture on the walls, and upcoming events shown on a screen behind the bar which I especially appreciated (They have karaoke on Thursdays!) There was also a band set up in the front, and I instantly made a mental note to return for the live music. - I ordered the iced "LCD" latte to drink and the Avocado Smash for a quick bite. I really enjoyed the LCD. I'd consider it to be more lavender forward but I love floral/herby flavored coffee drinks so I was absolutely okay with that. My avocado toast was pretty good and reasonably priced at $12 - There is an easy, laid back vibe so I don't recommend visiting when in a rush. Mix and Mingle is absolutely a place where you want to stay awhile, and I look forward to visiting again

Really love the spot !!!! warm, comfortable, music on Fridays, and art on the wall is beautiful ,…read morefood is great too!!!! ... And love the Saturday Business Day!!!! - very cool for small black owned businesses to share their product and services. I've been here a few times now and really do enjoy it . I will say I recently didn't have the best experience with a take out order , who was taking orders as well as making coffee drinks--- took about an hour which is normally not the case. I also was waiting on the latte for a long while and no acknowledgment from her that she forgot when I attempted to inquire what was going on; since others who came in after me were getting drinks. Maybe some customer service training would help to at least address the customers when an inquiry was made about where is the drink. Would have been nice for her to acknowledge something !! I ended up getting a refund from another person up front. All in all I love the place and will come back for sure.

The bunt cakes are pretty neat and tasty. The customer service is good. They seem to have quite a…read morefew specials from time to time.

CJ's cupcakes are delicious ! They are super moist, fresh and the buttercream frosting is out of…read morethis world! This was my first time tasting one of her sweet treats and she has made a returning customer out of me.

Still love this place! I just wish they would come over to Crain Hwy/301. The location is a little…read moreout of the way. I also miss their brunch (those French toast sticks were AMAZING). But I love their dinner and vibe. Current favorites include the General Tso cauliflower, ribs, and sweet kale (just to name a few). I also feel like there's only one person working here every time. Everyone is always nice, just seems a little understaffed/quiet

While visiting this area I was looking for a vegetarian restaurant. I lucked up on a gem. Great…read moreatmosphere. Service was good. Food is hor, seasoned and very flavorable. They have good selection of drinks. I had the Passion fruit lemonade which was delicious. My friend got a lemon cupcake but didn't like it She said it was too dry. I will go here again before I leave. Perhaps a different location.

I wanted to support a local business for Thanksgiving and happily chose Queen Cheesecake. Her…read morepictures on her website looked amazing and she had a great selection of deliciousness to chose from. In theme with the holiday, I selected the sweet potato cheesecake. I was able to place my order online and received a text message to confirm. The bakery is a home based business and was easy to find. Queen greeted me at the door and the cheesecake was beautifully decorated. Queen also included a written thank you card along with a chocolate-nice touch! The cheesecake had a layer of sweet cream cheese with cute little marshmallows and whipped cream on top of a layer of perfectly sweetened sweet potato. The crust was also an amazing graham cracker cookie! My family and friends devoured this cheesecake! Luckily I did manage did get a slice and it was just melt in your mouth awesomeness! I am so looking forward to trying out some other goodies. Queen offers cakes and cupcakes along with her wonderful cheesecakes. I think I started a new holiday tradition!

I ordered 4 cheesecakes from Queen and they were all delicious! I even asked if sold cheesecake by…read morethe slices or frozen cheesecake pops. She told me that it would be coming soon! I love supporting women in business and I read all the reviews and research the companies before doing business with them. I will continue to support this business!!!