With Crunkcakes and "cuptails" paving the way for all sorts of booze-fueled sweets in the District, it was probably just a matter of time before the local craft beer scene made its sudsy mark in the mixing bowl, too. Sure enough, it appears that D.C.'s own Chocolate City Brewery has now joined forces with dessert [...]
Discount web site LivingSocial is celebrating the second anniversary of its very first deal on Wednesday with a limited special on cupcakes. One buck gets you a box of four from Hello Cupcake. The deal goes live at 11 a.m. Log on, select "Instant Deals," and look for the special. Meanwhile, some new sites are [...]
It's Monday, so let's get straight to the news ... The space occupying the former Mar de Plata restaurant at 1827 Jefferson Place NW will soon be transformed to house St. Arnold's of Jefferson Place, a Belgian restaurant and pub. (Prince of Petworth) Alejandra Owens takes a holiday stroll through the Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market [...]
Somehow it seems wrong to celebrate an anniversary and give your guests a gift. But from the moment doors open at 10 a.m. today, Hello Cupcake will pass out its namesake treats for free as part of its second anniversary celebration. I suspect people will be lining up outside the door on Dupont Circle well [...]
If you had suggested 10 years ago that designer cupcakeries, selling cute little treats at $3 a pop, would one day compete with donut shops for our sweet tooth's attention, I would have backed away slowly, hoping I could escape before your thoughts turned to Armageddon and Christ's second coming. But these days, I'm starting to feel like [...]
If you didn't see it, the New York Times chimed in last week on the gourmet cupcake trend. The story takes a look at the difficulties in turning a profit by selling little baked goods at $3 a pop. Reporter Elizabeth Olson gets the owner of Lovely Confections Bakery in Denver to break down the retail [...]
Don't tell Ruth Samuelson, but Restaurant Rater discojing seems to like Baked & Wired better than the City Paper's selection for Best Cupcake. Let the wars begin again! Here's what discojing had to say about B&W:
My wife, Carrie, really wanted to go to Georgetown Cupcake on Saturday after we had wolfed down a few slices at a neighborhood pizzeria. I liked the idea, except for one thing: The thought of going to Georgetown made me want to lop off a body part. I convinced my beloved that there were closer [...]
