April 28th, 2011
Cake Bar, Bakery, Restaurant, Bar, Review, Historic Lewes, Delaware, Come for Dessert, Stay for Dinner, Delaware Beaches
The Historic town of Lewes is getting ready for a celebration on Friday, 4/29. It is called Fun Friday. Lewes is celebrating the Royal Wedding. I wrote a post on the different events throughout this special day. You can read it by clicking on the month of March, 2011 on the left hand side of this website and then scrolling down to the 9th.
“Friends are the flowers that never fade.” With that in mind I went to meet Jody on Tuesday in Lewes, Delaware. I met Jody not long ago; an instant friendship. She is funny, likes to talk and likes to try new restaurants, as well.
About 3 weeks ago a new restaurant opened in Lewes. When I first heard about it I thought it was only a bakery. This new eatery is the perfect combination; a bakery, a restaurant, and a bar. Sounds like heaven. Their motto? “Come for Dessert, Stay for Dinner”.
Cake Bar is located at 115 Second St., Lewes, Delaware 19958. Tel. 302-645-CAKE (2253). Website? www.sugarbakerscakes.com.
What a difference!! As you come into Cake Bar from the Second St. entrance I was pleasantly surprised. The bakery is at the front. Nothing like looking at beautiful baked goods in a warm atmosphere to wet your appetite.
Jody and I met Jamie, the owner. Friendly; like you know her. She told us that she and her family had been coming to Lewes for a long time and that they owned a home in town. They were looking for a place to start a business and when the opportunity came they grabbed it. Right in the center of town.
I like what they have done with the dinning areas. It was comfortable and a good choice of colors.
But that is not all, Jamie and her family own a very successful business in Catonsville, Maryland. It is called Sugar Bakers Cakes at 752 Frederick Rd., Baltimore, MD 21228. The website is www.sugarbakerscake.com. The tel. is 410788-9478.
In business since 1996, this company has made a name for themselves. Please check their website to see the most amazing cakes for all occasions. The reviews? Awesome!! Appearing in The Today Show and Whose Wedding is It Anyway?.
Their cakes are delivered to Baltimore, Washington, and to the Maryland and Delaware resorts.
You can contact them either in Baltimore or in Lewes for a complimentary wedding cake consultation. June is around the corner, so I hope brides to be are reading this post.
One thing that caught my attention was that you can call Cake Bar and order dessert trays; 10 person minimum for all trays. Just cookies, or a selections of brownies, blondies, and mini desserts. Served in easy to handle, bite size pieces.
The Fancy Feast includes mini eclairs, tiny mousse cups, fresh fruit tarts and dipped strawberries, among others.
You can also order miniature desserts by the dozen. Just give them a call if you would like more info. Remember their number is 302-645-CAKE.
Jody and I checked the menu. Cheeses, Maryland Crab Dip, fries with garlic truffle aioli, wings, mac and cheese, shrimp cocktail, steamed shrimp, steamed mussels are a few of their starters. Then the soups and salads followed. Sandwiches like Maryland Crabcake, the Delaware Dip, the BLT and G(uacamole) which had thick smoked bacon, roasted and sandwiched with arugula, juice tomato, and creamy guacamole. The Hot Dog Muffaletta is their take on New Orleans; a big, grilled all-beef dog in a baguette roll, packed with pepperoncini’s, red onion, roasted red pepper, provolone cheese and tapenade.
Some of their entres were shrimp and grits, day boat scallops, fresh daily fish, flat iron steak, meatloaf and mash. The Delmarva Chicken is a Delaware chicken brined in traditional local marinade of lemon, buttermilk, garlic, olive oil and seasonal herbs and then roasted. Choice of garlic mash or fresh veggies.
Jody and I decided on a salad. You know how it is, summer is around the corner, afterall.
Jody chose the CakeBAR Salad which had lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sweet red pepper, red onion, olives, artichoke hearts, and goat cheese Feta, with red wine vinaigrette. She topped it with grilled shrimp. It was light and she very much enjoyed it.
I chose the Wedding Salad which had baby greens topped with seasonal fresh berries, toasted pine nuts, crumbled goat cheese and house-smoked duck confit. Served with a honey citrus vinaigrette. I loved it. I think the combinations of all the fruit, the smoked duck and the dressing were a perfect marriage of flavors.
No dessert for us. Can you imagine? All homemade and we had the willpower to say no. Our waiter, which by the way was very good, named them all. We still resisted.
I wish Jamie and her family the best. Stop by and say hello.
Note: Fun Facts from Sugar Bakers Cakes: They use 75,000 eggs per year and 1.8 million chocolate chips per year. Yikes!!
Please remember that Cake Bar has happy hour.
Have a great day!!…talk to you soon…
Tags: Bakery, Cake Bar, Delaware Beaches, drinks, Full Bar, Gourmet Bakery, Happy Hour, Historic Lewes, homemade desserts, Lewes, lunch and dinner, Restaurant, review, Sugar Bakers Cakes
Excited to try Cake Bar today. Very disappointed
Hostess not into the job – very unfriendly when we
arrived and ignored us when we left. (Also gave us a unattractive view of her backside crack when she bent over another table) Crab soup was delicious.However, our hot sandwiches arrived when we were hardly into the soup. The sandwiches also were good – I wonder why cheese is needed on the barbeque. Better without.
Sorry, but I do not think we will be back. Too many good placed to eat in Lewes. I actually think the the hostess could have made my whole experience different if she had only been welcoming.
I will have to go back. When I went with my friend, they had just opened. I have continued to hear good things, and how disappointed you must have been not be good. Sorry. I will write about it again. Great to hear from you.
Very disappointing experience. We drove down from Milford for Dessert and decided to order a salad first. The waitress was friendly enough and took our order. It took a very long time to fulfill order for salad. Then we ordered dessert: 4 pieces of cherry cheesecake and 1 piece of another. Much to my surprise the waitress shared that we could not have any cherry cheesecake since it had not been “cut” yet. We were told in order to have any we’d have to purchase the entire cake! At first I thought she was joking, then found out she wasn’t. I told her it seemed ironic for a place who’s motto is: “Come for Dessert, Stay for Dinner”.
She did explain that we could have a piece of something else (that we didn’t want)since other items had already been cut. I was completely shocked and asked for our check.
Needless to say, though their desserts looked great, we didn’t get to eat what we had driven for.
Bottom line: I will not return and will be sure to share with friends and visitors to look elsewhere.
You are the second person that has commented and also disappointed. I had such a different experience when I went to lunch. As I said before, I will have to check it again. Too bad. By the way, I appreciate the comments to the blog.
Sounds like a great find, will have to check it out my next trip to Lewis. Like to form my own opinion.
Andrew, the bartender, was terrific. BLT was good. Duck fries just so so. Smith Island cake was worth the trip! Cold beer too.
Thanks for sharing. I have had a few readers complaining and I have not had the time to get back and try it again. Once the summer season relaxes a bit, I will definitely go back.