Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe

Location

258 Alexander Street, Rochester NY, 14607

Hours (as of November 2009)

Tuesday - Thursday: 5:00PM to 11:00PM

Friday - Saturday: 5:00PM to 12:00AM

Phone

585 319 5001

Accessible

Yes (via Park Avenue entrance)

Email

<sugarmountainbakeshoppe AT hotmail DOT com>

Website

http://SugarMountainBakeShoppe.com/

Facebook Page

Reviews

2009-10-28 City Newspaper review

The Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe is a cafe/bakery co-located in the same space as La-Tea-Da! Tea Room and Parlour on Alexander Street. The menu includes paninis, salads, soups, cupcakes (their specialty) and the usual cold/hot beverages.

According to the October 28, 2009 article in RochesterCityNewspaper.com, "Sugar Mountain and La-Tea-Da Merge", the arrangment is no longer co-location but a joint venture between owners Maureen Becker of La-Tea Da and Sugar Mountain's Riley Greider and Donald Brown. When Becker heard Greider and Brown were thinking of throwing in the towel.

""I panicked," says Becker. "Their cupcakes are too good, and I couldn't imagine them going out of business, so I decided to think outside of the recession box and make them an offer."


La-Tea-Da, whose clientele is described by Becker as mostly women, many of whom live off of their 401Ks, was also struggling in the poor economy. So she decided to offer Greider and Brown half of her shop in an effort to cut her operating costs, and provide them with a desperately needed storefront.


The newly branded joint-venture storefront, ... is being labeled La-Tea-Da by day and Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe by night. Each of the shops has its own space with very different d�cor: La-Tea-Da has kept its formal setup while Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe has remodeled its room into more of an urban-chic coffee house."

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2009-11-03 22:22:18   What a lovely space - small, warm and inviting. I tried the "Cappuccino" cupcake and it was tasty but extremely rich. Unless you have a serious sweet tooth, I recommend sharing. The chocolate mint tea was also delicious. The "Very Vanilla" cupcake received rave reviews as well. The host was very friendly and attentive. It is great to have a cafe open till midnight during the weekend in the Park Ave area. I will be back soon. Update from more recent visit - I was here on a weekend and their area was packed. Therefore we had to sit in the La Tea Dah area ... that was overwhelming and distracting. However, I was told the bakers revamped the buttercream frosting after receiving feedback on it being too sweet. I definitely could tell the difference. I think I will stick to weekday visits (when we can avoid the La Tea Dah ambiance). I agree that it is somewhat overpriced but then again which cafe's desserts aren't? —OneLove

2009-11-09 09:22:09   A friend and I stopped by this weekend and I thought the Cookies and Cream cupcake was horrible! The cupcake itself was extremely dry and the frosting in the center had a sour taste to it. The only part of it that was good was the Oreo on the top. I think it's safe to say I won't be back. —Kimberdoodle

2009-11-09 19:16:17   We went with friends last week. The surroundings are the dusty, cluttered, tacky "Victorian" junk from the Tea Shop. The service was, well, odd. The cupcakes were nothing special, you can get better cupcakes and baked goods at a lot of other places in the city. I give them six months max. —DottieHoffmann

2009-11-14 13:37:26   Have gone there twice and have had a pleasant experience with them. The place is tiny, so it can get a little crowded with just a few people. The staff is VERY attentive, which may turn off some people. What I did not know is that some of the cupcakes are made with alcohol which may explain some of "odd" taste that others experienced. Can't wait to go back. —JJohnson

2009-11-18 19:40:45   These cupcakes are fantastic. My significant other and I have tried several varieties and have not been disappointed yet. We spoke with one of the staff this evening and found out that you can see their daily rotation of cupcakes on Facebook. The only other option for inquiry was to call daily to see the selection. The three cupcakes that they have as daily staples are Very Vanilla, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Sinfully Chocolate. They rotate the other flavors "randomly" daily. I highly recommend! —MerCDotes

2010-02-23 11:17:47   Surprised at a couple of the harsh comments here. This place is great on many levels: the cupcakes are unique (and they add more and more flavors every week), the owners are very responsive to their customers (note their growing facebook page and the fact that they respond to feedback right away - they post their daily specials AND inform you of specials) and the atmosphere is incredibly friendly (the owners are unbelievably gracious and inviting). If you're looking for a quiet place to sit and eat? Stay at home. If you're going to complain about the decor? Don't eat there. (You CAN get things to go.) If you really want to support a growing business? Stop by SMBS - they are growing by leaps and bounds for a reason and its nice to see that that can still happen in a city where restaurants often don't have a long shelf life. —tankearae

2010-03-19 16:35:33   Ok so my opinion is a bit Biased. i am chief of a SMBS fan group known as VICE very important cupcake eaters. I was made this by the staff at SMBS as I have sent many people to the shop. I am not a relative,girlfriend (steve wishes lol),or in any other way affliated with this shop. I just attended the grand opening months ago and love the people and the product.Small busness in rochester need support and these are good people. They have freq buyer cards and do specialty birtday "cup"cakes. Free tastings for the community and the facebook group is always kept up to date even by the hour. As far as cost i compare a SMBS cupcake to a big piece of decadent cake found at a upscale resteraunt so its not a bad price..Stop by and see for yourself..You might catch a VICE meeting lol —Mandy