A post by Mack Salmon

Jul 26th, 2010 · Tweets: 0

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4235 S Cheney Spokane Rd
Spokane, WA 99224
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We're not huge fans of Chaps here at Team SpoCOOL, but we are happy to see Gina Garcia, formerly of BitterSweet Bakery, rocking it up in their new bakery, Cake.

And the baked goods are great, there are no doubts about that. The maple-pecan scone is perfectly baked with a nice sweet maple frosting, and you must literally be dead if you don't like the chocolate croissants. It's buttery, it's flakey, it's chocolatey, and all in all pretty amazing.

You know what you'll get if you've been to BitterSweet. Excellent baked goods.

There are issues though. With its newly expanded space—which looks somewhat more French than the original Chaps' theme—comes a lot of new customers, and that's all well and good, but it also seems to overwhelm the staff. During our visit it didn't seem like the right hand knew what the left was doing, and the line grew longer than it should. Seeing there's a counter where you place your order, there should be little reason for this to happen.

On a personal note, I've never been too into the crowd you see there either. It's all very "see and be seen." That I can pass on.

Your best bet is to grab the pastries to go. They're good. Very good. And nothing can take that away from them.