Sugar Cafe

Welcome to the dog days of summer! It's been in the 90's every day in Pittsburgh this week, and even hotter in lots of other places in the country. Nearly all of our Saturday was spent indoors in some fashion, starting with the best part of the day - Breakfast! I first found out about Sugar Cafe when researching the Dorstop Restaurant which is just down the street, and was reminded about it again when our favorite Dozen Bake Shop closed a couple weeks ago (so sad!). Sugar Cafe will be taking over wedding orders that Dozen was scheduled for in the upcoming months.

Located on adorable little Potomac Avenue in Dormont, this little cafe was busy today for breakfast. I really like the color scheme of the restaurant, and found it quite interesting to see the kitchen up in the loft.

The menu is very small, and after snatching a seat, we ordered up at the counter of the giant posterboards. I picked a couple interesting items: the Oatmeal with clover honey, toasted almonds, candied ginger & blueberries, as well as a Buttermilk Biscuit with honey butter & homemade jam. Husband chose the Buttermilk Waffles with maple syrup, raspberry jam, vanilla crème fraiche.

Appropriately, everything can be summed up in one word:   Sugar.   The shop is aptly named, that's for sure. Don't get me wrong, everything was extremely tasty. And clearly everything is well planned and very much different from the typical greasy spoon we so often experience for breakfast in Pittsburgh. Definitely appreciated. But sugar overload was quickly reached from every angle. I found myself craving eggs & toast at the end of it all. But no fault of the restaurant - They have provided services exactly as advertised! 

If ever I'm in need of a sweets fix, I know just where to go. The specialty of Sugar Cafe isn't intended to be breakfast - it's the bakery desserts that looked totally amazing. We saw things in the pastry case like tarts and cupcakes and scones that made my mouth water to no end. There's a cute little coffee-shop-style seating area in the front of the store, sporting some wonderful words of wisdom: "KEEP CALM and EAT CUPCAKES"!

Good advice if I ever heard it. Can't wait to go back.