need to know what everyone thinks

of course cheesecake factory and edible art....anywhere else tho that might be good ones?
not ice cream

1/29/2008 6:39:57 PM

any of the fondue places

1/29/2008 6:40:41 PM

Any of the nicer restaurants like Second Empire usually have phenomenal desserts.

1/29/2008 6:42:24 PM

ahhh the melting pot, forgot about that one, thanks.
others?

1/29/2008 6:42:36 PM

Hayes Barton Cafe has some decent stuff.

http://www.hayesbartoncafe.com/Desserts.html

-- Dave

1/29/2008 8:48:53 PM

^

and Gourmandises de France on Creedmoor...it's a french bakery. yum yum.

1/29/2008 8:55:24 PM

i've only had dessert at Hayes Barton once, and while it was good, it was also pretty expensive and seemed to be more about appearances than flavor

third place, a coffee shop on the other side of the building, has never failed to deliver great dessert

dessert at The Point was damn good, too...not to mention the great food

and I know this isn't what you're looking for, but I wanna say that the baklava at Roast Grill is the best in the city

[Edited on January 29, 2008 at 9:10 PM. Reason : ;]

1/29/2008 9:00:16 PM

twisted fork at Triangle Town Center

1/29/2008 9:49:14 PM

hayes-barton

twisted fork

/end thread

1/29/2008 9:53:45 PM

Chilis....just b/c of the molten chocolate cake.

1/29/2008 10:03:10 PM

Cookout.

1/29/2008 10:10:52 PM

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"^ and Gourmandises de France on Creedmoor...it's a french bakery. yum yum."

It's called Plaisirs de France now and it sucks. It was really good before, but when they sold out, they got some illegals and couldn't keep it going.

1/29/2008 10:43:22 PM

Quote :

"Hayes Barton Cafe has some decent stuff."

Signed. HBC got the best desert award in the Triangle for two years straight by Citysearch.

1/29/2008 11:11:17 PM

to what I already said about HB, I'd like to add that their double-malted vanilla milkshake is ftw

1/29/2008 11:14:03 PM

applebees
olive garden
tgi friday
outback
ice
wat critics?

1/30/2008 12:49:50 AM

Shaba shabu. I wouldn't normally expect good dessert from a sushi bar, but they have a coconut cake that's out of this world.

1/30/2008 8:25:55 AM

the fractured prune in Brier Creek, its a donut place where you can pick the toppings/glazes. its great if you want something quick for dessert.

1/30/2008 11:13:42 AM

hayes-barton seems way more over-hyped than to actually have quality food. i've been there and i was not impressed at all.

[Edited on January 30, 2008 at 11:16 AM. Reason : .]

1/30/2008 11:16:14 AM

Caffe Luna has some really good Kahlua cheesecake, or something along those lines. I went there a long time ago and their dessert menu isn't online.

1/30/2008 11:18:27 AM

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"twisted fork at Triangle Town Center"

yes. the tia maria cake is out of this world.

1/30/2008 11:21:08 AM

Fountain

1/30/2008 11:50:30 AM

The new cupcake shop on Glennwood. The icing is way to sweet for me but everybody else seems to like them.

1/30/2008 12:18:18 PM

GO to the tavern at second empire...

Just order off the dessert menu more casually than going into the restaurant part.

1/30/2008 12:37:43 PM

I prefer great desert locations

1/30/2008 1:40:31 PM

capital city club of raleigh if you know someone who is a member

1/30/2008 1:53:23 PM

Quote :

"Chilis....just b/c of the molten chocolate cake."

mmm.

1/30/2008 4:50:58 PM

Quote :

"It's called Plaisirs de France now and it sucks. It was really good before, but when they sold out, they got some illegals and couldn't keep it going."

WAT?!?!?!!!! fuck!

1/30/2008 8:50:52 PM

oh yeah I forgot about the cupcake shoppe

right by the corner of glenwood/h'boro

they're the best cupcakes you will ever have. ever.

1/30/2008 9:47:35 PM

There is a french coffie place at the Oberlin / Gleenwood shopping center that has fancy, fun, french deserts

Melting Pot.... need i say more?

and you probably normally wouldn't think about this as a desert place but its fucking good. Rocky mountain chocolate factory http://www.rmcf.com/ they have a 3 locations round here too.

1/30/2008 10:10:06 PM

Half the places in this thread probably don't make their own desserts

1/30/2008 10:21:39 PM

Ciao Cafe

1/31/2008 2:22:21 AM

what about Cold Stone?


I've never heard of edible art

1/31/2008 10:09:49 AM

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"Melting Pot.... need i say more?"

Elaine's on Franklin, Second Empire, and Magnolia Grill. I think Mint on Fayetteville St also does a good job (they just opened though).

Magnolia Grill pastry chef won James Bear'd best desserts award.

http://www.magnoliagrill.net/dessert/dessert.html

http://www.elainesonfranklin.com/dessert.htm

[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 10:58 AM. Reason : a]

1/31/2008 10:53:56 AM

twisted fork makes all of theirs in house from scratch.
The Tia Maria is the best!
They also have a huge assortment of gourmet truffles


I had the creme brulle cheesesteak at MURA's last night. It was very good

1/31/2008 10:57:51 AM

i dont want to show this place much ..but it s a heaven .

http://www.hereghty.com/index.php

1/31/2008 11:06:08 AM

Is there any good place around here to get gelato any more?

1/31/2008 11:38:10 AM

I can't believe no one said Madhatter's in Durham. Some good desserts... also Victoria's Sweets in Morrisville. Good stuff, mostly cakes and pastries.

2/1/2008 12:21:16 AM

oh god.. hard question.... Chilis of course has the molten cake like already stated. Longhorn Steakhouse in Brier Creek has this thing with 7 types of chocolate. Can't remember how the dessert at Twisted Fork was but they do have the dessert first menu where you look at that before the actual menu.
That said, anywhere but Ten Ten. Where the hell did they get their pastry chef/recipes? I've never been to a buffet with a worse selection of desserts.

2/1/2008 1:00:44 AM

http://www.hereghty.com/

apparently i totally missed a couple of posts up

and i'm curious as to why someone would think the desserts at a chinese buffet are made by anybody other than some guy who takes them out of the box

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 1:08 AM. Reason : ^]

2/1/2008 1:06:30 AM

http://www.xioscafe.com


for the greek variety

2/1/2008 1:46:51 AM

^^I'm just saying.. someone must make them. But they are awful either way

2/1/2008 2:33:37 AM

Neomonde has dat 190% baklava.

2/1/2008 1:03:31 PM

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"I had the creme brulle cheesesteak at MURA's last night. It was very good"

is that a typo and supposed to be cheesecake, or some weird play on words? Creme brulle and steak don't seem to me like they would make a good dish together.

2/1/2008 2:21:06 PM

Quote :

"Cookout. "

2/1/2008 2:32:41 PM