Cafe 12 — Restaurant in Chelmsford

I absolutely love this place! Amazing, real, cooked in house food and baked goods. Delicious hot drinks (coffee, lattes, tea and such). Bonus signature cookie included with your lunch sandwich. They have everything, from a wide variety of full service breakfast choices (including waffles, Saturday beignets, eggs, bacon, homefries or amazing selection of fresh fruit (my fruit I chose instead of homefries included super fresh and tasty blueberries, pomegranate seeds, grapes, orange slices, Granny Smith apples chunks, and NO filler melon like some places which made me super happy because I'm not a huge fan of melon) and on the go absolutely delectable breakfast sandwiches (amazing egg, cheddar cheese, tomato and avocado on English muffin) to gourmet lunch sandwiches like the mouthwatering roast beef and boursin on (I think?) in house baked rosemary focaccia bread. Nevermind their chocolate mousse cake (and all their other delicious baked goods) which is absolutely divine! I have used the mousse cake to successfully make a bad day better several times. Brought their holiday cookies to the office work party last year and everyone enjoyed them and the Cafe was even nice enough to plate them on a sweet little platter for me last minute when I swung by morning of having realized I didn't have time to bake my own. My family has also enjoyed their premade take home and heat up lasagna and pot pie dinners. The ladies who work there are great and the place is really cute and has a great and distinct character. Great place to grab stuff and go or sit and relax and enjoy your food. Haven't had a bad experience yet and have been going for years. Definitely a little jewel...

First time coming here. They have lots of stuff. Lots of Smoothie, latte, coffee, refreshers, baked goods, breakfast and lunch options. Ordered $47 worth of food. Got 2 orders of the beignets, short stack of pancakes, the Piglet bowl, and a Greek salad.

Beignets: first time trying these so im not sure what they're supposed to taste like. They come in orders of 3. They definitely reminded me of fried dough, but denser, and of bread-like consistency. The dough itself is bland so the powdered sugar and chocolate dipping sauce is a must. Could be good as a side for coffee or tea. Bonus points for it being made to order, it was piping hot and fresh when I got it. I'd say these were okay.

Pancakes: too dense and gritty in the middle as if it was still "raw". Unpleasantly surprised they sprinkled powdered sugar on top. I've never had pancakes like that and typically I don't even use syrup unless it's dry (which these were not dry). Would not order again.

Greek salad: great salad. Nothing you wouldn't expect from a fine Greek salad. Could be salty for some, but it was great for me. Bonus points for having real greens and not just iceberg. Next time I'll ask for meat to go with it, if they have it.

Havent tried the Piglet yet. Will update when I do and when I go again for a...

I was hungry, and I used the "Find Me GF" app to find a place to eat after an orthodontist appt and to my surprise a local Cafe that boasts GF bread/wraps and other treats. Cafe 12 is a nice but small Cafe in Chelmsford. The staff was extremely nice. The menu was written on chalkboard and easy to read and a display of treats is available as you walk in. I ordered the Vermonter on a GF wrap and it was delicious! I also got a GF brownie to go. I ate the brownie later that night and it was also delicious. I can't wait to return! It isn't easy to find GF sandwiches/wraps that aren't homemade.

Updated review. It's been six months since I've visited for the first time and Cafe 12 is my top five favorite place to eat. Today I went for lunch and got the Honey Bee sandwich on GF bread. So delicious. I also got a lemon blueberry GF cookie...delicious. I also took home a piece of "Autumn cake", and you guessed it... delicious! My girlfriend who is not GF loves it too. She took home a piece of lemon cake and absolutely loved it. Please keep making good food! Thank...