City Cakes & Cafe — Restaurant in Midvale

Tonight my husband and I came into the store, with masks on, and waited to place our order. We were not wearing our masks over our noses but had our masks covering our mouths. I had let both employees know I was ready to order three times and a man behind the counter finally came over to fulfill our order. As I was letting the man behind the counter know what we wanted I had moved my mask outward a bit so my voice wasn’t muffled by my mask. This helps so I don’t have to repeat myself as I have experienced many times while ordering and I felt like the employees couldn’t hear me prior. As I was telling the man what I wanted I told him the last item I wanted (we had ordered 2 other items at this point) he curtly said “I’m going to ask you to stop touching your mask”. Which I was surprised by the response and tone he used but complied. He then proceeded to tell my husband and I that he “I would love to ask us to put our masks over our noses” in a sarcastic tone. That response made my husband very upset and confronted the man behind the counter who continued to be rude and argumentative. The other employee didn’t say a word to us about our masks when we walked in and was very kind and helpful when we completed our order. Neither of them said a word about our masks upon entering the store, only after I ordered our last item. I feel if it was that big of a problem both employees would have said something or asked us to leave which neither happened. My husband and I have our temperatures checked daily and would not enter a public place if we felt sick. Not to mention we are both immune compromised as I have an autoimmune disease and my husband is a cancer survivor. We felt perfectly fine being in a store for less than 5 minutes without our masks covering our noses because we have a right to. I’m very sad to write this review because I have had nothing but good experiences with this store. So much so that I had my wedding cake done by city cakes. I love supporting a local business but this experience makes me not want support this location if I will be treated like I’m sick when I’m not and shamed for how I’m...

I visited City Cakes because I learned that they made gluten free products. Being a Celiac, I'm always interested in finding new sources of GF products. I purchased a loaf of their GF bread, which was substantially larger then what's normally available from non-bakery sources, along with some rolls. In addition I purchased two lemon blueberry scones, a cinnamon roll, and a couple of double chocolate cookies. I'm use to paying a higher price for GF items, but was lucky to get the bread and rolls at half off (day old). Before buying anything, I asked about how the items were made and was informed that they made them in a separate location in their shop, and when placing them out in their displays, they had them located above the non-GF items. So I felt safe in making these purchases.

I'm sad to say that I was very disappointed in both the bread and rolls. While the bread was large enough to make a decent sandwich, it had no "chewiness" and lacked in salt. The rolls were the same way. Both items were a bit on the crumbly side, unlike other GF breads I've purchased. The cinnamon roll was very heavy, and also crumbly, but I enjoyed it after heating it up in the microwave. GF Cinnamon rolls are hard to find. It was also crumbly as were the two scones.

I realize that when one attempts to tackle the problems of making GF bakery goods there's a tendency to try and make that product available to people with other food allergies (dairy, eggs, Vegan, etc., which often results in products of poorer quality than one focused for a single purpose. It's cost effective. However, one thing that perhaps should be changed in the recipes is to add a bit more salt. It's nearly impossible to make baked items taste better by adding salt to them at home than when it's included in the baking. And perhaps finding a way to add a bit more chewiness to the products so when you go to eat them they don't crumble...

I am celiac and was so excited to find this bakery! It's a little bit off the main stretch of 7000, but was not difficult to find. We tried all sorts of goodies from there, so here's my honest opinion on everything that I ordered that was gluten free.

Peanut Butter cookie - 10/10 - This was by FAR the best thing we tried! 100% don't leave there without getting a peanut butter cookie, it was awesome! Muffin - 8/10 - This was pretty tasty. The flavor was on point. It was a bit dense, but most gluten free things are. I brought it home and microwaved it and ate it with a fork, and it was great! I wouldn't recommend for road food because it did have a tendency to crumble. Donuts - 9.5/10 - These were really good. They are small, but they are rich, so the size is 100% on point. They are a little dense, but the flavor bomb makes up for the dense texture. They did not fall apart at all and were very tasty! 100% recommend. Cupcakes - 9/10 - They did a great job with the cupcakes and were the perfect size and texture for a car treat! They were a bit small, but again perfect for travel. Cinnamon Rolls - 1/10 - The cinnamon rolls were really dense and the taste was disappointing. wah wah...I would recommend making your own at home on these ones.

Bottom line - I will 100% be a regular customer here. Almost everything we tried was excellent. This is a great place to go if you are tired of cooking everything at home GF. I felt safe getting food from here, and that made the experience worth every penny. Thank you for offering so many great gluten free options. Your business model is fantastic. I will be recommending you all...