Sugar and Spice Cafe — Restaurant in Santa Fe Springs

I found my new favorite cafe!! Omg this place is seriously such a find. I saw a post from a local Insta vlogger (#hungryinwhittier) and knew I had to go!

I canNOT recommend the “Oeey Gooey Bacon Pesto Melt” breakfast sandwich enough!! My biggest regret was agreeing to share it with my mom (so I could have 1/2 of her burrito) because I just didn’t want it to end. 🤤

That being said, the chili con carne, breakfast burrito was also amazing! So flavorful with and without the free sides of salsa. 😋

I was also excited to see a maple latte on the menu. I’m not kidding you when I say this was the best maple latte I’ve had outside of Canada 🇨🇦. It had just the right amount of delicious maple flavor, but not overly candy sweet. I’m really tempted to try the marzipan latte and the cookie butter latte but I don’t know how I’m gonna walk in that place and NOT get that maple latte every time. #toughdecisions My mom got the chai latte and loved it too.

We got extra lucky and went mid-morning on a Thursday, so it was empty enough that I got a chance to talk to the owner/head pastry chef. She is very sweet and it’s obvious to see the sincere passion she has for her menu and restaurant and customers.

I hope they don’t get tired of me showing up 2-3 times a week now!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Update: I had the churro donut and marzipan latte on my second visit (plus the oeey gooey bacon melt again) and everything was delicious (again)! The marzipan latte was awesome with the little bits of marzipan in it and a nice smooth and...

I really wanted to like this place and have held off on leaving this review because I felt bad for not supporting a new, women owned, local business, but...It's just not good):

Ordered a hot latte but it was made iced instead. Not the end of the world though and it tasted okay. What I really didn't care for was the food.

Got a sausage, egg, and cheese burrito: small and overpriced. I didn't even finish it. Very little potato in it, a few shreds, but it wasn't noticeable in the taste. There was also no sausage, not sure what happened there. The texture of the eggs was crumbly. Not sure if they mix cheese into them? Had a hard time figuring out where the cheese was, too. Overall didn't care for the taste, or lack thereof.

The churro donut had an okay flavor but overall was dry. I didn't finish that either.

Likely won't go back. Glad to see others...

I have been on the lookout for another small coffee shop to support and came across this one last year. They have a good selection of coffees with different syrups to choose from and I wanted to try their iced cookie butter latte and it tasted perfect. They do have dairy-free options and the last time I went they did not have any vegan pastries (yet) but I did try their coffee-cake pastry and it is way better than Starbucks in my opinion. I haven't tried their breakfast yet but it does look delicious so I will be trying next time. The staff was very friendly as well....