Dahlia Bakery Happy Hour
Blustery, rainy afternoons should be a bad day for lingering on the sidewalk, unless it’s the premier of Dahlia Bakery’s Happy Hour. Starting today, and continuing 4-6pm every day except Sunday, you can find Molly Melkonian (Bakery manager and cake wizard) or Adrienne Lasko (Dahlia Lounge sous chef) smiling over a table of sweet and savory treats from the Dahlia Bakery. This is no ordinary bake sale.
Despite the weather, commuters rushing for a bus loop back as if caught in a gravity field. Speed walking business suits take one look and abruptly tell their cell phones, “Uh, I’ll call you back in one minute.” People reappear after five minutes for a second (and usually larger) purchase. And here’s why:
Mini crabcakes with a lemongrass mayonnaise for two bucks. Only got a buck? Grab a famous Dahlia coconut cream pie bite. Or try a fresh fried mini doughnut with vanilla mascarpone cream. Maybe a pear tart bite with a hit of caramel sauce. If you’re thirsty, pastry chef Garrett’s amazing house-made ginger ale will fix it.
There’s no limit, and they’ll box to go. And the menu changes daily. But danger lurks: you can pay with plastic, subject only to your will power and credit limit.
