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Le Cave's Bakery Inc
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5 reviews for Le Cave's Bakery Inc
Despite being less than spectacular donuts, these are still some of the best in the city. It's just something about Tucson that I've never been able to figure out: why do we have crappy donuts?
I can remember tasting the donuts when I first moved here and thought that it had to be a fluke, and that there had to be better stuff out there. I was wrong, because Le Caves is often cited as the best in town, and I agree, but I still don't think much of them. I used to like donuts and would eat them at least once a week. Now, it's more like 2-3 times per year. Probably for the best though, because they're certainly not good for you.
Personally, I don't think Le Caves' surpass Safeway's donuts enough to warrant the drive to the obscure, south-central location. If I'm around there though, and want donuts...
Maybe the day Tucson gets kolaches, that'll be the same day that we get great donuts. Now that would be a good day.
Meh.... The donuts were far from earth shattering though many swear by them. Long drive to get there for mediocre baked items.
vegan doughnuts are the bomb
Forget Krispy Kreme! These donuts are probably some of the best I've had. I don't know about the cakes but the donuts are where it's at. Their "cake" donuts are the only donuts I can eat and not feel icky. Granted I'm pretty health conscious and eat donuts probably once a year, making me hardly a donut connoisseur but I have dabbled in some of these gourmet donuts out here in L.A. and they can only dream of beating the good old fashion donuts at Le Cave's. Next time I'm in Tucson I'm going their first thing in the morning. Granted it's probably going to suck getting over there due to the I-10 construction but it'll be worth it.
Le Cave's Bakery, Come with Your Own Machete...
Well its a bakery. Many people have many things to say about this bakery. Their donuts are yummy and unhealthy like Krispy Kreme's and since Krispy Kreme is no longer in Tucson, Le Cave's would be the next best thing.
I once purchased a Tres Leches cake there. It was HORRIBLE and I didn't have to be Hispanic to know this. Yes, I recognize its a Tucson bakery and not a bakery in Mexico of which I had my first Tres Leches experience. However, I paid $20+ for a cake that didn't even taste like a great tasting American cake. The white cake used to make this was so nasty it tasted like paste. Duncan Hines has one up over this bakery as far as cakes are concerned. The "icing" was exactly that, icing with huge chunks of sugar in it. You would think he made a cake for experimental rats with the size of sugar blocks in the icing.
I politely asked to speak with the manager, who was never around whenever I called. So I ended up taking the sheet cake back in person (it wasn't even eaten except for two slices). Before giving me a fraction of the money I paid for the cake, he degraded me. He didn't want to believe me when I told him the cake was dry in many areas (it was drier than a stale cake)... he continued cutting through the cake with a huge machete bakery knife, like some Ninja. I was flabbergasted because he was chopping through *my* cake *after* he told me he wasn't giving me any refund. He didn't even ask to chop, and then molested the cake pieces by mushing them between his bare hands! As he was doing this he said "There's nothing wrong, its not dry" and finally he cut through the center and discovered a huge dry spot the size of the Texas and *then* decided that cake was crap. Dude, if I made him eat the cake, he would have thrown up right before my eyes.
The entire experience inhaled profusely:
1) The cake tasted gross
2) It messed up my mother's birthday because no one wanted to eat the rest of it
3) The owner/manager insulted me
4) The owner/manager was not going to give me a refund
5) He told me I didn't know about these types of cakes
6) Finally he gave me a partial refund, but told me hush up about it
Everyone can have a bad day at their bakery- and that's okay. However, you don't insult the customer when you know your cake tastes like crap. This place only gets 2 stars because their donuts are good. Other than that, I would have given it a 1 star because of the raunchy customer service.
