Pollo Campero and BabyCakes NYC permanently closing later this month

[TinkerBell9988]

Dang, now where will I get sawdust cupcakes?

Hmmm sawdust cupcakes? Not sawdust to people like me who cannot eat regular cupcakes. Their french toast cupcake is the best cupcake I've ever had in my life, gluten free or not.

I truly appreciate your understanding for people with food allergies and autoimmune disorders.

 

[djlaosc]

I don't think it is too big. The store needs either be larger so there is room to walk around or they have to thin out the merch they are selling to make more room inside. Either way that store is way too cramped specially in the evenings.

I would rather have 15 speciality stores than 1 giant store that it's difficult to make your way around and try to see everything in it.

 

[gostone23]

I'm gonna miss Babycakes. GF Cupcakes and brownies... I hope they are moving.

 

[djlaosc]

Unless you are gluten free like my wife . Baby cakes had gluten free donuts and pastries that my wife enjoyed each trip. They would also have them at Cape May Cafe for breakfast. I guess thats over. Sad for her

Nooooo not Baby Cakes!! Will the bakery be relocated? I need my gluten free donut/cupcake fix!!

From Orlando Theme Park News:

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2014/03/disney-springs-news-pollo-campero.html

BabyCakes NYC will continue to provide gluten-free products to select Walt Disney World Resort food courts and restaurants.

 

[TinkerBell9988]

I'm gonna miss Babycakes. GF Cupcakes and brownies... I hope they are moving.

From Orlando Theme Park News:

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2014/03/disney-springs-news-pollo-campero.html

Thank you for posting! This is good news... hopefully the bakery will have its own storefront once Disney Springs is completed.

 

[danlb_2000]

This photo (sorry, can't embed it), gives a good view of what is going to be there. At the far left with the red roof is the end of World of Disney, the roundish building next to it is Lego, and the building with the mountain on the roof further to the right is T-Rex. You can see between them the Polo Compero building, which was close to Lego, has been removed and a new smaller building has been built in that area. It doesn't appear to be connected to anything existing so I don't think it's going to be part of World of Disney. Behind Lego you can see a new row of buildings that is connected to the current World Of Disney so this might be the expansion.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/disneybymark/9530128817/in/photostream/

 

[LVgoN2WDW]

Finally...

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Well they didn't last very long! What 5 Years?

 

[MickeyPeace]

Ive never tried the Babycakes in DTD but I did try the one here in NYC for the first time last summer.
I can honestly say it was one of the best cupcakes I ever had, gluten free or not. I tried the mint chocolate. I've been back since.

 

[coachwnh]

From Orlando Theme Park News:

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2014/03/disney-springs-news-pollo-campero.html

This is good news!

 

[CJR]

This is kind of sad news, although I had a feeling it was coming since it wasn't in the concept art. I went there with my sister last week and it wasn't bad.

This does mean that Earl of Sandwich will be the only place to get a really quick non-food stand bite to eat in The Marketplace though. Hopefully another quick service company will be a part of the expansion at some point, preferably one that sells burgers.

 

[tribbleorlfl]

Huh, didn't expect this so soon. Always seemed busy (and Pollo is a pretty big Int'l food chain), though I will agree w/ others that the DTD location's quality and value was lacking. I hit up the location in Boynton Beach on the way back from every Miami trip, only went to DTD location once shortly after it opened.

 

[Matt]

Walked into Pollo last May. Saw the food on the serving line and walked out. No great loss

 

[71jason]

If a trendy cupcake bakery can't succeed where a Mickey Ds was packed, I'm not sure that suggests the market will support a Millenia/Premium Outlet-style mall.

 

[tissandtully]

Dang, now where will I get sawdust cupcakes?

I can understand bashing on huge corporations but it was my understanding BabyCakes was a small operation owned by a local baker. You just sound like a jerk.

 

[danpam1024]

Unless you are gluten free like my wife . Baby cakes had gluten free donuts and pastries that my wife enjoyed each trip. They would also have them at Cape May Cafe for breakfast. I guess thats over. Sad for her

I agree, but I have her cookbooks and I guess I will just have to make them myself

 

[Tigger1988]

I can understand bashing on huge corporations but it was my understanding BabyCakes was a small operation owned by a local baker. You just sound like a jerk.

Local to where, exactly? Not Orlando since the brand is NYC based. It's not like someone just opened up shop in DTD, certainly not a protected class exempt from criticism.

Echoing the "no loss" sentiment.

 

[coachwnh]

I agree, but I have her cookbooks and I guess I will just have to make them myself

But it always tastes better on vacation, right?

 

[danpam1024]

Hmmm sawdust cupcakes? Not sawdust to people like me who cannot eat regular cupcakes. Their french toast cupcake is the best cupcake I've ever had in my life, gluten free or not.

I truly appreciate your understanding for people with food allergies and autoimmune disorders.

My son loves the french toast cupcakes as well (we are vegan and gluten free). Good thing we stopped on our way home from Uni a couple of weeks ago and picked him up 6- it'll be his last Hopefully they will increase their GF/vegan pastry options. Fingers crossed- I don't have the $ to go all the way to NYC for cupcakes

 

[danpam1024]

But it always tastes better on vacation, right?

YES! the "treat" is I don't have to bake and clean up!