I set out once again this week to taste the food of Durham. I wanted to find a really good dessert place nearby Duke. I fielded many suggestions, but I ultimately decided on Amélia Café in Brightleaf because it provides such a wide variety. I was told that Amélia’s offers desserts ranging from tarts, mousses and cakes to cookies, crepes and gelato. This description hardly prepared me for the experience I was about to partake in. Stepping into the café was a bit overwhelming because of the vast array of decadent cakes and beautifully decorated cookies and pastries. I scoped out the desserts at the counter before even noticing the table in the center of the café, which is piled high with additional treats that can be purchased and taken home. We finally settled on ordering gelato, a crepe, a chocolate shortbread cookie, and a Valentine’s Day sugar cookie. Everything we ate was delicious, but the best was definitely the crepe. The café offers hearty meat/cheese crepes as well as dessert crepes on their menu. However, we opted for a banana-chocolate crepe, which was not on the menu, but the server was happy to make for us. It was by far the best crepe I’ve tasted since my 6th grade French teacher made crepes for our class party. Amélia’s also sells good lunch food and coffee, but the dessert is the real reason to make the trip in my opinion.
Locations:
Brightleaf Square
905 West Main Street - Suite 23J
Durham, NC 27701
Telephone: (919) 683-5600
University Square
143 West Franklin Street - Suite 143B
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Telephone: (919) 969-0064
Hours of Operation: 8am – 9:30pm
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