Kathys At Spoonful Of Sugar

Kathy has always provided wonderful food at her places. I will separate my review between food and sweets. I don't fully understand the merger between Kathy and Spoonful of Sugar - but I'm glad it happened. Maybe Kathy does the hot food and the original person still does the bakery - I'm not sure. Before Kathy took over, I do recall Spoonful of Sugar being closed during court day and I had messaged them to ask when they would be open. Courtday is only the biggest tourist attraction in our area and as a local business you would think they would want to be open during the heaviest foot traffic of the entire year, but they responded they wanted to attend court day so they were going to be closed. I thought that was very strange. I hope with the new structure - they will be open during court days going forward. Food - I love Kathy's salads, breakfast, grouper fingers, and so much more. Literally everything I have had has been wonderful. She makes amazing homemade ranch dressing and beer cheese as well and you must try them both. I highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner. The steak salad is amazing and I ask them to keep the fat on, cause that's the way I like it. The coleslaw is so creamy and delicious, I have purchased a large container to take home for dinner sides back when she was still at the country club. There are some breakfast sandwiches that you have to try! And I am not a big breakfast lover, but the croissants here are to die for. So buttery and soft - and then pile it high with ham, egg, and cheese - oh lord! Sweets - Before Kathy took over Spoonful of Sugar, I was never a fan of any of the sweets here. Sadly, I have to say that is still the case. I have tried nearly everything in the store, but have yet to find a sweet treat that I love here. Let me go into more detail: The mini pies - I attempted to purchase a mini butterscotch pie and when I got it home, it was a chocolate pie even though it was labeled as butterscotch. I tried it and wasn't crazy about it but I still wanted to try the butterscotch pie so I tried again. I was quite disappointed in the crust, it was very tough and you could not get a fork through it. The pie filling was just ok and the topping was just ok. Not something I would buy again.Cookies - I have tried several of the cookies on many occasions but each time the cookies are very crunchy. I know some people like crunchy cookies, but I am a soft and chewy kind of cookie girl. When I say soft - I mean SOFT like nearly falling apart and gooey. If you can hold it upright and it doesn't start to lean a little, then it simply isn't soft enough for my liking. I gave up trying to get a soft cookie after a few purchases and realized these cookies were just not my style.Chess bars - I love a good chess bar - but each time I tried these they seemed to be overcooked and slightly burned.Cupcakes.- ok, cupcakes are my absolute favorite thing. There used to be a wonderful place in town to get cupcakes called Swirlz and I was a regular there. When they went out of business I was hoping there would be some sort of collaboration because those were the most delicious cupcakes I've ever had in my life. I want to see creative flavors - chocolate peanut butter and butterfinger were my favorites. I'm not crazy about the cupcakes here, both the cake portion or the icing. I guess I keep comparing it to Swirlz and it doesn't compare in my opinion so I guess I'm disappointed in anything that doesn't come close to those. As you can see - I've tried the sweets on many occasions - but after so much disappointment for me I had to stop trying the sweets. I think a lot of people in town love them - but none of them seem to be my personal style that I like so unfortunately I can't find anything in the sweets area here for me.