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terribly wonderful cocktail, dessert & coffee lounge at 16 E. Martin St. We ❤️ champagne & ginny-gin-gin-gin.

downtown Raleighwood
Joined August 2013
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GRAVEYARD COOKIES & CREAM CUPCAKES for tonight’s #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁 Topped with house-made Malfy gin gummy worms and tombstone cookies! Just $12 gets you the cupcake and a split of bubbly! 🥂Thursdays only!
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Bubble bubble 🫧 we’ve got witchy 🧙‍♀️ cauldrons for tonight’s #bubblesandcake 🧪 Chocolate cake, mint pastry cream filling, vanilla buttercream, chocolate handles and spooky sprinkles 🎃 Just $12 gets you a cauldron cake and mini bottle of bubbly 🍾🧁
Still not too cold for iced coffee from @BittersweetRal – at Raleigh, NC
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The 4AM PANCAKE is back! Fall’s version of The Dude: bourbon, cream, maple syrup, and local Crude coffee & cocoa bitters 🥞☕️ This is what a 4am breakfast should be! 😉 #bourbonandbeyond #coffeecocktails #creamcocktail #maplecocktails
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Thank you! Thank you! to Our State magazine for featuring our 🎃 Pumpkin Crème Brûlée in their new October issue! ☺️It is on menu now and gluten-free! Also, this issue definitely has us wanting to take a mountain trip right now! #pumpkinbrulee #falldesserts #ncdesserts
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Who wants CAKE & ICE CREAM?!! NC-local Sweet Potato Spice Cake topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, next to a scoop of house-made maple with candied-walnut ice cream 🤤 This new fall dessert is 🔥
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Our most beloved Fall dessert is back! 🎃HALLOWEEN THREESOME 🎃is like digging down deep in your trick or treat bag and sticking a fun-sized Snickers, Milky Way and Reese’s Cup in your mouth all at the same time! no weird icky ingredients AND it’s GLUTEN FREE 😁 – at Raleigh, NC
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🥃OLD FASHIONED COCKTAIL cupcake for tonight’s #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁 Modeled after the classic cocktail this is an orange-bourbon cupcake topped with Old Forester and angostura buttercream, garnished with 🍊orange and a cherry 🍒 Just $12 gets you the cupcake and a split of bubbly
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So apologies for opening late today at 4pm…but we are making up for it with BANANA SPLIT PIE!! Chocolate pastry crust filled with vanilla and cherry pastry cream, bananas! Topped with whipped cream, ganache drizzle, sprinkles, cherries, vanilla wafers and candied walnuts!! 😍
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BLUEBERRY PANCAKE 🥞 cupcakes tonight for #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁 Vanilla-blueberry cupcake topped with maple buttercream and maple and blueberry syrup! 🤤 Just $12 gets you the cupcake and a split of bubbly! Thursdays only!
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Strawberry Ice Cream Cupcakes tonight for #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁 🍓Strawberry cupcake with a creamy vanilla “ice cream” filling topped with strawberry buttercream and strawberry crunch crumble🍓🤤 Just $12 for cupcake and split of bubbles—today only!
White Chocolate-Raspberry Poptarts! Today only!
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NEW YORK CHEESECAKE cupcake for tonight’s #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁Graham cupcake topped with cream cheese and sour cream frosting and Michigan cherry compote. Just $12 gets you the cupcake and a split of bubbly! 🥂 Today only!
Calling all Almond Joy lovers! Tonight’s #bubblesandcake is for you: coconut-almond cake topped with milk chocolate buttercream and a coconut macaroon! Just $12 gets you a cupcake and a split of bubbly! 🍾🧁
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Yes! We have to-go cocktails! Stop by our window anytime before 10pm and snag a G&T, Dark & Stormy, Painkiller and more!
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🤩Oh she’s a gorgeous one! Tonight’s #bubblesandcake is LILLET 🍑 PEACH-BASIL cupcake with Citrus-Honey buttercream! 🤤 Just $12 for cupcake and split of bubbly 🍾
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It’s called the CHERRY CHEESECAKE VACATION: vanilla bean cheesecake sitting on a sandy beach of graham, topped with real Michigan cherries 🍒 and an almond cookie sand dollar 🏝🤤 Only Fri & Sat, on our Summer menu! ☀️ Super incredible with a Toasted Almond cocktail 😁 #protip
We’ve got some serious Chocolate-Peanut Butter lovers out there—raise your hands 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽🙋🏿‍♂️(& one birthday lady!) CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER cupcakes tonight for #bubblesandcake 🍾🧁 Just $12 for this gorgeous cupcake AND a split of bubbly! 🥂 Thursdays only!
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Ice cold BOOZY ICED LATTE—add something tasty like @grandmarnierusa or @frangelico for a caffeinated, frothy and delicious cocktail. One of our fav ways to beat the heat 🥵
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