Curbside Cupcakes

3.5 Stars. Over the past two years, I have frequented Curbside when they literally, come to our curbside in Rosslyn. Was always a fan of their carrot cake, almond joy and other flavors, however, their red velvet seems to come with a white chocolate icing instead of their wonderful cream cheese icing. The only downsides are one, its a food truck so it’s not easy to catch them (unless you stop by their new kiosk now in the food court of Pentagon City Mall in Arlington) but maybe once a week, and as such, I am thinking this is why they keep their cupcakes refridgerated/​cold on the truck, so there is some wait time if you want the icing to melt in your mouth with the cake. But overall, their cakes are always moist and the icing is what it should be!

Ew.
DC is a city brimming with excellent choices in sweets — so avoid this one like it’s on fire. No matter what. Seriously, you’d be better getting some of the mass-​produced mediocrity from one of the national chains like Au Bön Pain than one of these foul, bland monstrosities. Even though I kept my expectations low (it IS foodcourt food, after all) I was deeply disappointed. I tried a red velvet here one day after lunch, and urgh.
Cake part: zero stars. Stale, crumbly, dry, flavorless.
Icing: zero stars. Again, flavorless — or rather, it just tasted like oil.
I have an epic sweet tooth — no, seriously, EPIC — but I tossed it after two bites. It leaves me mildly nauseated remembering it.
The only reason it gets one star is because the staff was friendly. (That, and Unilocal!won’t allow me to give zero-​star ratings. Actually, mostly the latter.

Best cupcakes in DC!!!
The cupcakes are always moist and sweet, but not to sweet. Fantastic icing.
I recommend the Pineapple Ambrosia :), Snickerdoodle, Red Velvet, and… well, any of the flavors would taste amazing. If you miss the truck, they have a stand at Union Market.

Amazing! Best cupcakes I’ve ever had! I got lime, vanilla, and carrot cake for my birthday a few weeks ago and omg they were so good. I love how you could really taste the flavors even vanilla wasn’t boring, the flavors were very vibrant. The cupcakes were also a good size with a good amount of frosting. I normally hate frosting, but I really enjoyed the ones on these. The cupcakes were also very moist and kept well. I was given a dozen on Saturday and 7 of them made it home with me! By Thursday the cupcakes were just beginning to dry out, so I made the sacrifice and polished off the last two. :)

3 ½ Stars****
I’ve heard and actually seen the Curbside Cupcakes Food Truck, but I didn’t know they had a Food Stand. I was pleasantly surprised to find them (literally) in the middle of the food court at Pentagon City Mall. They had an eclectic cupcake menu when I was there. I bought 2 cupcakes: the S’more and Pineapple Ambrosia (2 separate flavors because that flavor combination would probably be kind of gross). The cupcakes were sweet but not too sweet. The frosting was lovely too and really complimented their cupcakes. Prices are what you’d expect for a specialty cupcake shop in the area. Not bad Curbside Cupcakes. I’ll keep my eye out for your Food Truck now :)

So I had never heard of the original food truck, but I stumbled across its little kisoky-​store in the middle of the Pentagon City food court. The verdict? SCORE! 3.5 stars.
First, I liked that the staff was friendly, and that the cashier was changing her gloves after handling the money. (That said, an environmentalist would probably have a mini heart attack at the number of gloves the cashier’s going through during her shift, but I digress.)
I bought two cupcakes — an Apple Cinnamon one, and a Lemon one. The first was just «ehhh, I’ve had better.» But the second one – the lemon one – was pretty good. It was moist, not too sweet, and tasted like homemade. And that was on day two – after storing it in a plastic bag overnight!
Was this the best cupcake I’ve had in the world? No. But was it one of the best I’ve had in DC in a long, long time? Absolutely! And it’s a perfect addition to an otherwise mostly lackluster food court!

I love Curbside Cupcakes and am so happy they have one in the mall (which isn’t good, because I work there… but still). They did not have salted caramel when I went, so I had two S’Mores cupcakes. I’d never had that one before, but it was moist, with good chocolate and marshmallow flavor. I ate one the next day, and it didn’t dry out at all, which was appreciated. Friendly, welcoming staff.