ELITE – The Yelpies

Tada! We have a winner! Wow, Brett really threw a well-​coordinated event that was a red carpet fabulous.
1) It was easy to find with the spotter lights and signs. I loved getting my picture done with my friend before going inside.
2) Inside, though late, we easily found seats after walking by oodles of decadent desserts.
3) Oh my word, so much delicious desserts! I was floored and in heaven. I will be back to this venue for certain. My favorite items from the night below:
Bacon bar: The cinnamon chipotle was my favorite by far. I loved the sweet and salt with spice.
Gelato: They graciously mixed popcorn flavored with all things bacon, and to my delight, it was a hit. The Carmel and bacon were perfect together.
Donut holes: These made my day because they were yeast free which I knew would be wonderful. Soft, warm, crispy, chocolatey, decadence! So fabulous!
Appetizers: I really enjoyed the shrimp and grits as well as the potato and gravy concoction. The turkey sandwich I tried was fabulous, but because of yeast in the bread, I could try that.
Overall, loved this evening and can’t wait come back to the venue again for more!

This was a pure Tampa Elite Event in every sense. Datz Dough, our super Community Manager Bret N., and Unilocal literally rolled out the red carpet for us and all the attendees dressed for the occasion. Just the perfect amount of attendees and all of the local famous elites were there, like they knew there was an award ceremony or something… It was awesome!
As soon as I walked in the door, I was hit with the amazing smell of fresh baked sweets. Doughnut-​hole style donuts and dipping sauces, oh and some kind of fluffy green cake rectangles. Yummy champagne drinkage and all-​you-​can-​eat gelato bar. Oh dairy!
My only complaint was; that we did not know what was complimentary until around the end of the night. So, I did not partake as much as I should have… or maybe it is better that I was conservative about my sugar intake… anyways, what I did have was dough-​venly!
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Yay! I LOVED this event!
I was so excited for the red carpet theme, but of course I show up in my navy sequined floor length gown and almost no one else really went for it with the theme. But hey, it is what it is, better to be overdressed than underdressed, I say!
I am SO impressed by Datz Dough! I’ve never eaten here, only popped in for the occasional pastry. I’m kicking myself for that now– their food is crazy amazing! Everything! My savory favorites were the shrimp & grits and the duck fat fries. My sweet favorites, I think, were the fairy cake and the s’mores bar. But everything, EVERYTHING was so, so good! And the bacon bar! Can’t get mad at it! The bacon gelato was amazing, also!
Thanks to Brett, Datz Dough, and the rest of the Unilocal team for pulling off another awesome event!

Wow! Datz Dough really went out of their way and treated us like royalty. This event was amazing from the «Welcome Unilocalies» on the sign to the red carpet to the stacks and stacks of cakes, cupcakes, donuts, sauces, etc. Dough literally opened up their kitchen and their cases to us and allowed us to eat as much as we wanted. I am pretty sure that 90% of us committed one of the 7 deadly sins at this event: Gluttony. That’s okay though because it was for research purposes. :)
I was thrilled with this event and everything that Dough gave us, but I do wish I had received a little more of the savory food from the kitchen. Chef Domenica Macchia is amazing and I can never get enough of her food. Since I kept getting up and walking around to socialize, I missed several of the savory foods. What I did try was A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G! The Shrimp with Polenta was so flavorful. I was literally wanting to lick the container, but couldn’t figure out how to. The other thing I tried I have actually had before and love: the duck fat fries. So salty and delicious.
The bacon bar was AMAZING! You can’t go wrong with that. My favorite hands down was the cinnamon bacon. It tasted sort of candy coated and was so delicious. I just wish my better half had been with me to split the three pieces of bacon. I hated wasting it, but couldn’t eat all of those huge pieces (well, except the cinnamon. That one vanished).
On to the sweet. The doughnut holes with curry caramel glaze were yummy, but I really adored the pistachio cakes that were laid out. I tried the spicy peanut butter gelato and it was SO good and incredibly spicy. Yum. We were allowed to have any of the doughnuts, sweets or cookies that were laying out or in cases. I kept eyeing them, but was feeling too sugared out. So then I did the smart thing and ordered an Iced Nutella Latte. Half way through I realized that this yummy Nutella Latte had a TON of actual Nutella in it and it wasn’t helping with my sugar gitters. I switched to water since I had to go to work after the event. Sometime later I stumbled into the Smores bar and grabbed one against my better judgement. Delicious. Plus, the pyro in me loved the torch effect.
Datz Dough not only treated us while we were there, but word got out that we could take doughnuts home! This made me happy since the Hubby was stuck at work and I wanted to take him something home. My two original «to-​go» doughnuts turned into four doughnuts and some bacon from the bacon bar. Score! I ended up with one of the Maple Bacon doughnuts and had it the next day since it wasn’t Hubby’s thing. Definitely the best doughnut (or éclair. not sure) that I have EVER had. So good.
I’m still recovering from the sugar high, but I am okay with that. Thanks to the amazing Staff, Owners and Chef Macchia for spoiling us! Of course, thanks to Brett for keeping us well fed. It’s going to be hard to top this event.

First, congrats to all the Unilocalie winners! It’s well deserved recognition for all you do to make Unilocal Tampa a great community, and it’s getting better every year.
What a great event. Once again Brett scores big! Datz Dough stepped up and delivered a great combination of tastes and treats. Big cheers for anyone that was able to taste everything offered, as the variety of choices was overwhelming. The flavored bacon and shrimp polenta were favorites for me.
Special thanks to the Datz Dough crew that delivered great, friendly service that definitely makes me want to return to sample the regular menu.
Finally, thank you, Brett for your work this past year. You’ve elevated Unilocal Tampa so much in 2013.

Last night was as good as it gets for us Unilocal Elites. What a fun event! Even the light rain couldn’t put a damper on the evening. It was great to see photographer extraordinaire Gerardo Luna in the parking lot and get our photo taken in front of the Unilocal background just before walking the red carpet into the welcoming doors of Datz Dough. They truly did roll our the red carpet, both literally and figuratively!
Immediately inside the door we were greeting with a delicious Love Potion #9 topped with a raspberry. My kind of fruity cocktail! We made our way by the pastry cases full of beautifully decorated donuts and pastries and passed the elegant and bountiful display of doughnut holes and cupcakes. The elegant eclectic dining room seemed transformed into a Unilocaler’s paradise.
Almost as soon as we found a seat we were presented with beautiful garden chicken sandwiches with garlic aioli. I do not eat grains, but the chicken, spinach, tomato, and aioli were great! The table was adorned with Unilocal swag as well as bacon caramel popcorn and a barbecue popcorn. I don’t eat corn (a grain), but my husband happily munched away. Before we could even finish our sandwiches, out came the blackened shrimp with polenta and some truffle tots. Chef Domenica Macchia came out of the kitchen around then to chat, and since she and I are buds, she also brought me out a special NSNG (no sugar, no grains) plate! I got some of the blackened shrimp sans polenta and they were fab. My husband could not say enough good things about the polenta… I heard from several how amazing it was! Chef also brought me a small bowl of the onion soup without the topping, and it was fantastic.
We heard rumors of a bacon bar, so we ventured outside to investigate. Sure enough, we found a smörgåsbord of curry caramel peanut bacon, chipotle cinnamon bacon, and applewood smoked bacon. I KNOW that all three were coated with sugar, but I tried them all. I think the chipotle cinnamon was my favorite, but I’ve never met a bacon I didn’t like. Under the influence of my sugar high, I succumbed to the allure of the gelato case. More bacon! Bacon gelato! It was magnificent. The sugary bits of bacon and the lingering smoky aftertaste were inspired.
My husband enjoyed the doughnut holes (which I tried not to sniff while walking by), and we were both too full and happy to hit up the s’mores bars, but they looked great! Datz Dough encouraged us to take a box of doughnuts and some bacon home with us, so my kids were THRILLED with their breakfast this morning.
The wait staff was incredible last night. We never waited without food or wanted for a thing. My water cup was constantly refilled, napkins and utensils were quickly supplied, and everyone had a smile on their face. Datz Dough knows how to do things right.
As if all of that weren’t enough, I won the twitter photo contest and a $ 25 gift card for Datz Dough, as well as winning the Unilocalie for «Most Photogenic» (thank you all!!). I left the event on a sugar and Unilocal high. Super fun night! Thank you Unilocal Tampa Bay, Brett, Chef Macchia, and Datz Dough. Wish I could give you all six stars. xoxo

I was impressed with this event even a few blocks away! As we were getting close I noticed the search lights… nice touch for the «awards» theme guys! We walked up and promptly got our red carpet photo from Gerardo then waited (patiently– per the email instructions) for the doors to open.
I think our party was the first at the S’more bar– and wow– what a fun concept. Graham crackers, some marshmallow fluff and a blow torch– all held together by a clothes pin. Datz gets my award for «best handheld adapted party food»… I remember their chicken in a waffle cone idea from the last event.
Anyway I digress…
We found a table (next to the booze, duh) and the food starting flowing! Shrimp & polenta, grilled cheese with onion soup, duck fat fries (which, thankfully are just potatoes cooked in duck fat– and not actual duck fat to dip), truffle tater tots, and some kind of sandwich– I just couldn’t get enough!
And then there was the bacon bar. Do I really need to say more?
Once you were all salted up– it was time to head inside to check out the sweets. I was stunned to find out that you could pretty much get anything you wanted from the bakery! Gelato, donuts, cupcakes, cookies– you name it– the staff was happy to serve it to you!
The awards were a fun touch as well. I didn’t know there were like legit engraved awards– next year, I’m trying harder for one of those!
The entire staff was so friendly and helpful!
As if that wasn’t enough– on your way out– they had boxes of donuts for you to grab «to go».
Datz really knows how to treat the Unilocalers right– and I thank them very much for that. It was my first time at Datz Dough, and I look forward to sharing their goodies with others. I brought the to-​go box of donuts to work today and people went nuts over them!
Thank you Datz and Brett for an amazing event– way to set the bar high for 2014!

Datz Dough and Brett organized another amazing Elite event for Unilocalers last night! When I walked through the doors of Dough it felt a bit like Wonderland with all of the pretty pastel colors, sparkly chandeliers, and artfully constructed displays of treats. The air was filled with tempting sugary scents and cheerful conversations from fellow Unilocalers.
Sarah B. pointed me towards the amazing S’mores Bar and this sweet treat did not disappoint. Once I had a Torch-​Blown S’mores Bar in my hands my husband and I made our way to the bar for some Cabernet where we bumped into Steve E. Since all of the seats in the main dining room and outdoor patio were filled we decided to sit in the library/S’mores room. Unfortunately, this was not the best spot to access food. I think only a tray of the (AMAZING) Cajun Shrimp with Cheese Polenta made it to our table throughout the entire evening. Although we didn’t have food we did have wonderful conversation from Steve E., Coty S. and her husband, Paul, as well as Rich D. (Who I didn’t even recognize since he’s lost 110 lbs!!! Way to go Rich!).
After a glass of Cabernet and a glass of the Love Sucks Punch I was getting a little too tipsy so I searched the floor for the trays of food that were floating around. There was a mass array of doughnuts, cupcakes, and desserts as well as a steady flow of alcohol, but I couldn’t locate any of the Duck Fries, Tater Tots, Popcorn or Sandwiches I saw other Unilocalers enjoying so I finally settled on a scoop of Crème Brulee and Magic Bar gelato. My husband managed to get his hands on some Nueske’s Bacon from the bacon bar so I finally had the opportunity to eat something that was not completely covered in sugar or chocolate.
I really did enjoy this event and appreciated the incredible generosity of Datz Dough, especially the generous take home boxes of treats! Those who were seated in the main dining room and patio area definitely received VIP treatment, but those of us that got stuck in the library were sort of forgotten about.
Congratulations to last night’s winners (Sarah, Caroline, Mark, Kelleigh, Coty, and Steve)! Thank you Datz Dough and Brett for all of your generosity and hard work!

I LOVED IT I loved it and LOVED IT SOME MORE (s’more?!)
Yes, I’m yelling. Err. Unilocaling.
Dough really pulls through on this one. Sampling their bistro cuisine was excellent, as I am overcome by sweets upon entry generally when coming to this establishment. The chicken sandwich was fresh, the duck fat fries were commitment worthy– I would marry the garlic aioli it was served with, tots were good, and the bacon bar?! Unspeakable acts featuring the sublime flavors to compliment what many believe is the world’s most perfect food. Bacon.bacon.bacon.
The s’mores set up was amazeballs. The desserts & baked goods were delightfully fresh and are still thriving on my hips. Bahhh!
Service was spot on & plentiful. The popcorn at the table was deeelish and addictive– cheesey & spicey
Caramelly & bacony? Winnnninggggg!
I will note that I had about given up on Dough. My last 3 visits in early evenings provided stale and unsatisfactory products. This experience merely confirmed that Dough simply needs to see me much earlier in the day (or when Unilocalers invade).
Thank you one million times Datz Dough & Brett N!

Hey, I won an award, so obviously this event must have been pretty terrible. Either that or someone lost a pretty serious bet. That’s all I know. For those of you who voted for me, thank you! But please add my Chica, Gigi S., and read her reviews because they’re way more comedic than mine could ever hope to be.
But seriously, Datz Dough was a great venue for this, and it would have been better if the weather would have cooperated. Seems like every time Brett pulls out those damn corn hole boards, the skies open up. Postcard Inn anyone? So Brett, let’s drop those things off at the Salvation Army in some part of the country that’s in a drought.
Best donuts and iced latte in town, and the nicest staff to boot. Did you see the mess we made of that place? May the food Gods bless those kind folks.
2013 was great, so let’s make 2014 better. If I win an award for this year though, you can bet your sweet ass the apocalypse is near.

Lights, Camera, Action!!! The Tampa Unilocal Elites were lined up behind the velvet ropes and ready to celebrate 2013 with the help of the great folks at Datz Dough.
I got to the event about ten minutes before the official start time — just as the light drizzle started to fall. Brett had originally set up the registration table out in the parking lot near the collection of Unilocal outdoor party games with the rotating search lights and the red carpet. But with the rain coming down he and I clearly needed to move things around in a hurry before everything got soaked.
Thanks for everyone’s patience as it was a bit crazy and disorganized for that initial welcoming, but we quickly got Brett’s computer and the name badges dried off. By the time we sorted out all of the issues the restaurant had already filled up with happy Unilocalers, and there was no more seating in the main room or out on the patio.
I met my good friends Michelle M. and Coty D. with their husbands while standing near the Bacon Bar, and we walked the length of the restaurant to find an open table back in the Library near the S’mores area. Before long our friends Rich D., Lindsey S., Mark H., and Nick S. and others helped to push tables and chairs together so that we could all visit. There were about 20 of us back in the Library, and that was the perfect size for socializing.
Unfortunately we did not get to sample a lot of the small plate offerings since we did not receive any food service back in the Library. Only one server showed up with a tray of the Parmesan polenta with the blackened shrimp on top. It was excellent, but we obviously would have enjoyed trying some of the other amazing dishes which other Unilocalers have described, The bacon at the Bacon Bar was fantastic and I really enjoyed the three different styles of sweet, savory, and spicy pork goodness.
The highlight of the evening was the Unilocalies awards ceremony where we had the opportunity to cheer on our friends, and suffer some good-​natured teasing from the crowd. I sincerely thank all of you for the honor of being selected for four major awards including «Best Writer», «Most Useful Reviews». «Best UYE Host», and the «Truest Unilocal Elite» for the Tampa Bay region.
My thanks to Brett, the staff at Datz Dough, and to the Tampa Bay Elites for a wonderful evening. Everyone looked fantastic, and thankfully we had no wardrobe malfunctions!
Congratulations to all of the 2013 Unilocalies winners!!!

In short: Bacon bacon errythang!
This was my very first Elite event, and I was already so excited before we even pulled into the parking lot. As my husband Christoph & I made our way to the label table I got to see other Unilocalettes and Unilocalermen I’ve met before, and I had the pleasure of finally meeting a whole bunch of others for the first time– in person! Everyone looked dazzling and ready to kick off a wonderful night.
As soon as we walked through the door we were greeted graciously and made our way through for the first stop: yummy frosting topped cakes with raspberry filling and donut holes accompanied by a sticky bun glaze.
We had just sat down to start chowing down on our treats when I noticed the bacon bar. Holy Bacon, Batman! They had 3 varieties of bacon and, little did I know, Datz had other bacon surprises in store for me. Would you ever try a maple glazed éclair topped with a strip of bacon? I did, and it was friggin’ delicious. Pardon my «French».
My other favorites were the Shrimp & Polenta, and the Peach & Pomegranate gelato. I tried so many things tonight my stomach is still filled to capacity, though.
The Datz/​Dough crew was fantastic and I can’t applaud them enough. They all wore smiles from beginning to end and treated us Elites like royalty. Thank you so much for making this night so special and sweet (literally)! And thanks to our fearless leader Brett for pulling off an awesome event to kick off our 2014.
It’s sweet to be Elite!

I barelyyy made it to this event… thanks to the fact that I work on Sunday afternoons… but I was determined to show up and finally did, yay!
It was fun to see familiar faces here. Congrats to all the winners tonight (Sarah, Gerardo, Michelle, Kelleigh, Coty, Steve, etc.)… all my favorite Unilocalers were here and that made me happy! I would have loved to meet more people but ran out of time unfortunately.
I literally decided three days ago that I needed to stop living on my all-​sugar diet and cut out sweets. I love sweets so that made me sad but it was way overdue. Great timing right? It seems like 2014 is the year of dieting Unilocalers. Wah. The treats here looked AMAZING. And according to my boo tasted amazing too. He tried the bacon bar, the crème brûlée ice cream, a few donuts and a red velvet latte. I enjoyed a glass of chardonnay that was delicious and perfect after a long day of work.
Datz: your service is great, by the way. The barista especially was so sweet and friendly. Keep it up! I love good service. Mix with great food and that’s the perfect combination. Definitely going to come back.
Thanks Unilocal,Brett, and Datz. It’s been a year since my first Elite event and being Elite has just made my life better in many ways, from the people I’ve met to the places I’ve been to the awesome free events. Unilocal

Terrific event! Absolutely amazing atmosphere and offerings. And the Unilocalers showed up looking stunning and well dressed. The Datz Dough staff were delightful. The shrimp and grits dish (others are calling it polenta, so they are probably right) was perfection. The smores were yummy. The searchlight and red carpet outside were super cool.
This was such an amazing event. It is SWEET TO BE ELITE as others have said. Thank you so very much Brett for organizing this oustanding event and for the devoted and fun loving Datz Dough staff who put on an outsanding, beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable event. It was really unforgettable!
Did I mention the three flavors of Nueske’s bacon? The sweet glazed and the pepper were OUTRAGEOUS!!! The spicy peanut butter gelato was definitely worth trying. There were lots of great beverages including the Love Hurts and the Love Potion #9, both tasty.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! And thank you to all the fun and friendly Unilocalers!!! This was an enthusiastic and energetic group and I met some great people. Terrific all the way around. As Tina Turner says, Simply the Best.
Oh and the siracha popcorn is worth mentioning. :)
And Steve E. rocked his duds. He is a top notch guy.

A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G. As I was getting near Datz Dough and saw moving searchlights I remember thinking, «Is that for us?» It was! Once I saw that and the red carpet I knew that this was going to be a great night. Good heavens did Datz Dough go above and beyond for us. I have never been to an event that had such a huge, varied amount of food for us. Everywhere I looked there was one amazing thing to eat after another. A donut area overflowing with donuts. A case full of mini cupcakes with cute little sugar crystal toppings. There was a gelato area that I did not even go look at. My friend Eric C stopped me and said that I had to go look at the «bacon bar» outside. There were three different types of bacon to try, all with ingredients that I never have seen combined with bacon. There also was a back room where a nice woman would cook s’mores for you using a blowtorch! And to top that off there were people walking around with trays offering other things to eat! I’m going to try and remember everything that I had:
cinnamon bacon — I didn’t expect to like it but I did. Really good!
tater tots with sea salt — I loved these.
mini vanilla cupcake — I loved the design of the crystallized sugar that was on top. Very tasty too.
s’mores– How cool that she melted the marshmallows with a blowtorch. I should have gone back for seconds.
hot cocoa donut — The only thing I had that I just thought was «ok».
I thought that both the indoor and outdoor seating areas looked so nice. It was fun to see some of my favorite Unilocalers and also meet new ones. I thought that all of the award winners were very deserving. Congratulations to them!
I have to mention how wonderful all of the staff at Datz Dough were. There were so friendly and accommodating.
I had a great time. What a way to kick off a year of Unilocaling! Thank you Brett and Datz Dough!!!

This Elite event was incredible — big props to Datz Dough and Brett for organizing such an awesome event. Datz Dough went all out — the bacon bar literally blew my mind away. A constant flow of wine, cocktails, beer, coffee, and various other drinks combined with an insane amount of sweet desserts made this event over the top.
What brought the house down though was the incredible cooking by Chef Domenica Macchia. She is South Tampa’s best kept secret — cooking insanely great dishes that few know about. Tonight Unilocalers were basked in various samples of her cooking with dishes such as Shrimp Polenta, Grilled Cheese with French Onion Soup, Duck Fries, Tator Tots with Parmesan, and the signature Chicken Club Sandwich that always makes my day.
It was an honor to have the cooking from Chef Macchia tonight for this Unilocal event and I am happy that her cooking was shared with so many people who will certainly spread the word about the awesome Bistro menu at Datz Dough. I want nothing but success for it because it’s incredible!
It was also great seeing so many familiar and new faces at the Unilocal event and of course photography by Gerardo Luna. Looks like 2014 is going to be a great year for Unilocal Tampa Bay.

Greeted at the door with a love potion #9 after walking the red carpet-​wow! Great way to start this super sweet elite treat! The drink was gin and raspberry infused with lemon and will be the featured drink in February. Note to self, keep Datz Dough in gps!
Surrounded by doughnuts and chocolate is not a bad way to spend an evening. The sea salted Parmesan tater tots were amazing! Very generous of datz dough to put so much food and spirits out for this primo event! Pb&j doughnut? Who woulda thunk? Very creative bacon treats that hubster loved. Smores that I saw looked mighty fine too. But couldn’t eat another bite. Goody boxes of doughnuts were much appreciated!
Congrats to all the award winners! Thank you Brett for helping us find this awesome, decadent place!

Cute little event to announce the Unilocal awards for 2013. I’ve been to Dough several times so I’m already familiar with the place.
I think Dough did a good job at putting on this event. There was a substantial variety of food being passed out including a s’mores bar and a bacon bar. I tried all of the bacon but my favorite was the kind with the nuts on it. So good!
I wasn’t feeling hugely into eating a bunch of sweets tonight, but I think if you had the intent to go all out you would have gone wild. Dough was generously giving out donuts and coffee, which was really great.
This was not the event to go to on a diet! Overall I had a good time, I do wish I got to sit down and talk with other Unilocalers since I am relatively new and haven’t met many yet but we do talk on the threads.
Overall I think it was a fun event, I just wish I would have brought my sweet tooth!

Once again, Brett and Unilocal did not disappoint. This time, the venue was Datz Dough. The Datz family is quite generous to the Unilocalers of Tampa bay. We have had a couple of events here and they’re always a big hit.
Tonight it was for the annual Unilocal awards. I’m happy to say that I was a proud recipient of one-​thanks everyone ;)
Now onto the event: we were treated with a magic option drink upon arrival. They had various sweet areas set up, including a bacon bar, the s’mores bar, mini doughnuts and gelato. I must say that the magic bar gelato was pretty damn good.
The servers were so kind and walked around with trays full of various savory selections. I loved the cheese polenta topped with the Cajun shrimp. I enjoyed the duck fat fries and the truffle tasted tots did not disappoint.
All in all, this was a wonderful event and as always, it was nice to partake in a fantastic Unilocal event.
Go Unilocal

I knew I was at the right place when I saw the spotlights outside, the line of people and the red carpet! That was enough to get my heart jumping with excitement. We found parking in the back, and walked in with a few other couples. Stevie (Waves) was there to greet us and let us know that Mr. Luna would be taking our photo and then we could get our name tag and wander inside.
I always appreciate the photography that Mr. Luna does, he’s great! So the Hubby and I got a great portrait done with a Unilocal background and said hello to Bret, while the lovely lady at his side complimented my wrap (Thank you, Ross, $ 10.99, Calvin Klien! LOL) When we stepped inside, the scent of coffee overwhelmed me in a good way. And it was a cheery voice that welcomed me, I knew the barrista! She quickly custom crafted 2 beverages for me and the man and we were on our way to explore what exquisite creations there were to be had.
Datz really did roll out the red carpet for us! There were displays of fine baked goods, Datz Popcorn, the S’more’s bar with a S’more’s Artist helping us out in the library, Salted chocolate dipped grahams that were then dipped into marshmallow fluff and set afire by a brulee torch? Amazeballs! I certainly can’t forget the bacon bar. BACON! Suffused with flavor. There was the Applewood smoked with pepper, Cinnamon Cyanne and Caramel peanut curry (?). These were decadently delicious and OMG. I wanted more.
We had free reign of the pastry cabinet and the doughnuts too! There were some absolutely decadent combinations: Maple bacon, Hot Chocolate, S’more, Neopolitain, sour cream… The flavours seemed endless, and all held promise for making my tongue and belly happy, but. I was very good. I only had a nibble of the strawberry mini cup cake and the green pastry with strawberry jam… I don’t know how they make their icing, but it’s among the best I’ve –ever– tasted.
Conversation was amazing, I loved meeting other gamers and geeks. I even found out that it was kind of a 6 degrees of separation between me and another friend not related to Unilocal!
I was so glad to have been able to make it to this event. Thank you, Brett, You should have been able to take home one of those Snazzy trophies, Congratulations to all of you who won! You truly deserve them all, you are our BEST. And THANK YOU Datz! I had never been, but now I know that I will come back. You guys are both amazing and wonderfully friendly folks.