Yesterday night, Mark, Paul and I stopped by the Candybar on a rather crowded and busy night to use up a groupon for this place.
Going in, I envisioned that this would be an upscale place where you'd bring a date. Just thinking about their playful name and their mantra ("dessert/wine/art"), you'd think it's a place where two people would stop by after dinner to grab drinks and to chat for a while. But actually, it's kind of the opposite. This place is a bit too noisy and raucous for just two people, and all of their customers were there in small to large groups.
Onto the food:
Chocolate Mousse
Mango sauce|Roasted White Chocolate|Milky Way Malt Ice Cream
Once more, with flash:
Mark had the Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
Chocolate Tart|Peanut Butter Cream|Salted Caramel Peanuts|Blackberries
(And for the record, yes, they did play the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song.)
Strawberry Limeade
Strawberry Mousse|Vanilla Cake|Calamansi Cream|Strawberries|
Oh, right. And cocktails. I had the blood orange cocktail (sparkling wine, blood orange bitters, and a sugar cube). I was a bit disappointed that the blood orange flavor didn't come out more, and was otherwise not anything special.
A big part of the appeal of this place is not so much the dessert itself, but the lounge-y kind of atmosphere. It's clear from looking at the presentation of the food, the art on the walls and even the furniture that this place is all about the ambiance. Yes, people there are dressed nicely, perhaps having just come from a fancy dinner. With the lights slightly dimmed, it's a good place for a small group to spend a few hours just hanging out. Oddly enough, in contrast to the very much grownup decor, board games are left on a shelf for customers to pull out and play (adding very much to the noise factor =P). And yes, before the end of the night, we did get through a quite few rounds of Connect-4 and a game of Sorry.
Without the groupon, it's somewhat pricey for what it is. But I hear that the kungfu taco cart swings by during happy hour, so it might be worth it to come back to this place at some point.
For us, it came down to $15 a person. Most drinks and desserts were around $8 or $9, so full price for one dessert and a drink would be about $20 per.
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Candybar
1335 Fulton St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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