Sunny yellow walls and wooden tables gives Crepe Daze a cozy, homelike feeling from the moment you walk through the door. The shelves loaded with books and games in the corner as well as the wall full of coffee mugs give the place the feel of a café as opposed to a restaurant. The walls are decorated with local art that changes frequently, and the corner is adorned with kitsch; personalized, memeish decorations. All of this is not the star of the show, but instead just the stage where the action takes place.
As the name suggests Crepe Daze serves crepes, both sweet and savory, as well as the occasional sandwich. The crepes are good, and more importantly accessible to those without much crepe eating experience. The menu is simple, with no fancy names, just a direct statement of what is in the crepes; the least descriptive name on the menu is the Greek crepe, a mix of feta, spinach, black olive and tomato.
The Greek has a good balance of flavor with the salty feta playing off the bitter spinach and the sweet tomato. The dish also balanced of hot and cold as well, the tomatoes near the edges and the olives that garnished the top of the dish still held a bit of a chill, which added a nice complexity of texture.
The sweet crepes offer the same simplistic naming convention and range from fruit and Nutella or almond joy to simple sugar and spice. This last one arrived at the table looking like a flattened slice of pumpkin pie, the spices and sugar glistening across the top and crust of whipped cream around the back edge. The flavor was good, but not distracting.
That may be the worst thing I can say about Crepe Daze, is the food is not so amazing that it distracts from the conversation you’re having while you eat. This is not really a bad thing. If you want something to eat while studying this is a good choice or it is the perfect place to linger over coffee and crepes while you chat with friends.
If you want to sit around and talk about how good the food is go somewhere else. If you want good crepes at a good price then Crepe Daze is the place for you.
-Quinn Conklin
Crepe Daze • Dec 16, 2011 at 10:54 am
Just wanted to let everyone know our address:
1620 Mendocino Ave Ste B Santa Rosa, Ca 95401
We are conveniently located right across from SRJC.
Next door to Screamin’ Yogurt.
And our crepes are great!!