We had a great time being involved in Shotbox this year. Hopefully Shotbox will be back next year. Take time to fill out this survey and let us know what you thought of Shotbox.
Tell us what your favorite cakes were and what you’d like to see us do if Shotbox reopens. If you are just looking for pictures of food porn, scroll down through the blog or try our TwitPic posts.
For tonight’s late night hours at ShotBox Ty asked for something laden with alcohol. We respond with the following cupped cake: Chocolate cake filled with chocolate Bailey’s buttercream topped with a vodka and coffee liqueur chocolate ganache buttercream. There is so much alcohol in this cake that you will need a cup of the best single origin coffee or a double shot of espresso to sober up enough for you to drive home. This is the most alcohol we’ve put into anything yet.
If you want to experience the fun, Shotbox will be open from 10pm-2am. Supplies are limited. Enjoy the performance while it lasts.
Shotbox is located at 323 W. Martin Street in downtown Raleigh, NC.
Shop Brand Fandango on the Final Friday Before the Holidays!
Joins us December 18 to do your shopping on the Final Friday before the holidays…
Come see new inventory and new artists. See kiddy kimono’s from Caitlin Cary, Jewel boxes by Julie Olson, quilts by Judy Hamrick and restock items from all our vendors. if you haven’t been down don’t miss out on the unique items from our regions best artisans.
Looking forward to getting a great cup of coffee on a cold December day from the Shotbox? Ask for the Drinking Chocolate w/homeade cinnamon marshmallow or for a truly unique experience try the Chocolate Espresso (roasted coco seeds and roasted coffee extracted together w/ a touch of vanilla – a holy trinity).
Shotbox: serving the best coffee since December 2009.
come buy.
Brand Fandango will have extended hours on Friday the 18: 7a til 10p
saturday 9 til 4
and weekdays 7 to 7
closed christmas eve til January.
Gamila Company
323 West Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601 USA
919.834.0079×207
www.gamilacompany.com
This week Crumb and ShotBox got a great mention in the Independent Weekly. The article is quoted below:
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Life imitates art, right? Inspired by performance art, a trifecta of Raleigh foodies has unveiled an art exhibit turned cupcake and coffee bar that entices frigid palates with take-away sweet treats and coffee. Shotbox (323 W. Martin St., www.shotboxraleigh.com) is nestled in the front of the Designbox gallery, giving the Warehouse District a sweet smidgen of what is to come. Shotbox is only slated to be around for the month of December, but it may manifest into Crumb and Coffee, a combination of bakers Carrie Gephart (formerly of Hayes Barton Cafe and Dessertery) and David Menestres, who represent Crumb (www.justcrumb.com), with the help of coffee gurus Ty Beddingfield (original owner of Third Place Coffeehouse) and Rich Futrell (of Durham’s Counter Culture).
Right now, downtown revelers can enjoy “cups of cake” (”The stuff we’re producing is way beyond cupcakes,” says Beddingfield) in extraordinary flavors spiked with ingenuity. A recent post on justcrumb.com/blog unveiled the Little Lebowski Urban Achiever (chocolate cake filled with a vodka/ coffee ganache, topped with a buttercream made with vodka and coffee liquor, $6) and the Ubersuperduper (candied orange, white chocolate ganache, orange cake, chocolate ganache filling, $8), which the blog says is “large enough for two people who like each other enough to share.” Set in just 100 square feet of space, Shotbox squeezes in a few other items, such as brownies and cookies, and the coffee bar features artfully prepared single-origin coffee drinks. There’s also a hot drinking chocolate on the menu; Paul Mosca of Raleigh’s Chocolate Seed (www.nahuallitrading.com) grinds cocoa beans for at least four hours in a granite grinder to achieve the perfect flavor and consistency.
Menestres touts Shotbox as “certainly a work of art.” And it’s been interpreted, like art, all sorts of ways. Beddingfield describes it as an experiment that people should come in and see for themselves. “Some might see it as fun, some as pretentious. Some see it as ridiculous, and some love it.” Shotbox is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. now through Dec. 23, pending a possible new schedule.
The article is located here (accessed on December 16,2009).
A reminder: ShotBox is open late nights on Friday and Saturday from 10pm – 2am. Come by for cups of coffee and cake. Tonight we are featuring the Coconut cup, the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (and proud we are of all of them), and the Chocolate Orange, orange cake with chocolate ganache filling toped with white chocolate.
Coconut cups of cake
Little Lebowski Urban Achievers
Crumb will be there, working the box like the professional we are.
Ty has also made the following special offer via Twitter:
ride #raleighrickshaw and get a free cup of coffee or hot chocolate on the city plaza tonite care of Shotbox. Rickshaw 2 window 4 discount.
Support our friends at Raleigh Rickshaw. Why walk when you can have someone cycle you around town. That way you’ll have some extra fat to keep warm.
As always, there is a limited number of cups of cake. Come early, stay late, watch the performance.
Grace, the daughter of @dgtlpapercuts, reviews hot chocolate from Shotbox with vegetarian marshmallow by Crumb and one of our cups of cake, a chocolate cake with caramel filling, ganache, and French sea salt. This girl has a future in the review business. Someone call Frank Bruni at the New York Times and tell him we found his replacement. http://idek.net/l12
New today at ShotBox:
The super: The classic yellow cake with chocolate ganache buttercream $4
The superduper: In tribute to one of our favorite movies, the Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. Chocolate cake filled with a vodka/coffee ganache, topped with a buttercream brimming with vodka and coffee liquor. $6
Little Lebowski Urabn Achievers
The ubersuperduper: (from top to bottom) Candied orange, white chocolate ganache, orange cake, chocolate ganache filling. Large enough for two people who like each other enough to share. $8
Today we also unveil a new subset of the ShotBox menu, Bites, small items at a small price. For the first offering we have dense, fudgie brownies and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, which are gluten free for all our gluten intolerant friends. $0.75 each.
ShotBox is open Mondays – Friday 7am to 7pm and Saturday from 9am-4pm. Special late night hours Friday and Saturday 10pm-2am. Come get a cup of cake and coffee to sober you up for the drive home.
Friday December 4 was the grand opening of Shotbox in conjunction with the opening of Brand Fandango 8 at DesignBox. Crowds were estimated by Ty to be in the neighborhood of 500. Crumb was there watching all the people and slinging cupcakes as fast as people could eat them.
A few photos from the evening:
These two photos taken by the awesome Wayne Sutton. More photos on WayneSutton.net
@Catieweb and @GeoffGahn eating jumbo cupcakes with candied habanero buttercream and Patron XO ganache filling. I was too busy manning the window to take more pictures. There are more pictures on ShotBoxRaleigh.com.
Thanks to everyone that came out. The performance continues at ShotBox weekday mornings from 7am-9am and most of the rest of the day as well. Go find Ty and tell him to make you something tasty, like a chocolito! Saturdays will be special at ShotBox, make sure to come and see. Special late night hours on Friday and Saturday night from 10pm-2am. Have a cupcake and sober up with the best coffee in Raleigh before driving home.
Crumb and Coffee is indeed coming to downtown. The location will be in the front office space of Designbox and the opening date is this coming Friday evening.
Starting on Friday December 4th, the front gallery space of Designbox will be transformed into Brand Fandango #8 and Shotbox. Brand Fandango will, like every year, showcase local brands and talent for the holiday season. This year, the addition of coffee and dessert will definitely add a bit more warmth in the cold.
While the front gallery becomes Brand Fandango, the front office is converted into a take-away coffee and cake stand, serving the gallery and street. Locals will be able to come into Designbox and buy a coffee while perusing the gifts OR simply pop by the to-go window on the street for their caffeine and cake fix.
Shotbox will have extended hours on Friday and Saturdays nights for the warehouse district nightlife and starting Monday Dec. 7, morning hours to help downtown get to work. Look for take out served right to the street. Just another reason that the Warehouse District is the future of Downtown Raleigh.
Special Shotbox Hours
7am – 9am (goodmorning coffee)
10pm – 2am (goodnight cupcake)
Read more on NewRaleigh.com.
Crumb is coming to downtown Raleigh! Crumb is teaming up with Rich and Ty, formerly of The Third Place, to bring Crumb & Coffee to the people! The location will be revealed soon!
To quote Ty, “more news forthcoming on a need to know basis…and you will need to know.”
Read about it on NewRaleigh.com here.