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Chris Sanchez11 said:Just wanted to drop a few quick details about the sweets from Katica. 🥳
The price per pound $23 plus a wedding cake (Black Forest style) for 150 guests, 4 tiers - $167. ☕
My wife was honestly shocked when I told her how people on this forum keep claiming she's overpriced and listing all those crazy numbers.
Based on what she showed me, her prices are actually pretty reasonable and the pastries are delicious. 🤷
Bottom line: Katica (who, by the way, isn't even an actual Katica 😉) is just a cool, down-to-earth woman with great, affordable treats. 😛 😁
That young lady you ran into isn't "the" Kate, because the owner doesn't actually work the counter at the shop. She's just the person working sales there. The real Kate has a son who's in his 30s, so I highly doubt she's some young thing 😉
but honestly, it doesn't really matter—if you love the sweets, go for it!
I'm still torn between her and Tom & Ann. 😕
Quick question for anyone planning on sharing homemade treats for the holidays: how much stuff are you actually putting in each box? I read somewhere that about 5 or 6 ounces is a decent amount per container.
Also, where are you guys picking up the packaging, what’s the damage on price, and who’s doing all the actual packing work?
Over at Jack & Jill, the boxes are $1.00 plus if they handle the assembly too, then $1.00, which means $2.00 just to cover the box and the labor ($200 seems pretty pricey for just 100 boxes).
At Sugarman, they charge $1.25 for the box itself, but they throw in the packaging for free.
Ugh, I totally blanked on asking some of them about delivery fees 😵 do they even charge for it?
And I’m also completely lost on where to find those little cake serving trays—do they carry them, or am I better off just grabbing some myself to save a few bucks? A friend mentioned that you can find those little things at a Goodwill Partner over in Brooklyn. I checked their website, but I didn't see anything, plus they have such ridiculous hours, closing at 2 PM on weekdays.
As for the prices... honestly, it looks like Katie and Jack & Jill are pretty much in the same ballpark. At Katie's, a cake is around 10-$4.00 per person, and if I remember correctly—it’s been a minute since I asked—their pastries go for about 70-$27 per kg.
Over at Jack & Jill, pastries are $23 per kg if you order more than 10 kg, and their cakes vary; they don't really do slices, but it feels like it would end up costing me about the same anyway.
My first instinct was to go with Katie because I used to get great recommendations for them (though that was ages ago, and lately, I feel like their quality has kind of slipped—I've always had a massive sweet tooth, so I used to swing by there all the time since they're right near my place 🙂 )
The thing that's putting me off Katie, though, is that they've been rotating staff constantly lately, and I seem to have the luck of running into someone totally clueless every single time. Not to be mean, but they never seem to know what they're selling, what their own names are, or what the prices are, and then it takes them like fifteen minutes just to ring up four pastries—and they usually mess up the total too.😂
So yeah, I'm a little nervous about ordering because I'm genuinely worried about what I'll actually end up getting.
Hey, does anyone have a second to help me settle a debate?🙏I’m torn between getting a wedding cake and some sweets from the sweet shop near Katica in my small town or heading over to Tom & Jerry in the suburban area.
I was honestly leaning toward the local confectionery at first, but then I had a taste of what they make at Tom & Jerry and, man, they are just delicious. 🤷
Walter Smith8 said:I think I saw something pretty similar over at that "Natural Remedies" shop on Tomašićeva. Honestly, it might have come with some kind of gel, but the description sounded just like this. Give them a call and ask. Or if you're ever passing by, just swing in and check it out if you have the time. 🙂
Omg, thank you so much!!! 🙂 🙂 👋
I'm seriously counting down the days until Monday so I can give them a ring and see if they have it in stock—I noticed they have locations on both Vlaški and Tomašićeva. Honestly, I was starting to think nobody was ever going to get back to me.
Does anyone know where I can snag a mask like this one? It's mostly for massage and dealing with my sinus pain—honestly, my sinuses are absolutely killing me right now 🙂. I've been scrolling through posts and even stopped by a few local pharmacies (including the ones Downtown) to ask, but nobody seems to have any clue what I'm talking about.
Thanks!
Wait, isn't that just the pharmacy over by Dolac Market? I heard from a friend that they can actually order meds from overseas for you, though you've gotta have a private prescription in hand first.