The Culinary Stone Cafe - Coeur d'Alene

Not a fan of the decision to get rid of the water bowl and dog treats, since I live here and all. I'll change my review if you bring them back. This has been a non dog friendly town for too long ????

The Coffee Shop, Wow!???? Their sweet bun pastries are a superb delicacy that just have that Perfect crispness to the exterior with sweet delicate layers that just melt in your mouth, combine it with the chocolatey goodness of a perfectly made Mocha andyou now have a foodgasm for your mouth.????

My husband is addicted to salted maple coffees and has had a hard time finding a place that can make them the way he likes. We tried this place and the barista made her own concoction because she didn't have salted maple flavoring, she did spiced maplewith a dash of salt and Carmel and wow it is the best coffee it is very creamy and not at all bitter. It is a new favoritelocation for our coffee addiction. ?

The Culinary Stone Cafe used to a favorite lunch spot of mine. Today 's experience is one for the books, utter and total disappointment, I left in tears. I would not consider myself a regular, but I go often enough to know the menu and have a favorite.I arrived to the newly remodeled TCSC (The Culinary Stone Cafe) about 1:45pm, well past the lunch rush but I was told it would be about 15 minutes as they had some orders to get out. I ordered the Lunch Express as I only had an hour and planned a working lunch. At the register I engaged in some small talk with the cashier, Jessica, paid for my lunch iced tea and sat down to start working.20 min later, no food. I went up to the deli case and asked about my order. He assured me it would be out soon, I confirmed it was for Stacey... all good I think just a busy day.30 min later, no food. This time I went up to Jessica and inquired about my order as it had been 30 minutes. She responded casually and asked the person working the food line to see about my order. The manager immediately came over and refunded my lunch saying, it was on them for the long wait. I thanked her and went back to working. She assured me it would be right out... all good I think just a busy day.45 min later, no food. My time is up and I need to move on with my day and again I asked Jessica and the manager about my food and stated that I now needed it to-go. Jessica responded, Well you already got refunded so you should just leave. I was shocked, I shook my head and said Oh! clearly surprised by the blatant rudeness and utter lack of customer service. I went over and began to pack up my things and Jessica came over and flippantly said, We are training people and they are scattered back there and honestly they don 't even know what you ordered. I did not even respond to her excuse, all I could hear was, You.should.just.leave. So I did, I left in tears.

The sandwich I ordered was so simple but so flavorful. All fresh ingredients and having a delicious gluten free option was just the icing on the cake.