Finger stickin' good
Dec 20th, 2006
It was a long haul but after a whole lot of hammer swinging Sticky Fingers Bakery is finally open. They made the move from what I think real estate types call and English basement in lower Adams Morgan to Columbia Heights.
This joint is a bakery in the cakey sense of the word. Decent baked bread, alas, means schlepping down to somewhere like Bread Line or the Greek Deli on 19th and M St.
Sticky Fingers is one of those places that makes you feel good about this whole DC thing and you might skip a night of bitching that it's not Manhattan. Or likely to be anytime soon. It's curiously approachable yet slightly hip (take that you hipper than thou bastards in Adams Morgan) and it makes a trip to the bloody awful Giant Grocery almost bearable. Don't get me started on the veggies at Giant or friends will have to come and take turns sitting with me until the mood passes.
This bakery has noble intentions as no animals were brutalized during the making of these vegan cakes. Curiously, the sweeties don't taste like ass which tends to accompany a lot of vegan confectionery.
Yes, an espresso and scrummy Cowvin Cookie go a long way to make up for lettuce that was planted in the mid fourteenth century. The new location boasts a real cafe where you can rest your weary, shopped-out bones.
Sticky Fingers is at 1370 Park Road NW opposite Giant.