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5.0 of 5 stars.
Without a doubt the best cupcake joint in the valley. It happens to be right next door to another personal favorite place "Danielle's Wood-Baked Pizza!". So while I'm waiting for my slices to heat...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Heard about gourmet cupcakes and I thought, "Hmm, good idea." So I drove through the hills and into the valley to check this place out. Very small store. Hidden in a mini mini-mall. First thing I...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My office manager and I went during our break to check this place out. I've always passed by it but never had the chance to come in....The place is simple and clean. I believe the owner of the store...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I live in Pasadena (18 miles away) and it's not unheard of for me to drive out of my way just to stop here. It is always a treat to stop by this store.I stumbled across this place just 2 months after...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best cupcakes i've ever had...So far i've tried the hot chocolate and the red velvet...both were amazing! Moist, soft, and delicious. The vanilla butter cream is the perfect topping. I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
These cupcakes are so decadently good! My sister-in-law (who lives in Southern California) brought these up to the Bay Area for our family's fourth of July gathering. Ever since I first sunk my...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
To be honest, I really wanted this place to be like Sprinkles. Alas, it was not.The cupcakes were overly sweet -- too much sweet frosting, too much non-tasty cupcake. The frosting was so not in the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I got more cupcakes to try out the variety instead of sticking to the black tie. The strawberry cupcake was funky, as in 'I don't know what's happening here but I don't like it'. There's something...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There's cupcake shops popping up all over now! This place serves up pretty damn good ones. Really great frosting, and nice, moist cakes. I think my favorite was the hot chocolate. The oreo one had...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
First off let me say, the presentation is LOVELY! However, the flavor is ok, and kinda dry. There are better cupcakes out there. To their credit though the arrangement was I sent from them was well...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
People get all Bloods and Crips over cupcake joints but in the end it's sugar flower and fat kids, i mean lets not have to see another young brother fall over some red velvets. This place is pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I had a bad first-time experience when I first tried this place last year. Over priced. Decent cakes. Messy packaging with the glue at the bottom of the cakes. However, the red velvet cupcake was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not an expert on cupcakes but the ones they make here are pretty tasty. Probably average priced in terms of gourmet cupcakes. I havent been to Sprinkles but im sure it's the same. Except this...
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I cannot tell you how hard it is to resist stopping in this place on a daily basis, because it's right up the street from my apt. I'm never disappointed with the cupcakes (the price, however, often...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yummy!!! They had the best red velvet cupcakes! So moist.... I don't do the frosting on cupcakes, I always take it off. But the actual cupcake was great. They use organic ingredients. And they are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
EXPENSIVE. These cupcakes are way too expensive for their size. HOWEVER, in terms of quality, they are the BEST tasting cupcakes in LA. Better than Sprinkles, Crumbs, Yummy's, all of them. This I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Best cupcakes: strawberry (not available every day), coconut (not available every day) and red velvet (always available). If you have the option to choose between Famous Cupcakes and Sprinkles, I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Don't get me wrong most people who know me know I LOVE cupcakes! LOVE cupcakes! I have run into this shop before and purchased cupcakes for others but only recently went it to get myself a treat. I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After someone told me they bake them off location and ship them there, I wondered why to begin with. I gave them a try as i Frequent the grocery store across the street, and to my dissapointment alll...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Damn this store reminds me how there are no good cupcakes n AZ. When I got here the employees were very friendly, they spent the first 30 minutes telling me how cool i was.. and funny ..and smart...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I saw this place one day when I stopped in the Starbucks located in the same plaza. I try not to eat cupcakes - but have been constantly thinking about this place everytime I drive by which is A LOT....
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If don't feel like driving to go to Sprinkles there the Famous Cupcakes for you in NoHo area. Pricewise it's a rip off, i paid for 12 cupcakes 40 bucks, which is a lot, and if you see the mini...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was actually planning to go to Leda's Bake Shop, but they were closed (even though the hours on Yelp said it should of been open). So I did a search for another cupcake shop and came across this...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's your average cupcake place in Los Angeles. What does stick out about their cupcakes is their frosting. it's sweet, but not overpowering, and you can eat it without it smearing all over our face.I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I just had their red velvet cup cake, which was super moist and the butter cream frosting was not too sweet, it was just right. I think its better than sprinkle's version. Its all made out of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Famous Cupcakes is a franchise storefront that sells cupcakes baked in some undisclosed location and trucked in. This isn't some rant about corporations and chains, though. I frequent the Starbucks in...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cupcakes are moistFrosting is not overly sweetFair amount of variety Not all flavors available on all days
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
mocha latte you are good!it's moist, not overly sweet, not overly dec out in frosting.pricey for cupcakes..of course!but it's made from all natural & organic ingredients. does it come in a little cute...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome place. Can't say enough good things about it.I make this place my Saturday afternoon stop after work. Pick up a Red Velvet or Vanilla Chocolate cupcake and some milk. Smile at the cute,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah! An excellent, upscale cupcake joint has worked it's way into the Valley! The store itself is really clean, well organized and designed with a modern edge. It is small, I don't remember there...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
famous cupcakes is as good as it gets! Their cupcakes are so moist and just right.
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The parking is very cramped here so be careful.I heard so much about this place and I've even heard people line up for 30mins to get a cupcake. I expected something .. well different.They are pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So I just finished my first cupcake from Famous Cupcakes...I suppose I should preface my review by stating that early last week I had some amazing cupcakes from Yummy Cupcakes in Burbank. So...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
so good!i literally dreamt about their cupcakes. well, one in particular...the oreo cookies and cream!...and i don't really care for chocolate. seriously, i had a dream that i was eating an oreo...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Felt in the mood for something sweet, and considering I love cake like no other man or woman could, I thought I'd give this place a try. Besides, I was on my way to pickup my order from Uncle Andre's...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been wanting to try this place for awhile. Read good reviews so last night I decided to treat myself to cupcakes. First impression of store. Cute but very small and a bit cold feeling. No one up...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I would rate Sprinkles a 1, possibly a zero, if I had to compare the two cupcakes. Famous Cupcakes were simply out of this world :) Dense but super moist. The frosting was perfect. not all artificial...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Just off the freeway, Famous Cupcakes is located in a compound of strip mall stores. Look for it closely: even though I knew I'd pulled into the right parking lot I drove by it twice before noticing!...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, so I am a Yummy Cupcake girl all the way, but they close at 7:00 Pm and I needed a cupcake pronto! I went to Famous Cupcakes since they were open until 10 and had good reviews. Now I have to say...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite of the cupcake boutiques that have recently popped up around LA.Everything that is righteous and good about cupcakes is embodied in each Famous confection. They are moister than...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Revelatory. Obscenely moist cake, light whipped frosting. Neither cloying nor desperate, this is a confident cupcake. It has nothing to prove. It simply exists, waiting to be discovered and rightfully...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you can't make it to Sprinkles, these are almost as good.... and I am very picky. A good cupcake is hard to find.... Joan's on Third.... Yummy Cupcakes... all garbage. Famous Cupcakes really...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this place !!! I've gone here twice already and I've neverbeen disappointed. I've ordered a dozen cupcakes everytime I've been here. I've tried almost every flavor (red velvet, cookies and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tuesday at about 4PM, a visiting VP decided to inform me that he felt we needed cupcakes for the following day's 1:30 meeting. yup...cupcakes with the number "40" written on them to celebrate the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best cupcakes I've had in L.A! I tried the chocolate with milk chocolate frosting and it was just about perfect. The cake is tender and moist (unlike dry and unimpressive Sprinkles) and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
lovvveeeee cupcakesssss
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Red velvet was AMAZING. SO worth the $3.25 I paid for it!!! Yum!!!*update*I think Famous is a smidge better than Yummy Cupcakes in Burbank...I tried both of their red velvets (loved them both) but...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well if you haven't heard of them yet, keep an eye out in the news because Sprinkles has a lawsuit pending against Famous Cupcakes. It's no wonder because basically Famous tears Sprinkles to pieces in...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For $3.25 each, I thought these better be some damned good cupcakes. They certainly didn't disappoint! Holy good-ass cupcakes, my friends! I tried the Red Velvet and another flavor, the name of...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been around the cupcake block, and I have to say Famous holds its own. We discovered the shop when out for sushi yesterday and were pleasantly surprised. The space is clean, airy and bright. The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have tried many cupcake places in NY, LA and Seattle, and Famous Cupcakes has some of the best! Their red velvet and peanut butter are very moist and not overdone. For me, less is more when it comes...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I made plans with a friend to have a movie night. Remembering that she lives right up the street from Famous Cupcakes, I asked her if she wouldn't mind stopping by and picking up some treats! She...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow man. Everyone has been writing about how dry the cupcakes are, but maybe my palate is out in left field because I've been back a few times and the cake is always moist and rich enough for me. But...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
These cupcakes are OK, but not the best. I found them to be dry, and I have tried them on a few different occasions just to be sure I wasn't eating a bad batch. Considering they are "all natural",...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Where have I been?! Apparently this cupcake place has been open four months. The staffer was very outgoing, upbeat, and knowledgeable. I later found out that the are a chain/franchise, with four...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really liked the vanilla bean. It tasted true, if that makes any sense, non-artificial I guess. My husband liked the graham cracker crumbs one and that's saying a lot because he's not a cupcake...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So my coworkers and I adore cupcakes, but unfortunately, don't always have time to go for Sprinkles runs during the work day. That's why we were so excited when we found out that Famous Cupcakes...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have been driving by Famous Cupcakes for month telling myself I needed to try them. Finally I was picking up some groceries in the same plaza and stoped it. I was super excited about the thought...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've only been to Famous Cupcakes once. I picked up two to take home with me. One was chocolate cake with chocolate icing. The icing was very rich but the cake was a little on the dry side. I was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great cupcakes, rich and flavorful!Presentation, very cute! Parking, a little challenging.Staff, friendly and welcoming.On the wish list: they should serve coffee or additional beverages and have...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Day before Mother's Day discovered this boutique thru meetup.com LA Cupcake group. Too late to special order their specialty bouquet for dear Mom--darn! Still plenty of time for Dad's day or other...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
the red velvet cupcake was actually really moist and fluffy. it tasted more like chocolate than the red velvet flavor i'm used to.and the cream cheese frosting tasted like the sprinkles cream cheese...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW!!! I love these cupcakes. the delivery people are absolutely amazing. If you ever want to treat a friend to a really cool gift this is it.The cupcakes arrive with really nicely dressed delivery...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The LA gourmet cupcake craze is currently in full swing. Whether it's here to stay or not, only time will tell, but for now it's alive and kicking. I went here on a whim one day, I was picking up a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, I must admit, this was good. My husband took me here because he knows how much I love cupcakes. The frosting was amazing. I tried all of them to ensure that no one touches the cupcakes later....
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well I tried most of em and they are all pretty damn tasty, but the main event for me is the plain ol Vanilla Cupcake and they nail it!! Its a little vanilla party in your mouth. The only reason I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was surprised!!! After reading the reviews last week I had to stop by this Famous Cup Cakes to see what all the hoopla was about. Being that I am a Sprinkles girl there was NO way this place could...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted to like Famous Cupcakes. I really did! What could be better than a cupcake store walking distance from my house? (well, NOT having one would probably be better for my waist).On the day I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After continuously putting off writing a review I finally found the time to do it. What surprised me about Famous Cupcakes was how many "fabulous" reviews it has on yelp, because in the end I found...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Okay. Best cupcake ever. I went in when I saw that it had opened, and brought a few to my friends house for dinner. Now...let me just say, that the prices are a little steep...$3.50 for one, I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was biased on my way here; the name of the shop is terribly conceited, and I've eaten enough cupcakes (see my list) to know who should call themselves what.Famous is located in a tiny store in a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Have not gotten the chance to check this place out but one of our clients generously shared his gift of four cupcakes from this place. My boss had the Red Velvet and I had the Deep Dark Chocolatey...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I see this place and decide to see what all the hoopla is about cupcakes. How much better can they get I think. Oooooo, they place is hip looking. There are some not so creative flavors there. The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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