Nothing beats desserts — and if you're in the mood for something sweet in Denver, we've found a lineup of places that will excite your appetite. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're looking for a decadent dessert.
Baker Neighborhood Market
713 W. Fourth Ave., Baker
Baker Neighborhood Market is a cafe and bakery that serves breakfast and lunch items.
On the dessert front, you can score ice cream cones and shakes. The shakes come with two scoops of either chocolate or vanilla ice cream, milk, your choice of candy add-ins and whipped cream on top with a drizzle of chocolate or caramel.
Besides dessert, look for sandwiches, paninis, breakfast burritos, tamales, oatmeal cups, coffee, tea and smoothies.
Baker Neighborhood Market's current Yelp rating of five stars out of seven reviews indicates positive attention from customers.
Yelper Trish G., who was the first to review it on June 2, wrote, "A great place to grab a sandwich (delicious!) or a great scoop of ice cream. A wonderful neighborhood convenience store."
Yelper Tracy T. added, "Best panini ever. Yummy! This place is super cute and service was great! We will definitely make it one of our lunch spots. To top it off there's ice cream."
Baker Neighborhood Market is open from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturday. (It's closed on Sunday.)
Em's Ice Cream
2829 Fairfax St., North Park Hill
Em's Ice Cream is an ice cream shop that has another location in the 16th St. Mall and an ice cream truck that's on the move. According to its site, it's certified organic and makes everything from scratch.
Its flavors include roasted banana, salted caramel, strawberry balsamic, cherry chocolate chip, coffee cashew toffee, honey lavender, ginger, cinnamon and chocolate peanut butter, among others.
Em's Ice Cream is off to a strong start with five stars out of 10 reviews on Yelp.
Yelper Jasmyn M., who visited the shop on June 24, wrote, "Cute storefront, outdoor tables, adorable on the inside. I ordered roasted banana ... Wow, it was incredible! Had it on a waffle cone, generous scoop size. I enjoyed it tremendously."
Yelper Jacob A. wrote, "Great addition to the neighborhood. Homemade waffle cones were great. I got cookies and cream and chocolate cherry. Both great flavors that didn't have any overpowering taste."
Em's Ice Cream is open from 3–9 p.m. on weekdays, 1–9 p.m. on Saturday and 1–8 p.m. on Sunday.
The Donut House
9660 E. Alameda Ave., Suite 104, Windsor
The Donut House is part of a growing Colorado chain — this is its sixth shop, with an even newer seventh location over on South University Boulevard.
On the menu, you'll find several styles and varieties of doughnuts, including cake, old-fashioned and raised, plus twists, bars, bismarcks, fritters, cinnamon rolls and more.
Signature doughnuts include the Hippie Power (blueberry and mango over a glazed doughnut), Death by Chocolate (all chocolate with chocolate cream over a raised doughnut) and the Peaches and Cream (fresh peaches and cream over a raised doughnut). (See the full menu here.)
Yelpers are excited about The Donut House, which currently holds 4.5 stars out of three reviews on the site.
Jolene W., who reviewed it on June 2, wrote, "Cute new doughnut shop with delicious doughnuts! And they have some huge doughnuts that looked delicious. This place is definitely going to be the place to stop when I need a doughnut."
Yelper Charlie G. added, "Blueberry doughnut was absolutely delicious and my favorite. I also had the Bavarian Cream. If you order a jelly-style doughnut, they fill the doughnut with whatever flavor you want right before your eyes. They were well balanced in terms of crispy outside and light and fluffy on the inside."
The Donut House is open from 6 a.m.–7 p.m. daily.
