#44 The Southend Buttery

The South End Buttery

314 Shawmut Avenue
Boston, MA 02118

Trip: 20 Min walk from the NEU Campus into the South End. However, the MBTA Silver Line does run through this area.

Cost: $3.00 for a Red Velvet Cupcake

$2.00 for an Iced Double Espresso

So, we went here to try the cupcakes, and of course in the policy of consistency, I went with the Red Velvet and cream cheese frosting. However, The South End Buttery has been voted the best Coffee Shop by numerous magazines and websites for the past 2 or so years, and about 3 years ago they had the best cupcakes in town.

With a tour detour from the main posting, this is a great Cafe`, and is crowded on a weekend morning, there was not an empty table inside or out. My espresso was delish, and fairly priced. I would always come back here for a morning coffee, if I did not live so far away. The only negative is if there is no space anywhere to sit, its hard to find anywhere around the block to sit and enjoy.

With all that being said, the cupcake: it was a moist cupcake, with the

proper coloring all around. The cream cheese frosting was sweet, it seemed like it might have been like a cream cheese butter cream? Im not sure, I don't know my baking terms like I should. But over all the combination of the icing and cake were very nice. A super sweet combination, and the cupcake itself was a tad large, two people can easily split it. And since we all had one to ourselves, no one had finished the poor sad cupcake.

Out of the three cupcake places in Boston, this has the #2 ranking.

Don't Forget to Check Out Their Website:

http://www.southendbuttery.com/site/