That Crêpe Place

I’ve always enjoyed That Crêpe Place, and am very sorry that it is closing.
My sister and I made it a point to stop in a couple of days before the set closing date of 12÷28÷14 to enjoy the fantastic crepes – the Pesto Shrimp was a personal favorite. We asked why they were closing, and were told that the owner was talking a job overseas for the next 4 years. So sad that he chose to close instead of finding a good manager!
We will miss this unique dining experience!

What an awesome little crepery! :)
You can get breakfast, savory, or sweet crepes depending on your particular mood. I went with the build– your-​own crêpe with vanilla sauce, crumbled oreos, choc chips, and mini marshmallows. OMG! MMmmmmmmm…
Okay, so what’s really cool is the open concept kitchen; you can watch the entire process from them pulling out the ingredients, prepping, cooking, flipping, adding your choices, and then getting it to that perfect soft yet crisp light crunch that allows all those sweet flavors to meld together blissfully. It’s just the right warmth to feel the heat but need to drop it from being burned. Perfection. Silly, simple, perfection.

Jules loves crapes. I… well, I like them, but I’m not as obsessed with them as she. After our phenomenal dinner at Straits of Malacca on our anniversary, she suggested stopping off at That Crêpe Place for some dessert. No objections on my end, so we swung on by.
Now, mind you, this was at about 9:30 at night on a Saturday, so you’d figure that most of the crowd would have cleared out, right? Wrong. That Crêpe Place was utterly jammed, with a pile of teenagers seemingly just hanging out. They were there when we arrived and were still there, taking up two of the only four indoor tables when we left, talking loudly and ordering nothing. Yargh.
The crepes themselves were… okay. They came out quickly and had fresh ingredients. My crêpe – featuring raspberries and vanilla cream – actually had whole, real raspberries in it. I could have done with a little more cream, however, as the crêpe itself was slightly overdone, which led it to be tough. Jules’ crêpe – the «Tahitian” – seemed fine and smelled of fresh vanilla and cinnamon.
All told, there’s not much to say about That Crêpe Place, and that might be the biggest indictment of it entirely. It’s okay, but not particularly memorable. The interior is small and cramped. If I can help it, I’d probably look elsewhere for dessert.

This is one of my family’s «go to» places for dinner on Friday nights in the summer and before the movies on the weekends. Though it does tend to be short on staff — maybe two people per shift– we’ve always received good service nonetheless. We’ve tried a variety of creeps there and have enjoyed each with the favorite always being a create your own. My teenagers like that this customization works with their taste preferences. The prices average $ 6 – 7 per crêpe. While that may seem high, it is aligned with the price points of a sandwich or burrito at other chains and the portion size is equally as large and filling.

I lud da crepes. It was a nice shindig of a time. Not the best place on Earf but it be aight for some crepes made. The strawberry cheesecake was super dope but dat about it.
Why the slang, you ask? Because it wasnt that favorable of an experience and Im being nice with the 3star rating. So I recommend finding another place for crepes if you can.

I wanted to love That Crêpe Place, I really did. The concept is great, and the décor is modern and chic, but the service was bad. BAD.
We walked in to find the store empty except for one woman waiting for service. She told us that she had been waiting «awhile» and no one had come from the back of the kitchen to take her order. On the cash register sits a door-​bell to be pressed when no one is at the counter. We pressed the door-​bell and a very grumpy fellow lumbered out from the back to «greet» us. When I say «greet», I mean that he stared at us like we were seriously bothering him almost angrily took our order. If looks could kill, we’d be dead. It was extremely uncomfortable and awkward and put a serious damper on the entire experience.
Our food tasted OK but I have to admit, my husband and I were so skeeved by the attitude of the employee that we took our food outside even though it was a bit chilly. My husband mentioned his chicken was dry and unfortunately my «Pooh Bear» crêpe has so much honey that it was pooling up in the bottom of the basket.
Yes, they serve the crepes in baskets. This is a bad idea, as the sweet crepes are filled with honey, warm nutella, and vanilla crème which ALL get runny and gooey. The honey then wets the parchment paper that the crêpe is served on, and shreds when you cut it. Then you eat paper shards. No bueno. Plates would be a far better option, plus we are not eating a basket of fries, this is supposed to be Parisian café fare.
As we were leaving, we noticed a small group of people waiting behind the counter for their order to be taken. Disgruntled employee was nowhere to be found. I wonder if he thinks that its OK to relax in the back until people ring the bell for service? Weird weird weird. «Jamais Plus»

Went back for the second time on Wednesday evening and decided on a savory crêpe this time (tried a nutella and fruit one last time). I got the Breakfast crêpe (egg, bacon, and cheese) and my oh my was it GOOD! We were the only customers in the shop at the time, but it didn’t take nearly as long as it did last time. It was piping hot, full of good stuff, and HUGE. I felt like I ate a lot, and yet, I still took half home. So the food was good. BUT, the service SUCKED. I truly hope that a manager or supervisor reads these reviews because the employees need a kick in the butt. When I came into the shop, there was no one to be found. After a few minutes of looking at the menu, an employee finally emerged from the back and grumpily took my order. Was not pleasant or friendly and never even made eye contact with me. I could tell she was thrilled to be there. While my friend and I were eating and chatting for an hour or so sitting inside, at least 5 different patrons came in to get food, again, no employees to be found (hiding in the back), and after waiting several minutes with no one coming out, they left. You guys are losing business. At approximately $ 10 per person, that’s potentially $ 50+ that just walked out the door, and that was just in the hour we were there, during dinnertime. Not good for business, folks.

Came in with a party of five gals. There were two other couples already seated and eating, so there was nobody else’s order before us. I agree with the other reviews that the service is excuciatingly SLOW. Four of us ordered crepes, there were two working behind the counter. It took no less than 20 minutes for our order. And like I said, there were no other orders prior to us since the patrons already in there clearly had their crepes and were already eating. They need to work on this! It’s too bad, though, because the crepes were actually quite good. I ordered the Parisian which had a dash of lemon, butter and sugar. Really quite tasty. Please work on speeding things up!

My boyfriend lives and dies for this place.
Me… not so much.
I’m not a huge crêpe fan. They’ve really never done anything for me, but the BF loves them. So, he was so excited when this place opened. That’s why there are 3 stars.
There is so much that happens here that makes me crazy.
1. This strikes me as a place that should be QUICK. It’s not. You wait FOREVER to get your food. That’s a problem.
2. I think it might take forever because there are never enough people working. The same person takes your order, takes your money, does the prep work, and makes your crêpe. And that same person does that for everyone else in that comes in the place, too, because only 1 person is working at time. Grrr.
3. It’s a tiny place. It only has 3 tables inside. It’s The Greene. I get that, but I’m not going to stand outside in the snow and eat my crêpe. Every place at The Green does best in the summer, but I think to stay in business all year you must have some more indoor seating. (Plus, where am I to sit when I’m wait 30 mins for my crêpe?)
Skip it.

Florentine crêpe… delicious!

I was really looking forward to trying this place because I’m a big crêpe fan. However, other reviewers are right to say that it needs help in big ways in terms of the organization.
1. Time to complete orders: we had to wait about 10 – 15 minutes for our orders and it wasn’t a very busy day. For a sitting place I expected something to place my food in, but had to request for a basket when the crêpe was served wrapped as is
2. Taste: the crêpe itself was so-​so. Not quite fluffy or smooth enough, and even though it held the contents beautifully and didn’t have any bad taste, it was not quite what I had come to expect from crepes, both in taste and texture.
3. Overall experience: friendly and casual atmosphere. People look genuinely nice and seem like they try their best. A little more organization and attention to detail would go a long way in making this the best crêpe place in town.
I’ll definitely go back, but that first experience just didn’t quite live up to my expectations.

I was really anxious to try this restaurant as it is a totally new concept to the area, it’s nice to see that someone thought outside of the sports bar /​gourmet burger box. Located at the Greene Shopping Center next to Cold Stone Creamery, they have a great spot right on the corner. Seating was fairly limited to four or five high tops inside and a few tables outside (weather permitting). The choices are pretty decent, quite a few pre-​designed choices or you can make your own, this applies to both the savory or sweet lineups. The crepes are made while you wait and you can watch them load up the fillings and then fold the creating into a neat edible triangle of warm crêpe goodness. Overall, the food was very good, I would have easily given them 4 stars but the customer service really lacked today. I will admit that they are very new and hopefully the customer service will improve with time. One thing I didn’t like was the fact that I had ordered 3 crepes (there were 3 of us) and they were cooked in a very staggered order, I was left waiting for my last crêpe for quite a long time while the other two were being eaten. It almost seemed like the orders were all put into the process individually instead of together and then completed together. Also, it would be nice to have some signs like «order here» and «pick up here», when we went in we milled around in the pick up line for a few minutes before realizing everyone around us had already ordered their food. My biggest customer service gripe came after we ate and were getting ready to leave, I simply wanted a menu to take with me so I went back to the counter (there were no customers in line at this point), I waited, and waited, and waited. I watched a few of the workers come almost within arms reach of me and one guy who seemed to be the owner or manager saw me standing there and went back to tending to the food, etc., not one person acknowledged that I was there. Since I was in the «order» line, I thought that it would be silly to have to get someone’s attention by yelling, etc, so I threw my hands up and just left. We will be back since the food was very good, let’s hope their attention to the customer improves to the quality of their food next time.

I happened in to this place this afternoon for a little after lunch snack. It was busy, because it was after all a Sunday afternoon. We had our orders taken and waited while our crepes were made. After about 15 min a table finally opened up and we sat down, but still no food. After 20 min had passed I noticed that a few people that were behind us in line had already received their food I inquired where ours could be. The clerk looked frazzled and said they had lost our ticket and they were making our food presently. Unfortunately I was not the only one this happened to. A woman came up right behind me and had the same experience.
The visit wasn’t a total loss because the crepes were tasty, but the organization of this place really did put a damper on my experience. I will try it again on a less busy day and re-​post. Hopefully they will get the kinks worked out.

Sometimes you come across an idea so good, you wish you had come up with it yourself.
That’s the way I felt walking into That Crêpe Place.
This place is fantastic in its simplicity, and their bright, cheery open kitchen gives you a front row seat to crêpe creation. A superb new (and locally owned!) addition to the fast-​casual restaurant options housed in the Greene, everything about this place just seems like a brilliant concept. With four crêpe stations, and a refrigerated bar in the back housing simple savory and sweet fillings, you step up to a counter and order and your crêpe is quickly made-​to-​order.
For the less creative, or simply indecisive, several savory and sweet combination suggestions (such as Shrimp Pesto, Chipotle Chicken, or Banana and Nutella) are on the menu, or you can opt to craft your own crêpe using their fresh ingredients. This is a perfect place to grab lunch on the go or a sweet snack during a shopping trip with friends.
My only (very small) dissapointment is that there is no soda fountain, so you will either have to purchase a bottled beverage, or carry your crêpe to somewhere else for a drink!