The Square Rabbit

We were looking for caterers for our daughter’s first birthday and you know how much care we would taken before choosing one. We dropped by their place (which looked smaller than I expect, you would surprised how many stuff comes out of a place like that) for consultation. The guy (forgot his name) who is in charge of catering was so forthcoming and suggestive on our menu options. He was taking additional care to make sure it fit our budget and we don’t end up with unfed mouths at our party. They were also receptive to our changes after we placed our order.
Pickup was smooth and they packed it well. They also included cooking instructions for our crusted mushrooms. Everything tasted great. Friends liked it to an extent that they were considering them for their events as well.
Their catering menu seem to be priced right. They also offer ready to eat menu for date nights. They have many options to explore.
Bottomline: Catering food is good and the process is smooth.

Reasonably priced. Free bumper stickers. Never messed up an order. Very inexpensive actually. Great quality. Nice shirts. Never can get enough.

I have used The Square Rabbit on several occasions. They did our wedding cake which ALL of our guests raved about. At our 1 year anniversary we ordered a tiny version of our wedding cake which was spot on. Delicious! Recently I ordered a whole quiche for a work breakfast party, and everyone loved it. I do my ordering with them via email and they are always quick to respond.

The chocolate cake is what dreams are made of. Seriously. Start there and work your way down. Awesome and quick lunch spot if you’re downtown and have to head back to your desk. Their sandwiches are incredible, but really, what isn’t incredible with pimento cheese? Grab one of those guys, grab a cup of their Creamy Tomato Soup… the two of them together… MAGIC. You’ll be glad you did.

There are tons of foods options in downtown Raleigh, and this is one of my favorites if you’re looking for something quick and inexpensive. They always have chicken/​tuna salad sandwiches, and their rotating main dishes are always tasty and balanced. Not to mention all the desserts (the oatmeal cream pie is my favorite).

Not a huge fan of The Square Rabbit. First off, the food is just sitting in the cases and it always looks like it has seen better days. My coworkers go and pick food up there a lot but I’m not sure why because every time they bring it back, they spend 10 minutes adding salt, pepper, warming it up more, mixing it with other things, etc to improve it. Why not just make it yourself if it’s that bad?
We order Birthday cakes here for coworkers and yesterday we went to pick up a $ 20 *tiny* cake we had ordered and asked if we could just grab it and check out since the line was 20 people long. «Nope, get to the back of the line». Okay we’ll stand behind all these people ordering $ 4 lunches and waiting while their old food gets warmed up when we called and PREORDERED a cake.
The cake is normally not half bad but yesterday my coworkers and I all had stomachaches after eating it.

Seriously, the best shortbread cookies I’ve ever had. They tend to be sold out by late afternoon, so you have to go early. They also are decorated for each season and are a hit with the kids… if I decide to share!

Quick, cheap lunch option downtown Raleigh
Daily 5 – 6 sandwiches and 3 – 4 lunch specials. Sandwiches are good, prices are humane. Value for $$$ very good here. I stop by often.

Great for a quick lunch on the go! Always check out the daily specials, there’s always something good and you can get it heated up there or wait and heat it up later. Great variety and always fresh!

Stopped in on a saturday for some cookies. They had strawberry sugar cookies and they looked delicious. I asked the lady behind the counter if the cookies were soft because i do not like hard cookies. She said oh yes, they’re soft. I bought a dozen based on her word. What a mistake!!! The cookies were hockey pucks to put it mildly. The owner should be ashamed of their self selling this crap. There was nothing you can do to eat them. Milk wouldnt even soften them. I had to trash the entire dozen. If i didnt live 2 hrs away i would take them back and throw them at the window. It would surely do some damage! Dont waste your money here

Finally went here for a late lunch today.
Not too sure I’m sold on this place. I had one of the specials: German steak & potatoes. There were MANY pearl onions, a few potatoes, lots of green beans, and some really TOUGH steak.
Maybe I needed to have tried a sandwich instead.
That said, it’s fairly quick and inexpensive. I was there after the lunch rush, though.
I may try it again, but I’m not in a huge hurry to do so.

Let me be clear: the day the wonderfully charming Square Rabbit cashier recognized me was the day I ascended to a higher plane of being.
The Square Rabbit is a perfect establishment for the downtown working folk among us – something quick, cheap, and tasty! It’s a no-​frills place, with no place to sit (or stand, really, if you’re coming during peak lunch hour), but since I’m always picking up something to take back to the office anyway, I’m not complaining.
The menu is an ever-​rotating assembly of comfort food, from quiche to soup to chicken-​pot pie. It’s nothing revolutionary, but it’s darn good food for the price.
The desserts, however… wow. There’s something to write home about. Every dessert I’ve had here – and let’s be real, I’ve had many! – has been absolutely gorgeous. No butter is scrimped, no sugar is spared, and the result is the best mid-​day pick-​me-​up you’re going to get, considering drinking on the job will probably get you fired.

The Square Rabbit has decent food that is very cheap. I’ve gotten a variety of things including the shrimp and girts, and the holiday sampler. All the things I’ve had were good, but nothing crazy exciting. For instance, when I got the holiday sampler it came with a variety of things. I got greens, turkey with gravy, stuffing and a bit of cranberry sauce. The stuffing was great, but it’s really hard to go wrong with stuffing. The greens were ok, I thought they were underwhelming and could have been more seasoned but they were eatable. I go to Square Rabbit for comforting food that usually isn’t more than $ 8 – 9. Also, the specials change daily, so don’t expect the same offered everyday!
At 12PM the place is packed, so try to avoid or work around that line. I went once at 12PM and the line went pretty fast but the place is very small so you’re going to cramped in that small space.

Oh my GOSH. The best carrot cake I have EVER had made by ANY restaurant EVER… perhaps the best I’ve ever had. (That’s a large claim. I’ll need to think more about it before I fully commit…)
I’ve not been to this restaurant so can only comment on the one thing I’ve tried. It was provided at a cookout by a friend of a friend, and everyone was telling us to MAKE SURE we tried the cake before leaving, because they were positive we would love it. My friend isn’t even a huge fan of sweets, but he devoured a huge chunk.
I have to stop writing now. My mouth is over-​watering and this bakery is closed. ;-|

This place is dangerous. It shouldn’t be so easy to find delicious shortbread cookies, but alas The Square Rabbit has just what I crave. The first time I tried the frosted shortbread it was perfection, though the second visit (when I brought Unilocaler Joanne L) the cookies weren’t as fresh :(I’m looking forward to trying them a 3^rd time and hope it matches my first visit. The cookies come in 3 sizes, and the largest is still less than $ 2. Great deal. They have sandwiches and other sweets, but I can’t comment on those. It’s an order at the counter and go sort of place, and a great option for an affordable dessert after eating at Centro.

The Square Rabbit is somewhat of a Raleigh institution – and for a reason, this one-​stop deli offers a great variety of lunch options at great prices (as well as to-​go dinner options that they serve between 4 and 6pm).
The Square Rabbit has daily specials (usually three) that they post on their website, and are usually between $ 4 and 7 for a composed meal – such as herb-​crusted chicken with roasted potatoes and kale for $ 6.50. That’s what I got this past Monday. And it was enough chicken that I saved ¹⁄₃ of it to put on a salad that I brought for lunch the next day! Unfortunately, some of the to-​go food just has something missing – it’s hard to serve food on a to-​go, pre-​prepared basis only (e.g., when I got back to the office, the food was cold, but the container couldn’t be put in the microwave, so I just had to eat it cold). And the potatoes were a little undercooked.
Anyway, I still love the concept of the Square Rabbit, and I especially love their baked goods. Oh my goodness! They have such a varied and impressive bakery counter that its hard to describe – pieces of cake, lemon bars, beautifully decorated cookies, etc. And it’s at surprisingly reasonable prices (you can get a good-​sized piece of cake for $ 2). They also do pre-​ordered cakes, which are again, delicious. One of my favorites is their cheerwine cake. It’s a really moist, delicious cake made with the soda and colored pink! Their icings also taste homemade. Unfortunately, they wrap their sliced cake just in saran-​wrap, so they can be really messy to eat and the icing gets all over everywhere.
They also serve a variety of locally crafted products (think Brood Sodas from Durham or Larry’s Cold-​Brewed Coffee from Raleigh – both are delicious).

Goodbye beach body and hello blue bunny. There was no fancy decoration both inside and out. The place is rather small too with just a counter and some standing refrigerator. I probably would have never discovered this place if it weren’t for Norma G’s introduction. We stopped in after having brunch at centro to get some of their shortbread cookies.
Since it was Easter weekend, their cookies were decorated as Easter eggs. I only got a cookie, but all the other options there sounded pretty good that made me want to go back and try some.
The shortbread cookie was very buttery. It paired well with tea. It was a little too sweet for me though. Norma said they ones she got before was even better, so I have to go back and give it another try and maybe also get their sandwiches!

Pound Cake Better than my Moms (hope she is not Reading, only slightly better Mom) an EASY 5 Unilocal stars! Cookie was Excellent! Impressive White Chocolate Chip, Almond Cookie!
Charmingly Cozy Corner Bakery! Nice Staff, Very Personable! Take-​out Only! No Tables! Across the Street from «Chucks» and «Beasleys»

Quick to-​go lunches and pastries in downtown Raleigh. Here’s what you need to know…
1) Check out the Daily Special menu online before you go, so you can see the quiche-​of-​the-​day, the sandwich special (a cheap deal that comes with chips), and other daily features.
2) If none of those strike your fancy, study the boards above the bakery case, when you arrive, for the staple sandwich offerings. Then check out the bakery case for cookies, cakes, pies.
3) Be aware that they also offer take-​away dinner entrees, starting at 4pm daily. You can see what’s on tap for each day of the week via their online menu; phone it in and pick it up.
Sandwiches have been a bit hit or miss… didn’t like the Italian; did like the chicken salad. Loved the stuffed-​chicken entrée I once nabbed off the daily special menu. Felt surprisingly underwhelmed by the s’mores bar. But found the lemon bar and its shortbread base spot-​on. Ultimately: Fast, fresh, convenient, and easy variety. If you work downtown, it’s a clear win!

My cousin and I popped into the Square Rabbit during a quick tour of awesome things in downtown Raleigh. It made me wish that I lived in the state, because everything was so adorable and delicious. We were planning on a big lunch elsewhere, so we nibbled on some desserts (because that always comes first, right?).
I opted for the red velvet cupcake, which was exactly what red velvet should taste like. It was dense and rich and moist and had that southern feel. My only complaint is the fondant flower on top… It was unnecessary (I’m not a fan of those things).
The staff member we spoke to was really sweet and answered all of our questions and gave us free Square Rabbit stickers, which made my day (it’s a rabbit, in a square!)