Review: The Last Crumb
I want The Last Crumb to be a success, but I’m afraid it’s too good to be true.
I got a tip about this new south Reno bakery and sandwich shop from a friend yesterday and tried it for lunch today. As he promised, “they have really good sandwiches and pastries, their service is great, and their pricing is very reasonable.”
They say everything is baked fresh every morning. I can’t vouch for that, but the sandwiches they made for us today–one on a baguette and the other on challah–were perfectly fresh. They even used fresh turkey, which I never expect at sandwich shops. They will make breakfast sandwiches to order, too. Fresh fruit smoothies are another tempting offering.
As for the prices, sandwiches and salads (including smoked salmon, turkey cobb, pear and goat cheese, Greek and more) are $3.95 each. Fresh fruit salads are $1.25. Coffee, bottled drinks and other beverages are $1.50. Prices for pastries (more than a dozen breads, cookies, sweet rolls, bagels and desserts) range from 30 cents each for cookies to $3 each for small cakes. Today they had huge brownies for 75 cents.
The people are so nice, the food is so good and the prices are so much lower than elsewhere I worry that they’re not charging enough to stay in business. I’d love to be proved wrong.
The Last Crumb is at 9333 Double R Boulevard in the former Icebox Kitchen location. The owner, Jack Greenspan, also offers catering at 851-3335.
I completely agree about The Last Crumb. The food quality, prices, and small-town feel of the owners/staff seems impossible. They also have free wi-fi, by the way. I do worry about them not lasting because of the almost ridiculously low prices for home-baked items (even the bread for the sandwiches, and like the earlier post says, the turkey is chunks of real turkey breast…). I actually told them to raise their prices, and a friend felt so guilty that she gave them a huge tip. My concern is that the owners seems to lack business savvy in that they have not publicized the place, have no flyers/menus/business cards to pick up at the store, have no prices listed on items in their case, are sometimes slow to get food out to you due to the cordial atmosphere (calling ahead is best during busy times), etc. So, I hope we can all spread the word about this place to help it succeed and give us an incredible breakfast/lunch option. (They are currently open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. but will expand their hours with increased business.) I think we also need to give the owners/staff feedback about the types of business strategies/improvements that would help build their clientele. I’ve done that a bit (I go at least three times a week), but I’m not sure it has “sunk in.”
I ate there today. What a fantastic little place. There were 4 people in line to order lunch when I got there at 11:30 am and from the looks of it they are regulars. You can call orders in ahead of time too. I hope they do make it. Please everyone go and try it out and at least get a wonderful cookie.
Delicioso!
My husband and I had lunch there today. Their Shrimp burgers are AWESOME!!! Nice small place….very nice food!!!
I work close to The Last Crumb and have been there more than a few times for sandwiches and cupcakes. They always have wonderful service and the prices can’t be beat. They’ve now expanded their hours until 8pm
The real reason I’m writing this review though is because of the owner Jack. My husband and I just got married on 12/12 and like everyone we have a really tight budget so we were looking for someone to do our cake that wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Everyone quoted between $300-400 which was crazy. But my husband to be contacted Jack and he gave us a rate of half of that for a 3 tier wedding cake and a birthday cake. My husband and I love frogs and really wanted a frog cake for our wedding cake. Jack made sure we got everything we wanted and then some. He was amazing and I have to tell you I’m not a huge cake fan but that cake was amazing. Thanks so much Jack for everything.
I SWEAR I COULD PROBABLY NEVER GET SICK OF THEIR SANDWICHES. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM…. EVER SINCE I ATE ONE IVE BEEN CRAVING THEM ALL THE TIME AND EVEN BETTER THE PRICES ARE EXTREMELY REASONABLE. HIGHLY RECCOMEND. UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE CUTTING BACK THEIR HOURS AGAIN.
I heard about The Last Crumb on KTVN Channel 2 News. They said the food was good and the prices were extremely reasonable. Sandwiches were $3.95 ea. We went in for lunch on friday the day after the story ran on the news. The price of a sandwich had gone up to $4.95 ea. since the story ran. Well, we said “OK” and ordered our lunch. The food was good, we were happy. We went back the following monday and the price had gone up again. Now the sandwich was $5.50 ea. We asked why and were told “it had been an expensive weekend.” Well, we did not order a sandwich that day. The price went up twice in two business days. All I can say is if you want a good sandwich from The Last Crumb you better get it before they decide to take a trip or you could end up paying for thier vacation!!!
It was nice while it lasted. My husband and I picked up lunch there a few weeks ago and discovered after we got home that we got split pea soup instead of chicken matzo ball, the wrong bread on one of the sandwiches, and slippery chunks of dark turkey meat instead of breast slices. We won’t be rushing back, especially if the prices are going up.
A friend and I went there today for the first time.
I had the shrimp burger and my friend had the turkey sandwich special. We both loved the food.
Nice people, out of this world food and at a very reasonable price!!
Supporting local owned business is easy when it’s as good as this!
I will become a regular.