r/duke • u/spanae • 9d ago

Muffin-quest

Old timer here:
Back in the old pre-pandemic days, one could go to the cafe in French Science Center and get a cranberry-orange muffin in fall. Cranberry season is like pumpkin spice season, but without the PR campaign.

Has anyone seen a cranberry-orange muffin on campus these days? Today I tried Beyu, Cafe, Panera, Perk, and Twinnies and struck out. Should I check pub-pol or the law school? Or the med center somewhere?

I’m jonesing hard. Feed an addict. Please!!

FOLLOW UP EDIT!!! TWINNIES FOR THE WIN!! THANKS u/Big_Republic_5732 FOR THE TIP!

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u/Defiant-Food3603 9d ago

Alas, I don't think I've come across a cranberry orange muffin on campus in the past 3 years. Trinity Cafe on East has orange blossom muffins which are delicious, but I don't think they have cranberries...

You could check the local cafes (Mad Hatter's especially) since I know the on-campus cafes sometimes get their pastries from there.

Side note, I'd kill to have that cafe in French open. Walk past it every day and have always wondered if they might bring it back

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u/Defiant-Food3603 9d ago

You could try Bseisu in Wilkinson building too

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u/DukeThrowaway_24 9d ago edited 9d ago

Bseisu is 9th St Bakery for their pastries I believe, and they don't make a cranberry-orange muffin AFAIK.

E: Also, Mad Hatter's was bought out by owners with political views most of the student body would find unsavory, if you vote with your wallet.

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u/spanae 9d ago

I actually looked there on my way between Perk and Twinnies. I didn’t add it because in my brain it’s called “that place I went to with S & K that one time”

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u/DukeThrowaway_24 9d ago

Sanford is just Perk (Saladelia) but Law School claims to have a lemon-cranberry muffin on the menu. They close crazy early compared to the rest of campus though.

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u/spanae 9d ago

OMG!! I couldn’t figure out how you could know this, and then I saw it on the mobile order app!

And I missed looking in the Div School: according to the app, they’ve got a cranberry muffin!

Fingers crossed!

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u/DukeThrowaway_24 9d ago

There's also NetNutrition - the Zweli's muffins make no mention of oranges in the nutrition label (their desserts are great though). Bseisu also has a lemon-cranberry on the menu there.

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u/Big_Republic_5732 4d ago

twinnies always has cranberry orange when i go

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u/spanae 3d ago

I found it! I looked in the cooler beside the deserts & stuff. Muffins are on the counter. Thanks so much!!

https://reddit.com/link/pgqnica/video/rgt7fzs56hvh1/player

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u/Ok_Operation_3632 3d ago

The museum of life and science.

But it's not good.