mille feuille desserts opens in hillcrest

wow is this place sleek. housed in the former mike tristany real estate office (thank you, burst real estate bubble) on the high profile corner of 5th and university in hillcrest, mille feuille just opened and looks nothing like any restaurant/cafe in town. clean, crisp whites and greens, exceptionally comfortable chairs and a dessert case full of intriguing items. we had just stuffed ourselves at crest cafe around the corner - one of the few restaurants open today on labor day - so i can only vouch that the spendy ($2) mini-chocolates are a powerful punch of richness, and that the sample of carrot cake was quite good, as was my iced soy latte. but we'll be back to this very upscale spot soon, which is amazingly the only dessert place within walking distance of the many nearby restaurants in this area (if you want more than frozen yogurt). there's more information on sd backyard, including information about the designer, who absolutely nailed it - from the perfectly trimmed horsetail bamboo out front, to the futuristic look of the dessert case. they must have dumped a bunch of money into this spot. does unsophisticated san diego really deserve a place like this? regardless, karen krasne of extraordinary desserts has got to be eating her heart out.