Food Adventuring Around NYC
THE SPOT: One Girl Cookies has been one of my favorite Brooklyn neighborhood spots for years and years occupying a sleepy side street in Cobble Hill and beloved by the community. When visiting this mom and pop (husband and wife, actually) business on my own or with tour groups, I mostly focus on their solid …
THE SPOT: I love Partybus. This is a true local neighborhood bakery where Jacqueline, the owner and baker, is more often than not behind the counter and sweating in the kitchen. She started the business across the street at the Hester Street Fair from a bus her friends coined “the partybus.” The “party” in the …
THE SPOT: If you’ve ever taken a train or a bus in or out of New York, you’ve encountered Zaro’s Family Bakery. These take-out spots are an iconic local bakery that started in the Bronx in 1927 and are now mostly found at Grand Central, Penn Station, and Port Authority Bus Terminal. They were once …
THE SPOT: One of the absolute best Italian bakeries in the entire city, this 4th generation run spot sits in the center of Arthur Avenue in The Bronx and puts out one incredible pastry and bread offering after another. You can’t go wrong with any of Madonia’s products from savory tarrali to mind-blowing white chocolate …
It does seem like nowadays the best place to get a black and white cookie is not at a German bakery, but rather at a Jewish appetizing shop. The exciting Simply Nova tries to do it all when it comes to New York Jewish food from smoked salmon to pastrami sandwiches and, of course, black …
I’m counting down the 10 best dishes I tasted in 2024… As I put together my list of the ten best dishes I tried in NYC, I realized just why I love this city. I didn’t purposely curated this list to be diverse in terms of neighborhood, cuisine, or price point. It just ended up …
I love Rocco’s – I really do. They are a truly authentic, beloved Italian pasticceria in the middle of touristy Greenwich Village. Years ago I wrote about their stellar cannoli, and I still bring tour groups here regularly. Along with their rainbow cookies, pignolis, and napoleons, I also would get a regular glimpse of their …
Orwashers is an institution in upper Manhattan. The bakery was opened on the Upper East Side back in 1916 by a Hungarian family. That was just a few years after Glaser’s opened in the same neighborhood and the black and white cookie was supposedly invented. So while Orwashers has changed ownership and probably wasn’t selling …
You might be thinking, “I’ve been to Breads Bakery in Union Square or Lincoln Center or Bryant Park and I love their babka but never saw a black and white cookie on their shelves.” And you would be correct. Because the only location of Breads Bakery that has their wacky version of the New York …
Jerry Seinfeld often gets credit for making the black and white cookie so famous, but of course, this iconic New York treat predates the 90’s sitcom by a lot. While I grew up eating them in South Florida (thanks to a New York heritage), they did indeed originate in New York. The question is whether …
I’m very excited to start another search for another iconic New York dish. This one has always been in the back of my mind, but now that I have a seven-year old who loves when I bring him home cookies, it’s a no brainer. I’ll officially announce my search for the best black and white …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, AS YOU ARE IS NOW CLOSED. I’m hoping 2022 is the year I start eating indoors again at hip new restaurants like As You Are. I came here recently to get a breakfast sandwich and …