All cupcakes are not crated equal. Without question, there is at least one cupcake that stands out from the legions of the overly frosted and sweet nostalgia minded bakes. The dozen plus varieties of cupcakes (regular and premium) from CHICKALICIOUS DESSERT CLUB are lessons of exaction in baking perfection. With moist and flavorful cake topped with just the right amount of frosting (we estimate a 5 to 1 ratio), this is the don’t-overwhelm-but-satisfy-me sweet treat. [...]
Frosting reaches new heights with overly broad swirls at the Cupcake STOP. Sorry guys but these refrigerated cakes are worrisome reminders of how far we’ve gone with the over abundance of nostalgia of cupcake bakes. Nothing you’d want to melt in your mouth here – dry cake and way too much frosting. And, about that frosting, maybe you were inspired in that truck – these visuals are more reminiscent of a curbside find rather [...]
Its parent and provider of all the goods for sale is no other than CITY BAKERY, famed purveyor of hot cocoa, rustic bakes and salad bar eats.
No surprise here – City Bakery is not clean about being green. Just feet away from the salad bars are malodorous and unhygienic latrines better suited to a down-and-out gas station rather than a bustling New York Eatery. There’s the same slicked over surface [...]
Sam Sifton of the New York Times has got his ABCs right. He may have hammered the Hamptons angle hard but he was on target – the crowd at ABC KITCHEN was as much the materialistically clad Hamptons gathering as the East End’s Nick & Toni’s draws on a weekend summer night. Don’t let that stop you though – the food is too darn good and the restaurant, a white ton sur ton industrial-meets-rural design [...]
It’s a long stretch from Maine to New York City, long enough for a lobster roll to lose a bit of its authenticity along the way. Likewise, the charms of the distinctly American “seafood shack” evaporate the further it drifts away from the seaside. That’s not to say that a lobster roll won’t hit your gustatory spot even if its a half day’s drive from where it’s likely to taste its best.
LA FACACCIA gone? Longstanding Village Italian mainstay has posted the worrisome “temporary closure notice”. Fingers crossed this charmed West 4th Street corner does not give way to another Marc Jacobs…..
If this is as marketed (“the next Waverly Inn”) we’re in for some exceptionally good food at THE LION though, at extraordinarily high prices. With a “makers and shakers who’s who” crowd, where’s that reservation clout and expense account when you need it most….62 West 9th Street, between 5th & 6th Avenues
Craftsteak reopens as Colicchio & Sons where the cuts and seasonal sides are value-minded eats. Colicchio & Sons, Chelsea, 85 10th Avenue at 15th Street.
Golf ball sized cupcakes hit the spot. Perfect to sate Goldilocks or baby bear, these flavorful morsels are from BAKED BY MELISSA at 7 East 14th Street.
