Could these be the best croissants and pain au chocolats in New York? Who the hell knows. In my opinion, yes. The pictures really say more about how good they are than my clunky descriptions ever could. I’ll just add that in comparison to Zabars…
This frenetic Italian restaurant on the upper west side is known for having superb homemade pastas and sauces at a fraction of the cost of most other places. The trade-off? No reservations and no plastic. Celeste also happens to have excellent cheeses and absolutely stellar…
You really want to find something at Milk Bar that doesn’t taste good. You want to say the (nice looking) staff is bitchy. You want to say the whole joint is just mad-over-rated. But you can’t. None of those things are true. So, you can…
With all the positive reviews and hype about Dovetail’s desserts and its pastry chef Vera Tong, I was scared of a massive let-down along the lines of Godfather III. What if the desserts sucked? So it was with adjusted (though still sky-high) expectations that I…
In a feature on Grub Street, Gramercy Tavern’s Nancy Olsen rated 15 of New York City’s best cupcakes on and rankedDessertBuzz favorite Chikalicious number one. She also rated Kyotofu 3rd which is another DessertBuzz recommendation. Truthfully, whenever I see a list like this, especially one…
This post is from October 19, 2007: A great experience all around. So much has been written about the exotic food from WD-50 I am not sure a hack like me could add anything. I found the service to be really superb. Friendly and warm…
