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Dessert spots that hit the right note

I love going out in the city for a dessert and a coffee and here's a list of some of my favorite dessert spots in the city.

1. Veniero's Pastry Shop
342 East 11th Street
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10003
This old world pastry shop has a plethora of Italian and other deserts cannoli, biscotti, gelato,fruit tarts, cheesecakes and much more . Always crowded with long lines outside especially on the weekends.
2. Something Sweet
177 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10003

Round the corner from Veniero's is Something Sweet which is another old fashioned dessert shop that offers a wide array of delicious tarts, pastries, cakes even flourless ones,cookies and more.
3. Lady M Cake Boutique
41 East 78th Street
(between Madison Avenue & Park Avenue)
New York, NY 10021
Seriously upscale dessert shop renowned for its Strawberry Shortcake, Mille Crepe, Green Tea Cake and Chocolate Gateau. A favorite with the ladies who lunch crowd but worth visiting for its exquisite cakes.
4. Financier Patisserie
62 Stone Street
(between Hanover Square & Mill Lane)
New York, NY 10004
Financier Patisserie now has several locations in NYC and offers a delectable range of exquisite pastries,cakes( wicked sacher torte),tarts,gelatos and other baked goods like almond croissants.
http://www.financierpastries.com/
5. Andre's Cafe and Bakery
1631 2nd Avenue
(between 84th St & 85th St)
New York City, NY 10028
Yet another old world bakery located in the erstwhile Germanic NYC neighborhood of Yorkville which serves mouth watering strudels, cakes,desserts,cookies and even sugar free desserts.
6. Tarallucci e Vino
163 1st Avenue
(between 10th St & 11th St)
New York, NY 10003
This cozy cafe offers a wide range of fresh fruit tarts, cookies, cakes, pastries and deserts like Bread and butter pudding with cointreau sauce as well as gelatos and excellent coffee and wine.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Hello?! Serendipity! I think it totally deserves all the hype!
And, Sweet Revenge is pretty awesome too - can we say cupcake and wine happy hour!!!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac Thanks I forgot all about Serendipity.. havent been there in ages all those tourists milling around puts me off and I do agree Sweet Revenge is great though I have only ever been once! need to rectify that :)
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Don't forget the Hungarian Pastry shop for some sweet, sweet, Austrio-Hungarian goodness!
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I love Cocoa Bar in Park Slope: www.cocoabarnyc.com
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I think I just realized that the sweet shops I tend to visit all specialize in cupcakes... and I've already dished out all my favorites. Obviously I need to branch out!

@JenMac That Sweet Revenge place has cupcake, wine and beer pairings! I think I am in heaven...or will be, once I get to Sweet Revenge.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I was inspired by your list however there are times when I crave desserts other than cupcakes.. something nutty and not as sweet ..that seems to be my current preference hence the search for new dessert places.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Glad to be offering inspiration, anyway. I am a big fan of dark chocolate + almonds, myself. But I just never realized how often I treat myself to cupcakes because I can't even think of a bakery that doesn't specialize in them... except City Bakery, but other than hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies I think their offerings tend to gravitate more toward buffet-style salads and lunch items.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
My favorite place to get something sweet is Tasti-d-Lite. I love that place.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK gotta to tell you that I have been beating the heat with these fun chocolate ices that I am making at home. One evening I was at Bed Bath and Beyond downtown and found these popsicle moulds made by a company called Tovolo. They were cheap at $10 a box , Williams Sonoma sells similar ones for $50 anyway I bought them and forgot all about them. A couple of weeks ago I found a recipe for chocolate ices in one of my books and proceeded to make them using the Tovolo moulds. they have turned out pretty good and are absolutely yummy at least I think so.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Is a chocolate ice like a Fudsicle?
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
@BroadwayBk, you gotta get on the cupcake and wine at Sweet Revenge! It's fantastic . . .and the street is just so cute. It makes for a divine early evening . . . and early bedtime.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps spot on! ..I love icy deserts ..weird or wot?
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I love tasti-d-lite too, @hhusted! It's a staple of my NYC diet. Also consider E.A.T. on Madison Avenue and - I believe - 76th street for great light meals and even greater cakes...
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
If we're talking fro-yo, I think that 16 handles is pretty unbeatable. That place calls to me in the night.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl No way... icy desserts are the best thing for July/August!

@ajadedidealist I am with you on E.A.T. - good stuff.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
Clinton Street Bakery (at the corner with Houston). Incredible desserts place.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@everyone do you hear the ice cream truck in your neighborhood? when I am in London during the summer months I always have a hear out for the jingle of the ice cream truck, though I do see ice cream trucks in NYC.. I dont really hear the sweet little jingle that spells summer to m. Do any of you?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@uptowngirl OH MAN. There must be hundreds of ice cream trucks in my neighborhood. Either that or there is one that is constantly circling my block. IT NEVER ENDS. At least, not until winter. But I have to say, in the city I noticed that ice cream trucks like Van Leeuwen just park some place, much like any other food car. The wandering Mister Softees and whatnot seem to be a Brooklyn phenomena? Of course, I can't speak for the other outer boroughs.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@DBlack Is that the place that had pancake month? I meant to go there for that but...it was really cold outside.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I hear the ice cream truck often. Maybe not BroadwayBK often, but pretty often. Never bought one from him though . . .
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
There used to be Mr. Softee's outside the Hunter College High School playground on 94th and Madison. Not sure if they're still there, though....
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
The summer's making me eat a lot of desserts for some reason. I'm not usually a sweets and cheeses kind of guy, but lately I feel like at least one meal is a variety of cake.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
It's having the opposite effect on me - I guess I just like desserts that are more conducive to winter, like...hot chocolate. I've never been much of an ice cream fan.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Summer has found me at the Park Slope Five Guys more often than is necessary. I do see the Mr. Softee truck once in a while - but I almost never hear it. Maybe the residents here have outlawed the little tune they usually play?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleep Ah-ha maybe some crotchety old influential biddies have had Mr.Softee's tune outlawed in Manhattan as well wouldn't put anything past them. They usually complain about everything.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Everybody: I love to have a cold desert on a hot and humid day. Couple that with a tall glass of ginger ale or a mixture of selter water and apple juice. Now that is a treat.

Instead of going out and buying one every night. We buy sherbet or frozen yogurt and mix it with regular yogurt, topped with honey. What a treat.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted sounds totally yummy
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I'm overloading on the ice cream lately and expect it's going to start showing with my pants not fitting well any more. But it does seem like ice cream on a hot day does something good to you.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Seltzer water and apple juice is called an "apfel schorle" in Germany. It's pretty great.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish In most of Asia people try and beat the stifling heat but consuming a dessert called Ais Kacang or Halo Halo in the Philippines. It consists mainly of a mountain of shaved ice which is adorned with syrups, condensed/evaporated milk, mung beans, palm fruit, jellies and what not .. of course it takes some getting used to but as an icy treat its fabulous. You can actually sample it in Chinatown in Manhattan at a Malaysian restaurant called Jaya which is located on the confluence of Baxter and Bayard street. Its not as fatty as ice cream but still does the trick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ais_kacang
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Thanks uptowngirl. I feel like my ice cream consumption is out of control lately!
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I kinda lose my appetite when it's really hot; but, my problem is that on a warm day, I just want to sit outside with a bucket of beers and do nothing.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Had another ice cream encounter today. Sigh.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@JenMac Yeah, and I feel like my brain is underwater and it's hard to stay focused and get things done.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac I can relate.. the heat makes me so sleepy and lethargic that all I want to do is go to bed ..moreover I am currently fighting a stomach bug which I suspect I contacted from eating overripe fruit and I am loaded up with meds which make me feel worse and make me crave cool lemonade all the time!
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Watch out for food spoiling especially in this kind of heat! And I wonder about some of the street vendors refrigerating their foods properly, especially the meats, for all the hours they stand out in the street with their carts. What happens afterward is no joke!
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Speaking of dessert, I must say the best sweet thing of all on a nice summer day is a nice ripe peach! All the ice cream or cake in the world can't approximate the sugary deliciousness of a fresh peach, particularly a white peach. They're my favorites!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist much as I love sweet peaches, it was an overripe one that did me in last week, am still on antibiotics cant seem to shake off the infection at all.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
ajadedidealist: I'm not really a dessert person and I do love fruit . . but a Peach over Peach Cobbler a la mode, or a milkshake, or even a custard? You're nuts!!!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac aha Peach Cobbler .. so totally yummy!
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Ah, oh, guys, stoooopppp! It's unbearable. I have become a daily dessert monster.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Man - last night I went to a reggae concert in Williamsburg (cough, cough), and it turns out that Williamsburg is pretty dangerous after a reggae concert. After some late night banh mi and some late night pizza, we got some late night ice cream at the late night ice cream truck. I may never eat again.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Ha. Williamsburg does have way too many late night eateries. Or, if you are in a certain state, just enough.

@everyone I've been in the mood for some Bavarian cream. Do we know where I can get some?!
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