Eileen's Special Cheesecake is a bakery in Nolita, New York City.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The plain or strawberry are the originals. The Oreo and the salted caramel are the indulgent picks; share two.
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Address: 17 Cleveland Place, New York, NY 10012, New York City
Black Seed in Nolita bakes Montreal-style honey-water bagels in a wood oven in New York City. Smaller, sweeter, denser than the New York standard.
Worth the queueBeet-cured lox sandwich
TipMobile order is the fastest line. The beet-cured lox sandwich is the cross-style order to share.
Kossar's on Grand Street has baked bialys on the Lower East Side of New York City since 1936, and is the oldest bialy bakery in the United States.
Worth the queueOnion bialy, straight from the oven
TipHours are cut short during the current renovation, so go before 14:00. Bialys are best within an hour of the bake; ask what came out last.
Ess-a-Bagel on Third Avenue has hand-rolled bagels in Midtown New York City since 1976. Boiled in barley malt water, baked on burlap, sold dense and seeded.
Worth the queuePlain everything bagel with scallion cream cheese
TipThe line is 30 minutes at 09:30 weekends. Order over the counter; pre-paid online jumps the line.
Tompkins Square Bagels on Avenue A boils bagels at dawn in the East Village, New York City. Eight cream-cheese flavours, hot bagels until they sell out.
Worth the queuePumpernickel everything
TipSells out by 13:00 most weekends. Lunch arrives early; the lox sandwich is built thick.
Black Seed in Nolita bakes Montreal-style honey-water bagels in a wood oven in New York City. Smaller, sweeter, denser than the New York standard.
Worth the queueBeet-cured lox sandwich
TipMobile order is the fastest line. The beet-cured lox sandwich is the cross-style order to share.
William Greenberg Desserts on Madison Avenue has baked the canonical black-and-white in the Upper East Side, New York City since 1946. Schnecken.
Worth the queueBlack-and-white cookie
TipOrder black-and-whites in the bigger six-inch size. Pre-order schnecken at Rosh Hashanah; they sell out a week ahead.
Levain Bakery has baked the six-ounce chocolate chip walnut cookie in the Upper West Side, New York City since 1995. Two-tray racks, lines around the block.
Worth the queueChocolate chip walnut cookie
TipThe original Upper West Side basement counter has the shortest line at 17:00. Heat one for ten seconds in your hotel microwave.
