Junior's Restaurant is a bakery in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The Brooklyn original is the right room. The Times Square outpost serves the same cake under different lighting.
Day trip · 4h 30m
Discover Brooklyn’s most vibrant neighborhoods on a comfortable, climate‑controlled coach, complete with curated tastings from beloved local eateries
Guided tour · 3.5 hours
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Guided tour · 3 hours
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Address: 386 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn, NY 11201, New York City
S&S Cheesecake in the Bronx has baked one cake only since 1959 in New York City. Plain, dense, the canonical New York cheesecake, supplied to delis citywide.
Worth the queuePlain cheesecake
TipCash only, weekdays only. Drive or take the 1 train to 238th; the bakery is two blocks west of the subway.
Eileen Avezzano has baked mini cheesecakes on Cleveland Place in Nolita, New York City since 1975. Open mon-sat 09:00-21:00, sun 11:00-19:00.
Worth the queueStrawberry mini cheesecake
TipThe plain or strawberry are the originals. The Oreo and the salted caramel are the indulgent picks; share two.
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.
