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New York's bakeries run from bagels to cheesecake. Kossar's on Grand Street bakes bialys from the original recipe, Tompkins Square Bagels hand-rolls and kettle-boils its bagels on Avenue A, and Black Seed Bagels finishes its bagels in a wood-burning oven. Junior's Restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn and S&S Cheesecake in the Bronx carry the cheesecake side, and Levain Bakery on West 74th Street began as a small bread shop in 1995.
15 bakery places in New York City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in New York City · Bakery across every city.
Order Everything bagel with cream cheese
Ess-A-Bagel is known for its bagels, from 9 grain to sesame and everything, plus appetizing salads, varieties of cream cheese and choice meats.
Order Hand-rolled bagel with house-made cream cheese
Tompkins Square Bagels opened on Avenue A in the East Village in 2011, its bagels hand-rolled, kettle-boiled and baked fresh daily in brick ovens.
Order Honey-boiled bagel from the wood-burning oven
Black Seed Bagels, opened in 2014, makes a New York-style bagel with Montreal techniques, boiled with honey and finished by hand in a wood-burning oven.
Order Black & White Cookie
William Greenberg Desserts opened on the Upper East Side in 1946, known for Black & White Cookies with a cake-like texture and chocolate and vanilla icing.
Order Chocolate chip walnut cookie
Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald opened Levain Bakery as a small bread shop on West 74th Street in 1995, then baked a massive chocolate chip walnut cookie.
Order Homestyle babka and rugelach
Zabar's on Broadway is a family business of over 90 years, hand-slicing smoked fish and selling artisanal cheeses, fresh-baked rugelach and coffee blends.
Balthazar Bakery is a bakery at 80 Spring Street in SoHo.
Order Chocolate Babka
Breads Bakery's Union Square flagship bakes handmade breads and pastries in small batches all day, from slow-fermented sourdough to Chocolate Babka.
Order Cannoli
Veniero's has been owned by the Veniero family on East 11th Street since 1894, baking cannoli, sfogliatelle, biscotti and more than 150 desserts.
Order Original New York cheesecake
Junior's, a Brooklyn original since 1950, makes its cheesecake from 5 quality ingredients, blended in small batches and baked in a water bath.
Order New York Style Cheesecake
S&S Cheesecake at 222 West 238th Street in the Bronx bakes New York Style Cheesecake with the craftsmanship of an artisan, using only the finest ingredients.
Order Handmade cheesecake with a hand-pressed graham cracker crust
Eileen's Special Cheesecake grew from a family recipe into a downtown Manhattan bakery in 1975 at 17 Cleveland Place, now run by her two daughters.
Order Bialy made from the original recipe
Kossar's Bagels & Bialys on Grand Street bakes bialys from the original recipe and methods, and bagels hand rolled and boiled, then baked fresh every day.
Try Classic potato knish
Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery at 137 East Houston Street has baked hand-rolled, old-world knishes since 1910, from the classic potato to kasha and spinach.
Order Pancakes, which are served all day and all night.
Clinton St Baking Co.
