FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 – TIME TO EAT CAKE
OUR CONTINUING SITUATION COMPLETELY JUSTIFIES THE CONSUMPTION OF SWEETS. SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BAKERIES ARE LONG GONE, CORPORATE OWNED NOW AND NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE. LET’S WANDER THRU THE LAND OF HOBART MIXERS.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE?
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020
The
95th Edition
From Our Archives
LET US EAT CAKE!
BAKERIES OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY
QUEENS
USED TO BE JUST BREAD BUT IT HAS EXPANDED. JUST NEXT TO Q102 BUS STOP AT 30-17 BROADWAY, ASTORIA
FAMILY OWNED BY CHRISTOPHER WALKEN FAMILY. NOW HIPSTER DINING STREET,
STILL OPEN WITH OLD STYLE FURNISHINGS AT 29-15 DITMARS BLVD. BEING CROWDED OUT BY OTHER ETHNIC BAKERIES IN AREA.
OMONIA CAFE ON THE SAME CORNER FOR DECADES AT 32-20 BROADWAY, ASTORIA. GREAT FOR FAMILY AFTERNOONS OF DINING AND TALKING. NO RUSH HERE. (AND HAPPILY SO MUCH BETTER SINCE NO SMOKING)
BROOKLYN
198 COURT STREET
192 UNION STREET IN PARK SLOPE
MANHATTAN
HUNGARIAN PASTRY SHOP
THERE IS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING, SINCE THERE IS NO DISTANCE BETWEEN TABLES. COLUMBIA TYPES HANG OUT HERE. GREAT STRUDEL AND CASH ONLY.
FERRERA ONE OF TWO WITH SIMILAR NAMES IN LITTLE ITALY, GREAT FOR TOURISTS. 195 GRAND STREET
CURRENTLY CALLED BIRDBATH BAKERY AND STILL BAKING TRADITIONAL BREADS. SEEMS TO BE TURNNG HIPSTER AND “GREEN”
NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE FOR AGES AT 372 THIRD AVENUE
GREEK TREATS AT 629 9TH AVENUE
YOU CAN START WITH THEIR STICKY BUNS, AND CAKES AND ALL I CAN SAY IS YUMMY. AN UPPER EAST SIDE FAVORITE.
NO TRAIN TRIP IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A CHALLAH OR RAISIN PUMPERNICKEL OR BABKA. ALWAYS A GOOD REASON TO PASS THUR GRAND CENTRAL, PENN OR PORT AUTHORITY.
WONDERFUL BREADS AT 308 EAST 78 STREET
NEWCOMERS
TRES CHIC PATISSERIE NOW ALL OVER MANHATTAN
WASHINGTON, DC
IT MAY BE A LONG RIDE BUT BREAD FURST ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW IN D.C. IS WORTH IT. THE BAKED GOODS AND BREAD ARE SUPERB. HAM AND CHEESE ON A BAGUETTE CAN MAKE YOUR DAY
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
I DROOL AT THE SITE OF THE BOXES STACKED UP ON MY GRANDMOTHER’S KITCHEN TABLE.
WONDERFUL PASTRY AND CAKES. FEW NEW VARIETIES BUT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. ONLY CHEF BONTE AND WIFE IN STORE. YOU WAITED PATIENTLY AND IT WAS WORTH IT TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR MADELAINES.
THEIR BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES CRUMBED LAST YEAR AND THE SHOP CLOSED
ONE OF THE MANY GERMAN SPECIALTY BAKERIES NOT GONE
NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY IN FOREST HILLS WITH THOSE GREAT MODEL WEDDING CAKES IN THE WINDOW
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EDITORIAL
After writing about all these bakeries I have a desire for some good fresh pastry. Too often we look at the showcase and get the pastry home to find out it is tasteless or worse, stale. I will have to take an imaginary trip to Paris or Nice or Monaco.
In the meantime I should be dreaming of salads and diets to fight my Covid 20 lbs.
Judith Berdy
Text by Judith Berdy
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