FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 – TIME TO EAT CAKE

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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

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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

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