Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › Awesome Bakery in NYC - Magnolia Bakery
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Awesome Bakery in NYC - Magnolia Bakery - Page 2

post #16 of 30
4/22/09 at 1:29pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by sonvolt10 View Post
I still don't get the fascination with Magnolia Bakery.

Nor for that matter do I get the fascination with Crumbs.

Both are average at best.

+1 on the Banana Pudding, everything else there seems kind of meh.
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 30
4/22/09 at 1:56pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by fcuknu View Post
On a lazy sunday I do go to magnolias to mac on some cupcakes, though.

no doubt that bakery's got all the bomb frostings...
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 30
4/22/09 at 2:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Biscotti View Post
What type of city/town doesn't have at least half a dozen decent small bakeries? I live in KY, and four family owned bakeries come to mind that are with several miles of my house.
I've lived in quite a few places throughout the US that lacked any small independent bakeries. Suburbs won't have any either (Panera or whatever doesn't count).

I also see this with the Pike Place Market in Seattle. It's actually a pretty mediocre market, and actual farmers hardly show up there anymore, yet thousands of tourists visit it daily. It's like they've never seen a piece of fruit or fish in their entire lives.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 30
4/23/09 at 12:42am
Quote:
Originally Posted by gomestar View Post
no doubt that bakery's got all the bomb frostings...
how many cupcakes should i get? 2, 16, 12?
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 30
4/23/09 at 1:02am
Butter Lane on east 7th street makes a damn good cupcake. You can smell the butter when you walk thru the door. you can combine various cakes/frostings and can sample the frostings first.

it is just a cupcake and they are all overpriced imho but i would go back
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 30
4/23/09 at 1:39am
Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteslashasian View Post
Magnolia is not very good...neither is Crumbs.

The best cupcake I have found so far is from Sweet Revenge. A small shop in the west village, awesome people working there, amazing cupcakes, cozy place for a date, they serve alcohol too.

Gonna have to try this place out. I usually frequent Sugar Sweet Sunshine in LES. As far as Magnolia's concerned, the less said the better. It's unfortunate that it's spreading like a disease across Manhattan.
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 30
4/23/09 at 2:10am
It seems all of you are missing out. The best bakery in NYC? Billy's Bakery on 9th avenue between 21/22nd street. Better than anything you have ever tasted, i promise you that. The banana cake, cookie sandwiches, and sugar cookies are by far my favorite.
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 30
4/23/09 at 3:13am
Quote:
Originally Posted by kwilkinson View Post
The entire concept of "designer cupcakes" and bakeries coming into existence almost solely for cupcakes really annoys me, and I don't get it.

I feel sorry for the people who fall for this, specially the ones coming off a SATC tour bus.
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 30
4/23/09 at 10:02am
Quote:
Originally Posted by fcuknu View Post
how many cupcakes should i get? 2, 16, 12?

BAKERS DOZEN!!
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 30
4/23/09 at 11:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by jonnypav View Post
It seems all of you are missing out.

The best bakery in NYC? Billy's Bakery on 9th avenue between 21/22nd street.
Better than anything you have ever tasted, i promise you that.
The banana cake, cookie sandwiches, and sugar cookies are by far my favorite.

Damn, that's pretty close to my girlfriend's apartment. Will definitely check it out.
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 30
4/23/09 at 12:04pm
Bakeries in NYC, best cupcakes? what about best dohnuts?or shitty pumper nickel, multigrain or Profiteroles with fuking ice-cream inside or éclair with something sweet and tasty margarine- like filling.
Ignorance is a bliss.

I cannot find a decent baguette in NYC let alone pastries . Forget about real rye bread, I have to export it from Finland.

In NYC if one wants real bread, pastry or decent cup of coffee, one might as well stay at home.
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 30
4/23/09 at 12:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by dkzzzz View Post
Bakeries in NYC, best cupcakes? what about best dohnuts?or shitty pumper nickel, multigrain or Profiteroles with fuking ice-cream inside or éclair with something sweet and tasty margarine- like filling.
Ignorance is a bliss.

I cannot find a decent baguette in NYC let alone pastries . Forget about real rye bread, I have to export it from Finland.

In NYC if one wants real bread, pastry or decent cup of coffee, one might as well stay at home.

really?

baguette? amy's & grandaisy are good.

rye? orwaschers.

coffee? you can easily get....
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 30
4/23/09 at 12:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by romafan View Post
really?

baguette? amy's & grandaisy are good.

rye? orwaschers.

coffee? you can easily get....

Roma have, you had the bagutte of, Almondine?
Reply
Reply
post #29 of 30
4/23/09 at 12:56pm
I am not a big fan of cupcakes but this is a pretty in depth analysis of the different cupcake spots in NYC:

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/04/cupcakes.html
Reply
Reply
post #30 of 30
4/23/09 at 3:50pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by vaclava krishna View Post
Roma have, you had the bagutte of, Almondine?

With this loaf, I am unfamiliar. Only of the, trout do I, know....
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › Awesome Bakery in NYC - Magnolia Bakery