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Must-visit Bakeries in New York
Au Bon Pain is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

1. Au Bon Pain

6.7
625 8th Ave (btw 40th & 41st St), New York, NY
Bakery · Theater District · 24 tips and reviews
Erin McKenna's Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

2. Erin McKenna's Bakery

7.9
248 Broome St (at Ludlow St), New York, NY
Bakery · Lower East Side · 159 tips and reviews
Minamoto Kitchoan is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

3. Minamoto Kitchoan

8.7
509 Madison Ave (btwn E 52nd & E 53rd St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Midtown East · 38 tips and reviews
Doughnut Plant is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

4. Doughnut Plant

9.1
379 Grand St (at Norfolk St), New York, NY
Donut Shop · Lower East Side · 429 tips and reviews
Clinton St. Baking Co. & Restaurant is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

5. Clinton St. Baking Co. & Restaurant

8.7
4 Clinton St (at E Houston St), New York, NY
Bakery · Lower East Side · 973 tips and reviews
Cathcart & Reddy is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

6. Cathcart & Reddy

6 Clinton St (btw Houston & Stanton), New York, NY
Café · Lower East Side · 57 tips and reviews
Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

7. Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe

9.1
342 E 11th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · East Village · 318 tips and reviews
The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

8. The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

8.6
65 Bayard St (btwn Elizabeth & Mott St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Chinatown · 450 tips and reviews
Cocoa Bar is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

9. Cocoa Bar

21 Clinton St (btwn Avenue B & Houston St), New York, NY
Café · Lower East Side · 70 tips and reviews
ChikaLicious Dessert Bar is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

10. ChikaLicious Dessert Bar

203 E 10th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 252 tips and reviews
Milk Bar is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

11. Milk Bar

8.4
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews
Doughnut Plant is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

12. Doughnut Plant

220 West 23rd Street (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Donut Shop · Chelsea · 634 tips and reviews
Sugar Sweet Sunshine is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

13. Sugar Sweet Sunshine

8.5
365 Grand St (btwn Essex & Norfolk), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · Lower East Side · 247 tips and reviews
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

14. Stumptown Coffee Roasters

9.0
18 W 29th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · NoMad · 679 tips and reviews
Sundaes and Cones is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

15. Sundaes and Cones

8.9
95 E 10th St (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 291 tips and reviews
The City Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

16. The City Bakery

3 W 18th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Union Square · 657 tips and reviews
Bouchon Bakery & Cafe is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

17. Bouchon Bakery & Cafe

10 Columbus Cir Fl 3 (Time Warner Center), New York, NY
Bakery · Central Park · 333 tips and reviews
Blue Bottle Coffee is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

18. Blue Bottle Coffee

160 Berry St (btwn N 4th & N 5th St), Brooklyn, NY
Coffee Shop · Williamsburg · 403 tips and reviews

19. Blue Sky Bakery

53 5th Ave (btwn Bergen St. & St. Mark's Pl.), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · North Slope · 73 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Get here early for warm freshly baked muffins and a cup of sweet hot cocoa.

20. Royal Crown Pastry Shop

6512 14th Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Dyker Heights · 7 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Amazing brick oven bread – definitely try the chocolate or prosciutto. The sugary cookies with the raspberry filling are divine.

21. Aliotta Pastry Shop

7.5
4522 Avenue N (E 46th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Flatlands · 8 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Old-school pastry shop serving an incredibly rich and dense Italian cheesecake. The pastries are equally divine – which is why there’s a line out the door.

22. Baked by Melissa

7.7
7 E 14th St (at University Pl.), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · Union Square · 70 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Mini Choco-Banana Cupcake: Miniature stuffed cupcakes will give you all the flavor but a little less of the guilt.

23. Pasticceria Rocco

8.2
243 Bleecker St (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · West Village · 167 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Baba Rum Pastry: A sponge thats soaked in a rum flavored syrup filled with custard, cannoli cream or plain.

24. Levain Bakery

9.3
167 W 74th St (at Amsterdam Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Upper West Side · 854 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: You must have the monstrous Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie…if it can still be called a cookie.

25. Ferrara Bakery

8.3
195 Grand St (btwn Mott & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Bakery · Little Italy · 248 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Mini Filled Cannoli: You'll find it almost impossible to eat just one.

26. Two Little Red Hens

1652 2nd Ave (btwn E 85th & E 86th St), New York, NY
Bakery · Yorkville · 362 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: They have a vast custom cake menu that allows you to pick and choose the type of cake, filling and frosting you would like. The red velvet with cream cheese frosting is the way to go. Read more.

27. Milk & Cookies

14 Chambers St (at 7th Ave. S), New York, NY
Bakery · West Village · 86 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: You pick your flavor of ice cream and they make the ice cream sandwich in front of your eyes. Or choose your cookie and they bake your cookies while you wait.

28. Spot Dessert Bar

8.7
13 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 353 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Coconut Almond Nutella Macaroon: Many say that macaroons are the new cupcakes. When you taste this awesome East Village delight you might understand why.

29. Roman’s

8.9
243 Dekalb Ave (at Vanderbilt Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Italian Restaurant · Clinton Hill · 118 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Chocolate Sorbet: New York Magazine described this as 'more like a refreshingly cold ganache, a looser pot de crème, or an artisanal Fudgsicle'. Absolutely incredible!

30. SCRATCHbread

1069 Bedford Ave (at Lexington Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 100 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Find them at the Brooklyn Flea or at locations around the city. You must try the Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate!

31. Francois Payard Bakery

116 W Houston St (at Sullivan & Thompson St), New York, NY
Bakery · Greenwich Village · 114 tips and reviews

The Corcoran GroupThe Corcoran Group: Get the rich and creamy dreamy hot chocolate.

32. Mazzola Bakery

8.2
192 Union St (at Henry St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Carroll Gardens · 72 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: This place might just have the best bagels in New York. And really nice staff too. Seriously, go check it out!

33. Bisous Ciao Macarons

101 Stanton St (at Ludlow St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Lower East Side · 52 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: It's not quite Paris, but the macarons here are some of the city's finest. Try the jasmine green tea or the salted caramel.

34. The City Bakery

225 1st Ave (14th street), New York, NY
Bakery · East Village · 10 tips and reviews

Juicy CoutureJuicy Couture: Try the pretzel croissant, perfect mix of sweet and salty! And their chocolate chip cookies are second to none! They have a good salad bar too if you need to be healthy.

One Girl Cookies is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

35. One Girl Cookies

8.7
68 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Boerum Hill · 77 tips and reviews
One Girl Cookies is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

36. One Girl Cookies

33 Main St, Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · DUMBO · 171 tips and reviews

37. Baked In Brooklyn

8.8
755 5th Ave (at 26th St.), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Greenwood Heights · 48 tips and reviews

MelzieMelzie: They are incredibly kind! On premise bakery with a simple selection of breads and wonderful homemade spreads. They'll be expanding soon to muffins and baked "donuts"

38. Ladurée

9.1
864 Madison Ave (btwn E 70th & E 71st St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Upper East Side · 256 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: If you haven't been the the Maison Ladurée in Paris, this is a must. If you have been, this is still a must. At $2.75 per macaron, feel free to splurge. We recommend the salted caramel.

39. Grandaisy Bakery

176 W 72nd St (at Amsterdam Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Lincoln Square · 44 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: If you're in the mood for pizza, get it. It's great here. But what we really come for is the panini dolce, a big sandwich cookie. They are simply unreal.

40. Soutine Bakery

104 W 70th St (at Columbus Ave.), New York, NY
Bakery · Lincoln Square · 11 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: What's that smell? Ah, it's Soutine's just baking some cakes and pastries! Their croissants are as good as it gets, don't leave without getting the pain au chocolat.

41. Monteleone's Bakery

8.7
355 Court St (btwn Union & President St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Carroll Gardens · 43 tips and reviews

Buford B.Buford Barnes: Established in 1921, closed in 1986 to favor NJ locations, reopened in 2007 by the same Italian family. Much of the fixtures are original, but it's marred by a flat-screen TV.

42. Glaser's Bake Shop

1670 1st Ave (87th Street), New York, NY
Bakery · Yorkville · 63 tips and reviews

Buford B.Buford Barnes: Established 1902 and continuously family owned and operated with some remodeling. The coal oven was originally in the basement, but moved upstairs in the 1950s.

43. DeRobertis Pasticceria & Caffe

176 1st Ave (10th), New York, NY
Bakery · East Village · 27 tips and reviews

Buford B.Buford Barnes: Established 1904 as Caffe Pugliese, continuously family owned and operated. The storefront has been remodeled somewhat.

44. Caffé Roma

6.7
385 Broome St (at Mulberry St), New York, NY
Café · Little Italy · 72 tips and reviews

Buford B.Buford Barnes: Established 1891. A Little Italy institution. Long counters, wood cabinets, a green pressed-tin ceiling, and inch-wide black and white hexagonal floor tiles with an array of classic Italian pastries.

Monaco's Bakery & Cafe' is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

45. Monaco's Bakery & Cafe'

8511 3rd Ave (Between 85th st & 86th st), Brooklyn, NY
Coffee Shop · Bay Ridge · 14 tips and reviews
La Maison du Macaron is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

46. La Maison du Macaron

132 W 23rd St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Chelsea · 135 tips and reviews

Time Out New YorkTime Out New York: Try the delicate cassis macaron, two almond-based meringues encasing a luscious cream filling that’s brightened with tart cassis. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

47. Trois Pommes Patisserie

260 5th Ave (btw Garfield Pl & Carroll St), Brooklyn, NY
Café · North Slope · 31 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Best Mini Doughnut: Stuffed with sweet, seed-speckled raspberry jelly. The lovely little crunch as you break through the powdered sugar poof is pure bliss. Read more.

48. Sullivan Street Bakery

8.9
533 W 47th St (btwn 10th & 11th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Hell's Kitchen · 122 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Best Bomboloni: The one filled with vanilla pastry cream is our favorite, but the chunky caramelized apple and raspberry are excellent as well. Read more.

49. Leske's Bakery

7.4
7612 5th Ave (at 76th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bay Ridge · 19 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Best Jam Doughnut: Lightly dusted in powdered sugar, this baby oozes an excellent sweet-tart housemade raspberry jam, hugged by a yeasty, even-crumbed interior. Read more.

50. Mike's Donuts

7.2
6822 5th Ave (Bay Ridge Avenue), Brooklyn, NY
Donut Shop · Bay Ridge · 11 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: All Around Good: An all-around reliable classic coffee/doughnut shop. There's not too many places like this left in NYC, and the prices are unbelievable: a dozen doughnuts for just $4.50. Read more.

Rimini Pastry Shoppe is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

51. Rimini Pastry Shoppe

7.9
6822 Bay Pkwy (Bay Ridge Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bensonhurst · 13 tips and reviews
Four & Twenty Blackbirds is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

52. Four & Twenty Blackbirds

9.2
439 3rd Ave (at 8th St), Brooklyn, NY
Pie Shop · Gowanus · 224 tips and reviews

53. Villabate Alba

9.3
7001 18th Ave (at 70th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bensonhurst · 53 tips and reviews

Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster: The greatest cannoli you can imagine is at Villabate Alba, which has been around for over 80 years and is located a block from where I used to live, says Suzanne Corso, author of Brooklyn Story. Read more.

54. DeRobertis Pasticceria & Caffe

176 1st Ave (10th), New York, NY
Bakery · East Village · 27 tips and reviews

t m.t m: The chocolate dipped cannolis are incredible.

55. Martha's Country Bakery

9.0
70-28 Austin St, Forest Hills, NY
Bakery · 198 tips and reviews

t m.t m: Amazing Red Velvet cupckes!

56. Bouchon Bakery & Cafe

10 Columbus Cir Fl 3 (Time Warner Center), New York, NY
Bakery · Central Park · 333 tips and reviews

t m.t m: One word: macaroons.

57. Robicelli's

332 Flatbush Ave. Ext (at DeKalb Market), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Downtown Brooklyn · 11 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Village Voice is excited to have Robicelli's at the 2012 ChoiceEats food fest! Full list of restaurants here: http://ow.ly/8QjDQ

58. Danny Macaroons

27 N 6th St (Smorgasburg), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Williamsburg · 7 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Village Voice is excited to have Danny Macaroons at the 2012 Choice Eats food fest! Full list of restaurants here: http://ow.ly/8QjDQ

Vesuvio Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

59. Vesuvio Bakery

8.4
160 Prince St (Thompson), New York, NY
Bakery · SoHo · 21 tips and reviews

60. Amy's Bread

8.6
672 9th Ave (btwn W 46th & W 47th St), New York, NY
Bakery · Hell's Kitchen · 267 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Fluffy, tasty baked goods here, perfect to stop in for breakfast or lunch. We recommend the French baguettine and the almond brioche toast. Yum!

Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

61. Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies

8.9
185 Van Dyke St (at Ferris St), Brooklyn, NY
Pie Shop · Red Hook · 116 tips and reviews
Le Pain Quotidien is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

62. Le Pain Quotidien

7.2
70 W 40th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Café · Garment District · 172 tips and reviews
Caputo Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

63. Caputo Bakery

7.7
329 Court St (btwn Sackett & Union St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Carroll Gardens · 33 tips and reviews

64. Butter Lane

8.3
123 E 7th St (btwn 1st & A), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · East Village · 167 tips and reviews

New York HabitatNew York Habitat: Their frosting rocks and for 3 bucks a pop, the cupcakes are well worth it. They also offer a cupcake class which is awesome if you're like us and not a great baker.

Leske's Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

65. Leske's Bakery

7.4
7612 5th Ave (at 76th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bay Ridge · 19 tips and reviews

66. Eileen's Special Cheesecake

9.0
17 Cleveland Pl (at Kenmare St), New York, NY
Bakery · SoHo · 253 tips and reviews

ALICE K.ALICE KO: Best cheesecake ever. Strawberry. Omg. I die. I've been thinking about this for 2 days straight. Must go back.

67. Eleni's New York

75 9th Ave (at W 15th St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Chelsea · 52 tips and reviews

Food NetworkFood Network: Sandra Lee, of Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate, recommends the classic cookie company, Eleni's for their cupcakes and artistically decorated sugar cookies. Find more tips at FN Local. Read more.

4th Avenue Bakery is one of Must-visit Bakeries in New York.

68. 4th Avenue Bakery

Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bay Ridge · 2 tips and reviews