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Dessert Shop · Rockefeller Center · 17 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "This large, flat specimen is drizzled with chocolate, yielding a likably changing taste--fudgy and decadent in one bite, then crisp and sweet the next"
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "Sometimes you want a chocolate cookie with your chocolate chips. Eric Kayser bakes a fine bittersweet one that's rich and 'everything I want' "
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "The Dumbo bakery bounced back from Sandy-shuttering. Herve Poussot's wide, crunchy, caramelly cookies are still on point"
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "...thin, crispy cookies with melty chocolate. But don't confuse thin and crispy for dry and dusty--these guys have just the right amount of doughy give"
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "Contrary to its name, this Red Hook bakery makes a slightly under-baked cookie, giving it an ooey, gooey pecan pie-y thing we like."
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "Michel Richard's version may look like some sort of healthy biscuit, but we're fans of the sweet-enough, nutty (walnuts!) flavor and soft crumb"
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List:"...these pretty (and pretty delicious) cookies from Talde's former bread bakers. Their versions amps up the chocolate to dough ratio, making for one sweet bite"
Bakery · Rockefeller Center · 149 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "[Thomas Keller] chocolate chunk cookies are super buttery and taste like homemade would taste if Thomas Keller lived in your home."
26 Bond St (btwn Bowery & Lafayette St), New York, NY
Café · NoHo · 396 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Choc Chip Cookie List: "A little sea salt goes a long way at this Noho café. Melia Marden puts a little crunch in each bite, nicely accentuating the slightly bitter chocolate chunks"
Marc: Tasting Table: Chef Corey Cova from Earl's Beer & Cheese and ABV does it again with doughnuts that are as brightly flavored as they are colorfully attractive and Blue Bottle Coffee
Marc: Tasting Table's Top Donuts: "Jelly Doughnut" The Platonic ideal of jelly doughnuts, with jam in every bite and an even dusting of powdered sugar. Junkies, rejoice: The Pub is open 24-7.
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 114 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table: "Sam Mason brings his oddball ice cream flavors to the East Village, from miso-cherry to chorizo-caramel. Get scoops in cups and waffle cones, along with milkshakes and floats."
100 Stanton St (btwn Ludlow St & Orchard St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Lower East Side · 175 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Top 10 Iced Coffee: "strong, not-too-sweet Vietnamese iced coffee on tap. If you have some time, grab a bowl of grits here as well--they're awesome."
270 Lafayette St (btwn Prince & W Houston St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · SoHo · 421 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Top 10 Iced Coffee: "Ask for an iced coffee at this Philly import and you'll actually get several shots of espresso plus coffee over ice--a perfectly chilled red eye"
Marc: Tasting Table Top 10 Iced Coffee: "low-acidity coffee at this shop is a 24-hour cold brew that's best enjoyed black; staff isn't judgy--so load it up with half and half if that's your thing"
160 5th Ave (btwn E 20th & E 21st St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Flatiron District · 247 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Top 10 Iced Coffee: "The NY company roasts their beans in BK. Espresso julep --espresso over ice, sweetened w/mint-basil syrup-- is extraordinarily refreshing w/a float of cold milk"
Coffee Shop · Downtown Manhattan · 19 tips and reviews
Marc: Tasting Table Top 10 Iced Coffee: "On cooler days, we might visit this Cuban coffee shop for some nice little cafecitos, but right now their iced cold brew--strong and deeply flavored--is our jam"