A few days ago a wrote about the Blue Hydrangea Bake Shop. And last month, I visited Sweet Melissa's bakery in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. I like the idea of independent bakeries with pretty pastries, and unique desserts. What I don't like is that these kinds of businesses think that, because they are independent, they can charge an outrageous price for something that you can make just as easily yourself with a box mix from the grocery store and it might even taste as good. As Buffalo Girl said, "I'll stick with Widoff's."
Widoff's is the best bakery in the city, in my opinion. They have awesome bulkies, with and without seeds. A holiday in my family would not be the same without some fresh-that-day Widoff's "bookies". Their bread is delicious. They have a rainbow of colors of butter cookies. But the thing that pulls me to Widoff's more often than not is the chocolate chip cookie. This cookie is thick, buttery, and full of chocolate chips. It's about 4 inches in diameter, and the last batch I got was about 1/2" thick. I ate the whole thing on an empty stomach (Yes, dessert before dinner. It's okay, I'm a grownup.) and didn't get sick.
I know that Buffalo Girl's favorite cookie is the Widoff's Black and White. This is not your usual, New York Style black and white cookie. To us, that's just an imposter. This is a butter cookie, also about 4 inches in diameter, half chocolate, half vanilla. Crumbly, sweet. Unbelievable.
Best part about these cookies: $0.60 each. Not no dollar fifty for a cookie the size of a sand dollar.
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3 comments:
I am a known food snob, and definately a PASTRY food snob...in my opinion there is no good bakery to be had anywhere in the city...an awesome "grovery" style baker if you are travelling to NY via Rt 84: Exit 7, www.stewleonards.com worth the stop if you love specialty grocery stores on a huge scale.
OK - I do like one bakery item...and they might not seem that great to some...I am an eclair junkie and Helen's Bakery on Greenwood St makes pretty OK ones. I think I might like them a little more because they are only $.60 each!!
what is "grovery" style?
When I worked at WPI in high school/college, we'd get all of our dessert pastries from Helen's Bakery. They rocked. Tiny sweet danish, especially the ones with the nuts.
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