Dreaming of Paris? Bisous Ciao Macarons is the ultimate French macaron Café on the Lower East Side. For anyone who has bitten into a biscuity macaron and tasted the sweet, smooth filling and subtly crunchy shell, wait until you sink your teeth into the colorful delicate creations at Bisous Ciao. . . . more
Chobani, known for its wholesome fresh Greek style yogurt since 2005, has opened its very first yogurt bar in SoHo. The bar's soft lighting and wood paneled walls render a relaxing environment to enjoy one of the world's creamiest "fat free" yogurts. Choose from a menu boasting recipes made with . . . more
It's all about fresh, local, pure, and simple! Setting out to make the finest artisanal ice cream possible, Van Leeuwen uses three simple ingredients for their smooth custard base: dairy + pure cane sugar + fresh egg yolks. Everything is made with the most wholesome ingredients possible. . . . more
Drink prices are high but the view is worth it. A sexy martini lounge, on the 18th floor of the trendy Standard hotel, located off the High Line Park in Meatpacking, frames a picture perfect view for visitors as well as New Yorkers, with its floor-to-ceiling windows. Intimate lounge seating has . . . more
Café’tal Social Club is a place where quality food meets traditional and local values. The space of this quaint café originally served as a social club in the 1940’s, providing an arena for men returning home from World War II to convene and enjoy their free time. These men and their . . . more
It's all about fresh, local, pure, and simple! Setting out to make the finest artisanal ice cream possible, Van Leeuwen uses three simple ingredients for their smooth custard base: dairy + pure cane sugar + fresh egg yolks. Everything is made with the most wholesome ingredients possible. . . . more
With its wooden floors, metal chairs and vintage kitschy tin artwork on exposed brick walls, Good Beer faithfully sports the tried-and-true rustic décor of a beer-devoted haven. For café owner David Cichowicz, Good Beer is the realization of a bar concept dreamt up five years ago while still . . . more
Formally Sullivan Street Bakery, Grandaisy Bakery has been supplying SoHo restaurants and five star hotels with their organic Tuscany Style rustic breads and pastries since 1994. While most customers take out, they are welcome to sit down for a quick bite to eat at one of the modest cafe tables or . . . more
Little Cupcake Bakeshop is home to some of the City’s most scrupulous sweets. Customers are offered a delicious variety of homemade ice creams, cookies, sliced layered cakes, puddings, and pies that are hardly run of the mill. All American classic dessert choices such as golden vanilla cupcakes . . . more
It's time to give up the glitzy packaging for some good old fashioned chocolate. Li-Lac's is a third-generation chocolatier founded in 1923 by George Demetrious, a Greek immigrant, who while in France had mastered the craft of chocolate making. Li-Lac's is one of the few existing boutique . . . more
Made fresh daily on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Doughnut Plant's doughnuts are always tempting and always delicious. Owner and baker, Mark Isreal, has added a gourmet touch to his grandfather's 1934 doughnut recipe, using the highest quality all-natural ingredients. Doughnuts are made without . . . more
Philadelphia-based coffee roaster, La Colombe, opens a distinctly larger cafe at 400 Lafayette Street; accommodating table & counter seating for over 45 coffee lovers. La Colombe always delivers an impeccable cup of coffee designed for the palate and made to enrich the lives of humanity around the . . . more
Here the hand-rolled oven-baked bagels are perfection alone. You can take this bit of heaven and make it all yours by adding anything to it from butter to lox. Maybe enjoy your bagel with a savory schmear, or transform it into a juicy plumpy sandwich. All bagels are freshly made on premise while . . . more
Boasting delicious pizza with crispy thin crust, fresh mozzarella and organic ingredients, Farinella is, understandably, a lunchtime favorite. Hip-hop-artist-turned chef Alberto Polo Cretara brings, from his homeland, the popular four-foot Roman-style pizza called the "palam," which can be ordered . . . more
Justine Pringle and Andy Laird are the owners and creators of Nunu Chocolates, a Brooklyn chocolate company that opened its doors along Atlantic Avenue in 2008. At the boutique, a communal table and roomy lounge hosts chocolate lovers, who are welcome to sit and enjoy a cup of organic tea, glass of . . . more
