New York City's Most Iconic Foods—and Where to Get Them | Condé Nast Traveler

"I had to text my mother and ask her to refresh my memory about what exactly we’d do in the city—having come in for the day from Connecticut—before and after sitting at Serendipity 3 on a summer’s day with a big, fat, frozen hot chocolate in the center of the table with straws protruding outward in every direction. Surely, we were doing other things (“FAO Schwarz?” she mused, in reference to the bygone Upper East Side location of the toy emporium). That the heft and bombast of this $20 dessert make it a staple for tourists is no surprise, but this is no Cheesecake Factory confection—if it were, Katie Holmes wouldn't be a regular." - Kat Chen