Allan's Bakery

Caribbean Bakery Allan’s Is Opening in Manhattan | Eater NY

"For more than 60 years New Yorkers in search of Caribbean beef patties and fruit cakes soaked in rum have found their way to Allan’s in Brooklyn. Run by the offspring of Allan and Gloria Smith and now in its third generation, the bakery started out of a station wagon, opened a storefront at 425 Saratoga Avenue in 1961, and later moved to its longtime home spanning three addresses at 1109 Nostrand Avenue (near Maple Street). It has become a one-stop shop for Caribbean staples—hard dough bread, patties stuffed with saltfish, coconut rolls, doubles (sold on weekends), custom cakes—and customers still crowd the counter; the family steered the business through the pandemic with patrons lining up outdoors in masks, and they even opened a bar next door last October. The bakery is almost as old as the West Indian Day Parade." - Luke Fortney