Yu P.
Yelp
Had a late night hankering for the "perfect" chocolate chip cookie in the Flatiron/Chelsea/West Village area. It was after 6pm on a Saturday so all the choice were dwindled down to two that remained open: Chip City (closes at 11pm) and Mah-Ze Dahr Bakery (closes at 9pm). I mean, you'd think at this time of the evening on a weekend in the busiest city in the world that more would be open as tourists and locals alike start coming out of the woodwork from their home offices, hotel rooms and airports to venture into the streets desiring to bump into things like the "best" chocolate chip cookie in town! Sadly, in this tight 4 mile radius, only these two were open past 6pm. So here it goes.
Firstly, both servers at each establishment were easy-going, friendly, enthusiastic about their chip being the best in town so they tied at 10/10 for customer service.
Chip City interior focuses on the cookies on the aluminum pan, like this place was designed by a freshman in college who just didn't give a *hit, but it works. It's spacious and you can't miss it. It's at the corner of Bleecker, Barrow and Seventh Ave S.
Because Chip City closes much later (11pm) and it was only past near 8pm, the empty cookie sheet was getting filled by a new fresh batch of their "for a limited time" cookie (I forget the name of it), but the point is that this is as fresh as you can get... nearing 8pm and they are still baking cookies out of the oven!!!!
I did go for the original chocolate chip cookie and it wasn't too sweet. My first thought was ... woowh, this cookie feels like it weigh about a tonne. I was looking for some chewy, goowy choc cookie and that is exactly what I got. LOVE IT. However, after a few bits, I feel like taking a break because it is quite heavy in the belly. Thankfully, with cookies, you can place them in a Tupperware or ziplock and lasts for a week at least.
The Chip City Cookie is more than double the cost of the Mah-Ze Dahr cookie: $4.50 vs $2.40, but it also weighs a tonne while the Mah-Ze Dahr is like the interior of their space, dainty and refined.
If you'd like to hear about the Mah-Ze Dahr Chocolate Explosion Cookie experience, I'll see you on the other side.
YES to this Choc Chip cookie, regardless of a late night hankering. It's one of the best in the city. I think Levain's cookies are just as weighty, but a tonne sweeter too so I prefer the Chip City compared to Levain's.