Levain Bakery
Bakery · NoHo
340 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012
Highlights
Giant cookies, fresh bread & pastries, counter seating available
Giant cookies, fresh bread & pastries, counter seating available
"City Bakery is possibly best known for its ridiculously good chocolate chip cookies, but they also do a pretty impressive salad bar in the back. A salad bar that includes a mac and cheese station. Think of it more like a fancy buffet. And get a chocolate chip cookie on your way out." - hillary reinsberg
"Taylor Swift isn’t immune to the power of a Levain chocolate chip cookie. The first location opened on the Upper West Side in 1995; it has since sprouted locations all over the city, and spreading as far as Los Angeles." - Melissa McCart
"As it moves to Boston, Chip City follows in the footsteps of Levain, another NYC cookie chain known for its hefty cookies chock full of chocolate and peanut butter chips. Levain opened on Newbury Street last year, marking that chain’s first entry into Boston." - Erika Adams
"Drive to Leon Bakery, and you might get lost. It’s off the beaten path, on a side street half a block from Fairmount Avenue, and it got even harder to find after the ownersrepainted the outside bright green — and painted right over the huge “PANADERIA” sign. Get closer, and any doubts should be erased when you approach the door and smell the sugar. Inside: a tiny bakery packed with tender pan dulces for takeout. At $1 a piece for various items, diners here can get the same treats that coffee shops might sell for three or four times that price."
"I don’t know if I’m the target audience for this recipe, given I have never visited Levain Bakery or tried one of its famous cookies (though apparently now I can locally), but I was intrigued by its decadence and sold on its relative simplicity." - Eater Staff
