Tate's Bake Shop Cookie & Bar Gift Tower
September 12th, 2008
This month’s winners are A.L. and Tania. Congratulations!
Below is the original Baking Friday.
Q: WHO MAKES THE BEST CROISSANT IN THE CITY?
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Tate’s Bake Shop founder and baker, Kathleen King, started baking cookies when she was eleven, and she’s never stopped. By high school, she was already perfecting her signature thin, crisp, buttery and caramel tasting chocolate chip cookies. And at 20, she opened her first bakery. Since then Tate’s has developed multiple lines of baked goods, including chewy varieties, as well as cakes, bars, muffins, pies, scones and breads.
I see Tate’s not only in gourmet groceries but also in many of the bodegas and delis in the City, and I can never resist picking up a bag of cookies. For snack, afternoon tea or picnic, Tate’s is always a hit.
This week’s Baking Friday prize is the cookie and bar gift tower that includes three boxes of chocolate chip, white chocolate chip macadamia nut and oatmeal raisin cookies, plus two each of the fudgy brownies, smooth chocolate chip and walnut blondies and crunchy raspberry bars!
Tate’s Bake Shop is located in Southampton, New York, so if you’re in the neighborhood, stop by for some treats!
Fortunately, Tate’s goodies are sold throughout the U.S. and can also be mail ordered via their website.
Thank you, Tate’s Bake Shop, for this week’s Baking Friday contribution!
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A little French bakery on Bleeker between 6th and 7th avenues.
Posted by Kari • 12 September 2008, 09:31
depends on the kind . . .
plain: patisserie claude
pretzel: city bakery
almond: la bergamote
okay, so now i am craving a croissant. . .
Posted by Taylor • 12 September 2008, 09:34
BALTHAZAR !!!!!!
Posted by Tony • 12 September 2008, 09:36
City Bakery and the Bakery at Bouley
Posted by Casey • 12 September 2008, 09:39
La Bergamote is yum.
Posted by Laurie D • 12 September 2008, 09:49
La Bergamote!
Posted by Lea • 12 September 2008, 09:52
Patisserie Claude. Great chocolate croissants.
Posted by Oriana • 12 September 2008, 09:55
Payard Patisserie (Lexington/ 74th)
Posted by nadia • 12 September 2008, 09:56
I like the almond ones at La Bergamote and an Italian cafe on 18th around Broadway whose name escapes me at the moment. The ones at Silver Moon Bakery are good, but a bit hit and miss. Most of all I love the croissants at the bakeries in Japan, where I used to live.
Posted by Ariel • 12 September 2008, 10:04
It’s unfair that pretzel croissants at City Bakery exist every day yet I can’t have one every day.
Posted by Jackie • 12 September 2008, 10:28
City Bakery’s pretzel croissant is unique and excellent.
La Bergamote, Claude and Payard are all good.
But the croissants at La Madeleine on 23rd (between 6th and 7th) are hands down the best in town. The plain are flaky and light, and the ham and cheese is surprisingly tasty. I find the almond a bit too intense and the chocolate in the pain au chocolat too firm and too much of it. The plain and pain au chocolate also come in “mini” size, which is closer to the size you find in France. The baker is French, and used to have The French Oven in the Chelsea Market.
Posted by evan • 12 September 2008, 10:32
Payard Patisserie and Bistro (Lex bet 73rd & 74th). Yum, yum and yum!
Posted by Aneesa • 12 September 2008, 10:34
city bakery pretzel croissant wins my vote since goupil & decarlo closed in the chelsea market
Posted by jennie • 12 September 2008, 10:38
Chocolate croissants at Thé Adoré on 13th Street. Mmmm!
Posted by Nelson • 12 September 2008, 10:51
Balthazar, of course.
Posted by Shakti • 12 September 2008, 10:53
I actually do not like croissants, but that grey dog place on university has really good muffins!
Posted by Michael • 12 September 2008, 10:54
almond croissant at Almondine in DUMBO
Posted by D • 12 September 2008, 11:02
Bouchon Bakery makes the absolute best (their raspberry almond croissants are out of this world), followed by Payard and Le Madeleine. And the pretzel croissants at City Bakery are scrumptious, but in a class of their own!
Posted by Tania • 12 September 2008, 11:03
Claude’s with out a doubt-closest thing to being in Paris
Posted by Sally • 12 September 2008, 11:04
La Bergamote.
Posted by charlotte • 12 September 2008, 11:12
Ceci Cela!
I especially like to enjoy them while sitting at my new local cafe Lula Bean in Williamsburg.
Posted by A.L. • 12 September 2008, 11:22
tompkins bakery. yum.
get some coffee and sit in the park,
and watch all the local loonies.
Posted by ele • 12 September 2008, 12:10
Payard, in my experience. But now I’m happy to know of others thanks to these posts.
Posted by Katy Conway • 12 September 2008, 12:21
Still partial to Dunkin’ Donuts.
Posted by Maggie • 12 September 2008, 12:25
marquet makes the BEST croissants!
Posted by susan barricelli • 12 September 2008, 12:35
silver moon bakery in the upper westside makes a great croissant. plus, they are super nice there! i would highly recommend that place!
Posted by pierce • 12 September 2008, 12:44
Patisserie Claude on Bleeker St.
I spent nearly three days a week of my pregnancy at Claude’s
Posted by Patricia Childers • 12 September 2008, 12:59
If anyone can recommend an elusive good oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, let me know. I mean, what’s the deal with the raisins? You’re eating a cookie; why split hairs and fake it with the raisins?
Posted by The Dude • 12 September 2008, 13:33
Almondine in DUMBO is fantastic!
Posted by A • 12 September 2008, 13:52
I can’t believe no one has mentioned the Petrossian bakery. Like eating crispy butter.
Posted by Noah Miller • 12 September 2008, 13:57
Sweet Melissa’s on Court Street in Carroll Gardens makes an insane treat: chocolate almond croissants. As if one weren’t enough…I’m making myself a little crazy just thinking about it, all the way over here in Seattle.
Posted by Juniper Berolzheimer • 12 September 2008, 14:15
Madeleine Patisserie
I love me some Tate’s
Posted by mike • 12 September 2008, 14:16
patisserie claude on 4th street— amazing!! and claude’s cakes are also perfect.
oxo, lj
Posted by lauren monchik • 12 September 2008, 16:37
My vote goes to City bakery (Mais oui!) for the pretzel croissant and Balthazar for the plain or almond.
Posted by frenchy • 12 September 2008, 16:47
Balthazar is my number one…but a close second and in my hood is Payard.
Posted by mary kate • 12 September 2008, 16:53
Blue Sky Bakery on 5th Ave & Bergen in Brooklyn, USA.
Posted by Eric • 12 September 2008, 19:09
Does Brooklyn qualify as the city? If so, I would have to vote for the fabulous ones at Patisserie Colson on 9th St using recipes from the original in Mons, Belgium.
Posted by Juliette Moir • 13 September 2008, 00:17
payard’s croissants aux amandes!!!
Posted by judy • 13 September 2008, 15:14
thé adoré on 13th street, bien sur!
Posted by jilly • 19 September 2008, 11:01
Payard…he rocks — and has some of the best pastries this side of Paris. :)
Posted by Janie • 10 October 2008, 11:30
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