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Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Rainbow cookies have been my favorite single food item since i was 2. I have searched long and hard to find revelatory rainbow cookies in Manhattan and Brooklyn, however all efforts have been a waste.
The only place I even bother anymore is at Bagel Boys in Suffern, NY, the place that first fostered this love over 20 years ago. When I do return (now living in Brooklyn), I have on multiple occasions put away 1lb boxes of them before dinner, and then bring another 3-5lbs back to brooklyn. My parents have mailed me tins of them, and even a "stale" 1/2 pound after 3-5 days is better than anything I can find around here. I get that Suffern, NY is not on most (any) peoples radar regarding food, and it shouldn't be, but these are just too good for me not to mention as a serious serious eater and rainbow cookie lover.
Somewhere to brag about in NY...
I agree with kathryn, per se is certainly much easier to get into and with a month I think you should have little difficult getting a reservation there.
Just for the sake of mentioning different places, Le Bernardin is obviously fantastic and could be the real standout of your trip. Additionally, Blue Hill during spring is wonderful. Eleven Madison Park, Jean Georges, etc...all great choices.
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I third that, leave the man alone.
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Summer of (Hot Dog) Love: Bark Hot Dogs
I went there this afternoon for a 'snack' and everything was fantastic. Had the beans and frank dog and the chili cheese dog and my feelings essentially echo those from the review. Regular fries were great and gone extremely quickly. The blueberry cream shake was also quite good, definitely too thick to be taken from the straw but very very tasty. It's going to take a long time to make it thru the entire menu but I look forward to getting new things everytime I go back.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Rainbow cookies have been my favorite single food item since i was 2. I have searched long and hard to find revelatory rainbow cookies in Manhattan and Brooklyn, however all efforts have been a waste.
The only place I even bother anymore is at Bagel Boys in Suffern, NY, the place that first fostered this love over 20 years ago. When I do return (now living in Brooklyn), I have on multiple occasions put away 1lb boxes of them before dinner, and then bring another 3-5lbs back to brooklyn. My parents have mailed me tins of them, and even a "stale" 1/2 pound after 3-5 days is better than anything I can find around here. I get that Suffern, NY is not on most (any) peoples radar regarding food, and it shouldn't be, but these are just too good for me not to mention as a serious serious eater and rainbow cookie lover.
Somewhere to brag about in NY...
I agree with kathryn, per se is certainly much easier to get into and with a month I think you should have little difficult getting a reservation there.
Just for the sake of mentioning different places, Le Bernardin is obviously fantastic and could be the real standout of your trip. Additionally, Blue Hill during spring is wonderful. Eleven Madison Park, Jean Georges, etc...all great choices.
Alice Waters Agrees with Me: President Obama Needs to Try Some Beets
I third that, leave the man alone.
More changes at per se?
ok thank you very much. I knew that had the abbreviated lunch but over the past 6-7 months of going on their website every single day and saving pdf's of menus April 12 was the first time I've ever seen it actually posted there. Strangely, I went to check later that day again and it was gone. Guess I'll have to wait for the weekend and see if another shows up...
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Agree with wanderingeater, 110% its the $28 + extra at JG.
What are your favorite products from Trader Joe's?
hummus...the only product i specifically go there to get, ever.
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I really think steak n shake is an exceptional establishment. The food aside (which I do really enjoy), the company makes a concerted effort to hire mentally challenged individuals and provide them with a good working environment. This type of social responsibility is hard to come by in Corporations and I must applaud that.
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The square/rectangular pizza was always my favorite in elementary school. This day was, of course, divided into its own levels of greatness. I always got pepperoni, and usually there was a single slice laid in the middle of a pizza. On some magical days, the powers above decided it was just "my day" and I would find 2 slices accidently stacked ontop of eachother, thus allowing me to spread them out and have fabulous flavor throughout. Aaahhhhh, memories...
Summer of (Hot Dog) Love: Bark Hot Dogs
The brewery is called Sixpoint, not Six Points.
Summer of (Hot Dog) Love: Bark Hot Dogs
the beers are 12 ounces and not pints.
still a good deal.
What are your favorite products from Trader Joe's?
Is the Pomegranate Glaze really discontinued? My mom tried to buy it in Atlanta but they didn't have it. Can it be found elsewhere???
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Thanks for the tip Grace! I work in Garden City so I stopped by The Bakery today for some rainbow cookies. Definitely the best I have ever had!
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Thanks for a great article!
I thought I'd share this precious secret with you guys, if you ever want to have some of these sweet sweet Italian Rainbow Cookies but happen to be away from Long Island / Brooklyn then these are the best ones you can get (quality, taste & price wise alike!): Cookie Outlet - Italian Cookies
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
orwasher's on the ues have some pretty yummy ones
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
I love the rainbow cake at Pinisi Bakery in the East Village, 4th Street between 1st and 2nd Ave. The subtle almond flavoring, the gentle sweet spike of raspberry jam and moist cake - it's a far cry to those found in every generic bakery, deli and grocery. It comes in cupcake form, as well as (my preference) rectangular block form (and covered in a chocolate ganache shell). In fact, I'm just finishing one up now as I write this! The only problem is that it is so time-intensive to make the the almond paste that every pastry and cake is rotated weekly/daily and appears at the whim of the baker!
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
the best rainbow cookies I've had in Manhattan are hands down from La Bella Ferrara on Mulberry St btwn Canal & Hester. It's right across the street from Sambuca's Cafe. very moist, no chocolate sprinkles, and plenty of raspberry jam :)
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
@klg19 - i tried michelle's bake shop in fort lee last weekend and was really disappointed, the cake was dry and super stale and the chocolate part was not very smooth in texture :(
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Petak's used to carry the most delicious rainbow cookies - perfectly moist cake layers with a strip of marzipan on each end. I was sad when they closed that I did not know where were from. I was thrilled to come across these same cookies a few weeks later @ Crumbs. Definitely the best I've had in this genre.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
While I usually shun the typical "Little Italy" establishments that I feel are geared towards tourists looking for vestiges of a long gone Little Italy. After a quick trip to the newly and beautifully expanded DiPaolo's in Little Italy, I stepped into Ferrara's Italian bakery. I sampled the rainbow cookies and I have to say they were delicious! They had just the right amount of marzipan and the 3 delicate layers were full of yummy but not-too-sweet goodness. No wonder "America's Oldest Pasticceria" has been around for 115 years. Try it Grace, I'd be curious to know if it lives up to Da Bakery.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Anna's Desserts!!! Straight out of Brooklyn, homemade...unreal!
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Have to disagree with everyone! The best rainbow cookies in the world and also most of their baked goods were found at Katz's Bakery in Liberty,New York in the Catskill Mountains. No longer open but sadly missed! bakers dozen
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
I had some from Barney Greengrass once that were not pretty looking, but were actually pretty good tasting (not the best I've had though). Don't know where Greengrass gets them.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Da Bakery is da best!
Please, please do a round-up and review of rainbow cookies on Manhattan, if only so we can see all the pretty colors. Rainbow cookies (I mean, the name itself is so happy sounding) can be so very good but also so very bad and I'd like to avoid the crappy ones.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Veneiro's on East 11th St. in Manhattan.
Grace - thanks so much for the topic - I was actually going to ask the same question AND cesnyc, thank you for your recipe - I was going to ask that, too.
I had a friend visit from Texas who had never had them before and fell madly in love with them. She begged me to find her a recipe. A relative makes them every Christmas and they are just plain awful - Maybe I can now say that I'll make them this year!
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
FYI - it's "on Long Island", not "in Long Island." Carry on.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Last saturday I tasted delicious rainbow cookies from The Cookie Jar on
Staten Island. The best I have ever tasted.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
I like the rainbow cookies at Bruce's, but they are really noticeably better in the Great Neck location. I find them to be the best, but I think this whole process is even more subjective than most.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
In my kitchen -- I make my grandmother's recipe every christmas. They've been my favorite since I could eat them, and no store-bought cookies can compare.
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
@charm city cupcakes - O M GGGG what high school did you go to? I went to Wheatley! And I'll have to try that bakery on Hillside sometime...do you remember the name?
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Forgot to mention- it is in Brooklyn!
Sugar Rush: Rainbow Cookies from The Bakery on Long Island
Elegante Pastry Shop on 165 Avenue U has awesome rainbow cookies- they sell them in triangle slices too like cakes and also as whole cakes.
They also have awesome lil pastries - love the cheesecake one as well!
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I went there this afternoon for a 'snack' and everything was fantastic. Had the beans and frank dog and the chili cheese dog and my feelings essentially echo those from the review. Regular fries were great and gone extremely quickly. The blueberry cream shake was also quite good, definitely too thick to be taken from the straw but very very tasty. It's going to take a long time to make it thru the entire menu but I look forward to getting new things everytime I go back.