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For downtown, I urge you to try Chikalicious Dessert Club. If you don't, you will be sorry, in that I will eat all of their cookies. If you do, I may be sorry when you tell everyone how great they are and I have to share.

I have this recent fetish for a type of chocolate chip cookie I know exists but can't find - it's slightly dome-shaped with a rather crisp top and not very chewy inside. I think they must be rather gourmet-ish instead of intended for the supermarket crowd. Anyone know where I can find some of these? Thanks!

it boggles my mind to think of all these new places that have opened since we left NYC. Fairway and Citarella are the exceptions because I used to walk down Broadway two or three times a week to shop there - that was before the Fairway Restaurant existed and when Citarella was only a fish market. albeit the best around. I've read about Levain's chocolate chip cookie and think I have the recipe somewhere in my clutter - have to try and dig it out and give it a try.

@shelby I live in Brooklyn too and I don't blame you for being slightly defensive :)

@bobbob - I suspected as much, but you never know; we Brooklyn-bred girls are pretty defensive (especially with respect to claims that we and Long Island are one and the same).

i just assumed they're picking the dumbo or hudson st stores.

Where's Jacques Torres? Are you kidding me?

No Jacques Torres representing the UWS? It better show up in the BK or West Village showdown!!

jacques torres cookie beats levain's too buttery, heavy and doughy cookie in any competition. Perfect combination of crispy exterior, soft interior, and balance of chocolate chips with cookie.

I've never had the Levain but many bloggers I respect have deemed them unmissable--I have one really neurotic question for the SE staff before I order one though--about how many 'single servings' are in one cookie (portion control of deliciousness being something officially endorsed by SE, right ;)

@ bobbob - Long Island isn't technically part of Brooklyn at all. If anything it would be the other way around, since Brooklyn resides on Long Island, but it is a completely distinct entity for all intents and purposes other than geography.

levain FTW! yesss. something to be said for a cookie that redefines your ideal cookie criteria. my birthday is at the end of the month and i can't wait to go uptown and treat myself to some levain!