Levain Bakery

Fresh breads, cookies & other baked treats at this tiny shop that donates unsold goods to charity.A bakery with some of the best chocolate chip cookies in New York.The ice coffee is good but it's nothing compared to the emotion you'll have eating the cookie

This "minuscule" UWS bakery (with a slightly roomier Harlem offshoot) "reigns supreme" with its "heavenly", "moist, rich", "gargantuan" chocolate chip cookies ("more like a meal than a snack") that devotees claim "make life worth living" and repay "every penny and pound"; insiders also "don't pass up" the "fabulous" breads, "buttery" scones and brioche – and to sweeten the deal, each day's...

Known for the city's best fudgy chocolate-chip cookies, the morsels at the tiny, carry-out shop are massively-packed with everything from dark chocolate-PB, oatmeal raisin, and walnut. The menu of cookies is so tiny - just four, and there isn't even a simply chocolate-chip cookie for the purists. The closest one is loaded with walnuts. But that doesn't stop customers, as there's a guaranteed...

Levain Bakery on the 74th Street is the Upper West Side counterpart of the Harlem bakeshop of the same name. Known best for their cookies that are now delivered all over the globe, Levain also offers a range of fresh country breads, muffins, cakes and other savories. Locals swear by their chocolate chip walnut and Dark chocolate peanut butter chip cookies; drop in to know why!

Our StoryNestled in New York City's Upper West Side, Levain headquarters is a cozy neighborhood bakery where locals are greeted by name. A steady stream of loyal regulars stand side by side with tourists, eager to sample the legendary baked goods. From an inventive array of rustic breads to the world-famous six-ounce chocolate chip walnut cookie, everything is baked on-site, fresh every day...