The Chocolate Room in Cobble Hill Brooklyn is the kind of cafe you can enter comfortably in a group of ten, as a couple, or solo. The menu is centered around chocolate, as one would expect, but more than just being made of chocolate, the recipes ate inspired by the ingredient. A prime example is the … Continue reading The Chocolate Room is Heaven & You Should Go There
Tag: Desserts
Max Brenner Presents Chocolates with Loopy Presentations
Down around Union Square, there is a restaurant with a waiting area, full of chocolate. The idea is that you can support the Bald Man’s chocolate factory while waiting to consume the chef’s creative, chocolatey bounty. Max Brenner’s menu is as pricey as it is mouthwatering. The creative presentation of the food is mainly in the cookware: pressed sandwiches … Continue reading Max Brenner Presents Chocolates with Loopy Presentations
Top Picks at Magnolia Bakery
Magnolia Bakery is known for its cupcakes. The little cakes are beautiful, with plentiful, colorful frosting. The cake itself is quite nice, but I am not a fan of the frosting, so I often skip to the real stars of the show: the assorted muffins and the banana pudding. A fact of life that too many … Continue reading Top Picks at Magnolia Bakery
R.I.P: The Original Edgar’s Cafe
NOTE: this article was written a month and a half before Edgar’s closed their main location on West 84th Street. Their flag is down (literally - they had a flag over the entrance) after twenty years as a late night staple of the Upper West Side. I tend to be out late. If I have … Continue reading R.I.P: The Original Edgar’s Cafe