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You don't know New York until you've tasted Magnolia's cupcakes, those unhealthy little cakes covered in colorful icing. A famous institution in the neighborhood, especially since it was seen in the TV series Sex & the City. There is often a line, but you can go to one of the other addresses in the city (there are seven in New York). They are much less popular than the Bleecker Street shop, which was the first to be founded (in 1996), but the cupcakes are just as tasty.

They're not the best cookies in New York (that title goes to Levain Bakery), but they're still delicious and they have the advantage of being available late into the night. Whether it's dark or white chocolate, M&M's, raisin, snickers, peanut butter, the cookies are always served warm. And when the chocolate melts in your mouth, happiness is not far away! In addition, the price is unbeatable, you can probably pay with your spare change. For those who can't live without them, Insomnia Cookies delivers at home...

New Yorkers are ready to queue for a long time to get this cookie stamped best cookie in the city by a large number of foodies. Fortunately, this address is not the most popular (it is the original shop opened in 1995, which is on the Upper West Side), but in any case, the wait seems ridiculous when you finally bite into the precious sesame: melting and crispy at the same time, there is little chance that you have ever eaten a better one. Whatever your choice, you will be won over.

Open since 2015, the District is a huge 3,000^m2 covered market with a superb terrace overlooking the Hudson River. High-quality local produce is sold here, as well as many products imported from France: jam, mustard, oil, etc. The District is also home to a boulangerie (which makes excellent pâté and ham sandwiches), a cheese shop, a butcher, a café and three French restaurants. As everywhere in New York, anything French is expensive.

The largest, most renowned and certainly the most complete food store in New York and perhaps the United States, Zabar's receives 35,000 customers per week! It is the celebration of culinary consumption in all categories, in a setting full of all the world's delicacies: 20 types of coffee, 50 qualities of bread, caviar, salmon, pasta, vegetables, 500 cheeses, fruit... Zabar's is an authentic New York adventure. Located near Central Park and Lincoln Center, come and prepare your picnic!

The closest equivalent to a French-style supermarket. Fruit, vegetables, quality meat, wine, etc. Whole Foods Market, the world's leading organic and natural food retailer, sells excellent, fresh produce. Eleven of these huge, natural lifestyle supermarkets are located in the heart of Manhattan. Each Whole Food has a takeaway section with salads, sandwiches and hot food, ideal for picnics.

And it continues to grow increasingly eastwards. Chinatown's growing popularity (or markets) stems from its prices, significantly lower than those of Korean grocery stores. This is enough to attract most people who work in Chinatown, but not resident (the majority of Chinatown people are recent immigrants, others live Brooklyn or Queens). Women make up most of the clientele; They come and shop out of the neighbourhood and take the D train at Grand Street Station, one of the city's busiest stations. Approximately 75% of travellers carry the same transparent plastic bag.

In the heart of Industry City, this gigantic covered market that opened in 2018 is dedicated to everything related to Japanese gastronomy. You enter through a vast supermarket (Sunrise Mart) where all the products from the Land of the Rising Sun are sold, sweet and savory. It is the ideal place to fill up on soba noodles, matcha sweets or seaweed sweets! The place also houses food stalls, an indoor food court and a large courtyard. A must-see in this Brooklyn neighborhood in full conversion.

Murray' S is essential by far as one of the best suppliers of bagels of Manhattan. Enter the mini trade, you have found in the mass and made as if you were what you want to avoid making you drive back to the benefit of the business guest. A bagel, that is worth it! The filling, you will be spoilt for choice. Try for example that with smoked salmon tablecloth of sour cream, classic. Specify the type of bread that you want (natural, cereals, grapes...) and you will leave your very well. Ask toasted (grilled), it is much better! And enjoy it in the street, there are few tables on site.

Scenes from the film Maris and Women take place in this coffee from SoHo.

The Halaby brothers did not leave their spirit of initiative in Syria. A very friendly bakery-pastry shop but above all, next door, an Arabic grocery store and the flavours of the Orient within easy reach: you can stroll among the bags of coffee, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, tubs or natural or flavoured olives bathed in oil... The house's specialty is the pita that you stuff with meat or falafel. To watch or taste.

A small Hungarian café with an offbeat atmosphere, frequented by writers and Columbia University students, located a few blocks away. According to the latter, it is indeed the only real café in the neighbourhood. The pastries are excellent, and the cake parts are huge. You can judge the quality of the smooth Russian coffee, even better when topped with whipped cream.

The terrace, opposite St John The Divine, is pleasant in summer.

Looking for chocolates, candied fruit, liquorice? With its decor reminiscent of old European confectionery, Myzels has enough choice of chocolates to satisfy a legitimate desire for delicacies. One of the house's specialities is licorice. In fact, it is here that you will find the largest selection of this product across the country. It is found in the form of sticks, spirals, coloured figurines, etc. To taste also, the cookie, decadent and homemade, of course. So many sweets....

Considered one of the best cheese merchants in the city, it has existed since 1940, and its display is very similar to that of French cheese makers. There are both American cheeses and a fine selection of French cheeses, including raclette. The prices are also correct, which is why there is always a lot of people in the shop! It is also here that we come to fill up with Italian (prosciutto, salami, sopressata...) and French (duck mousse and pepper pate) deli meats.

Small, but of quality.

If you're in the neighborhood, you're bound to stop in! Started by star David Chang, this bakery serves some of the best cookies and cakes in town, made by the owner and pastry chef Christina Tosi. You can enjoy them here or take them away. There are nine other locations in New York City, and you'll notice them by the long lines on the street... By the way, Christina Tosi's (dizzyingly large) cakes are so popular that an episode of the Netflix series Chef's Table was devoted to them!

Grumpy for grumpy or grumpy, which is the opposite of the effect of the coffee at Grumpy's! This charming little establishment, two blocks from Bryant Park, is a bit off the beaten track: the coffee is excellent (it is home-roasted and the machines are apparently state-of-the-art) and the place is very pleasant. In short, this is a small café like in Europe, where they serve good coffee like in Italy with an efficient American service! Let's accompany it with a delicious pastry: muffin, cookie, pie...

A real bakery as it exists (almost) only in France. Just look at the opening hours, quite unusual in the city that never sleeps: after 1pm, don't expect to offer yourself a good chocolate croissant or the best baguette in New York (and we weigh our words), you'll have to wait until the next day. Everything is fresh and home-made, and the coffee is excellent too. The owner, a Frenchman, is a globe-trotting baker who made his debut in France before leaving for the four corners of the world to make the country shine.