Clinton Street Bakery

Pancake Edition: Visiting Clinton Street Bakery without enduring the line is easy if you want to get there by 9AM during the week- they open at 8AM. Sitting down you feel you scored because you get to eat the most coveted pancakes in town though not necessarily the best. At $14 these light, fluffy though slightly undercooked pancakes are definitely delish and the warmed maple butter is divine. The best part of my breakfast recently was the fresh fried sugar cured bacon- an extra $4 and well worth it. Sugary to the taste and big pieces of porky bacon were a perfect compliment to my pancakes with Maine blueberries.
Service can't be bothered here so be prepared.
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Momofuku Milk Bar

Oh the Momofuku empire,Chef David Chang has two restaurants plus the new Milk bar off the corner of 2nd. Avenue in the East Village. This modern stand up dessert bar offers cutting edge baded goods baked on premises in an open kitchen. Intoxicating smell and accomodating baker, baked up some cookies on the spot for a gentleman who wanted peanut butter cookies. Pies with names like crack pie have ingredients that give crunch like corn flakes. Other pies include pistachio pie, banana pie and candy bar pie. I had the banana cookie for $1.75 which was chewy on the inside and crunchy at the edges and super flavorful. Other options are pretty exhorbitant like the blue cheese bread which was properly darkly baked and cost $9 bangers. The Milk Bar is open for breakfast and sells inventive, delish baked goods and milk shakes.
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