Levain Bakery
Bakery · NoHo
340 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012
Highlights
Famous for oversized, decadent cookies with a crisp exterior
Famous for oversized, decadent cookies with a crisp exterior
"We think Levain's cookies are iconic — big, mountain-like cookies layered with buttery dough and melty chocolate chips — a quintessential West Side bakery treat." - Madison Flager, Kat Chen
"City Bakery is possibly best known for its ridiculously good chocolate chip cookies, but they also do a pretty impressive salad bar in the back. A salad bar that includes a mac and cheese station. Think of it more like a fancy buffet. And get a chocolate chip cookie on your way out." - hillary reinsberg
"Taylor Swift isn’t immune to the power of a Levain chocolate chip cookie. The first location opened on the Upper West Side in 1995; it has since sprouted locations all over the city, and spreading as far as Los Angeles." - Melissa McCart
"Known as an iconic New York desserts shop famous for slinging cakey, chunky, sky-high cookies, Levain Bakery will open a second Southern California location in Venice’s shuttered Lemonade space at 1661 Abbot Kinney Boulevard; with existing locations in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, and Chicago, Levain opened its first West Coast bakery on Larchmont Boulevard in June 2023 to much media fanfare and long lines. The Venice bakery is slated to open in early 2025, coinciding with the shop’s 30-year anniversary — it was founded by Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald in 1995." - Mona Holmes
"As it moves to Boston, Chip City follows in the footsteps of Levain, another NYC cookie chain known for its hefty cookies chock full of chocolate and peanut butter chips. Levain opened on Newbury Street last year, marking that chain’s first entry into Boston." - Erika Adams
