Serious Eats: New York
Sugar Rush: Tiny Cupcakes at Baked by Melissa
$1 for a cupcake sounds like a good deal, even when three is the minimum purchase. But when the three cupcakes, each one slightly smaller than a quarter, are handed to you in one large cupcake liner—you can't help but feel gypped. Couple that with a not-so-nice salesperson in this crowded Soho storefront, and then you start to wonder why you spend your money here. The cupcakes are not bad, thank goodness, but they are overly sweet and reminiscent of those produced by supermarket cake mix. Clockwise from top: Tie-Dye (vanilla-flavored), Peanut Butter & Jelly, and S'mores. Good for a quick sugar high, but not much else.
Baked By Melissa
529 Broadway, New York NY 10012 (map)
212-842-0220
www.bakedbymelissa.com