"When I made my way to the soups, things started looking up." [Photo: Kathy YL Chan] The lines coming out the door during lunch hour at Paradis To-Go, just a few blocks from Union Square, get pretty crazy. Yes, their... More

The contenders: Milk and Cookies, Insomnia Bakery, Jack's Stir Brew, Bouley Bakery, Balthazar, Dessert Club, Paradis To Go, Roasting Plant, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, and the Downtown Cookie Company. More