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The Best Boba Shops in NYC
The best places for brown sugar boba, cheese foam, and all your boba shop favorites.
Where To Get A Paleta In NYC
For Mexican ice pops in more flavors than you can keep track of, these are the best spots in the city.
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Soft Swerve
For ube ice cream topped with mochi, head to this soft serve spot on the Lower East Side.
Nana's Green Tea
For peace and quiet near Herald Square, head to Nana's Green Tea and order a matcha parfait.
Rudy's Bakery And Cafe
At roughly one century old, Rudy's remains an essential destination for black forest cake.
Sarisa Cafe
Sarisa Cafe is a Thai dessert bar in Midtown East with a great, affordable afternoon tea option.
Bang Cookies
Get a sweet treat at Bang Cookies in Newark Airport's Terminal A after braving the line at TSA.
Bad Habit
This East Village ice cream shop/wine bar has creative rotating flavors, and some of the city's richest hot chocolate.
Gelateria Gentile
Gelateria Gentile in the West Village might be the tiniest gelato shop in all of NYC.
L’Albero dei Gelati
L’Albero dei Gelati scoops some of the city’s best gelato from a walk-up storefront in Park Slope.
Sundaes Best
This Koreatown spot serves super creamy gelato, in flavors like miso caramel, injeolmi and makgeolli.
Where To Get A Paleta In NYC
For Mexican ice pops in more flavors than you can keep track of, these are the best spots in the city.
Biddrina Gelato
This gelato cart in Clinton Hill serves rotating flavors like cantaloupe, and olive oil topped with toasted breadcrumbs.
Cait’s Key Lime
Pre-order a zesty pie from Cait’s Key Lime, and you’ll be as giddy with delight as the bright green sticker on the tin.
Super Nice Coffee And Bakery
Stop by this takeout window for East Harlem's best croissants, a strong cup of coffee and some fun, fruity doughnuts.
Cloudy Donut Co.
This vegan donut shop in Brooklyn Heights has doughnuts with toppings that are almost too elaborate to eat. Almost.
Artion Bakery
Artion is a Greek bakery in Astoria that's great for a pastry (or three) and catching up with a friend.
The Good Batch
The Good Batch sells regular, vegan, and GF baked goods and ice cream sandwiches in Market 57.
Bananas
From the team behind Morgenstern’s, Bananas is an aggressively cheerful spot on the LES serving great non-dairy soft serve.
Dreamery
On the next warm day, head over to Dreamery in Bed-Stuy and get a mound of vegan soft-serve topped with rainbow sprinkles.