Trying to keep up in the city that never sleeps can often feel like taking two steps forward and one step back. If you find yourself doing the latter, there’s no better place to step back into than The Soda Shop – where old-fashioned dining and décor meet modern tastes. Boasting an authentic soda fountain, this shop serves more than the fizzy stuff. There’s no reason to stop at the malts, milkshakes, egg creams, and cherry lime rickeys. You become a kid in a candy store when you find yourself facing a wall of sweet treats like Smarties, Candy Necklaces, Razzles, Fun Dip Lik-m-Aids, Nik-L-Nips, Doscher’s French Chew Taffy, and Wonka Bars. You can also stop in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner – choosing from classics like the Tuna Melt and the Mac & Cheese, or neighborhood tributes like the Lower East Side Liverwurst or the Stuyvesant High Grilled Cheese. Offering a blend of cosmopolitan comfort, this Tribeca treasure is more than deserving of a visit – and you’re deserving of such a pure delight.

125 Chambers Street, 10007

www.sodashopnewyork.com

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The ingredients for success may vary from business to business, but one mother-daughter team put together a winning recipe in 10464. Irina Brandler and her mother Ina combined a little bit of sugar with a little bit of spice and found themselves with everything nice! Their catering business and dessert café on City Island in The Bronx is a successful testament to the touching moments and trying challenges that accompany working side by side with your immediate family. Irina, a French Culinary Institute graduate, handles all the baking while Ina oversees the lunches. And the advice on how to dress for tomorrow’s weather. A few of the current S&S specialties are homemade, heart-healthy granola and “kitchen sink” cookies – made with 3 kids of chocolate, cherries, coconut, walnuts, butterscotch, and, well, everything but the kitchen sink! This winning team does more than just satisfy the sweet tooths of New Yorkers, the bakery also runs community outreach programs that teach underprivileged children how to bake. CiNYC Hosts Shirley & Christopher stopped by to lick a couple wooden spoons at this cheap eats find.

Sugar & Spice
536 City Island Ave, 10464
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Try this delicious banana bread recipe at home, courtesy of the gang at Sugar & Spice:

2 Cups sugar
1 Cup butter
2 Eggs
½ Cup buttermilk
3 ½ Cups Flour
1 T Baking powder
2 t Baking soda
1 t Salt
1.5 T Vanilla or 1 vanilla bean
2 t Cinnamon
1 Cup raisins
1 Cup walnuts

1. Beat together butter and sugar, add bananas
2. Whisk together eggs and buttermilk
3. Sift all dry ingredients
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients
5. When mixture is incorporated add raisins and walnuts
6. Bake in a buttered and floured loaf or cake pan at 350° until test pick comes out clean

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Open the door to Billy’s Bakery and you feel like you’re walking into your grandma’s kitchen. It’s warm, nostalgic, and smells incredible. Take a seat and watch the pastry chefs in action while enjoying your own scrumptious treat. Yummy Banana cake with cream cheese frosting and cup cakes are best sellers. Billy’s even delivers in Manhattan so you can indulge your sweet tooth without walking out your door!

www.billysbakerynyc.com

184 9th Ave, 10011

Jon Peyson and Naomi Josepher spent 12 months testing out recipes on friends and neighbors before they opened the doors to The Chocolate Room, a chocolate and dessert café in Park Slope. Head Chef Jennifer Jupiter has received accolades for her triple-layer chocolate cake, and revitalizes the classic brownie sundae by only using ingredients made in-house, from the ice cream to the whipped cream. “We have high standards; we only use the freshest of the fresh,” says Peyson. Warning: merely entering the store may kick your sweet tooth into overdrive.

86 5th Avenue between St. Mark’s Place and Warren Street
www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com