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Upper West Side

Have a look at the Levain site. You don't have to visit the store or other retailers....just mail order. http://www.levainbakery.com/home.html ← I don't want mail order - I don't want to have to travel to the UWS to get them... they don't sell through Dean & Deluca or someone else?

Anyone try the Top Pot Doughnuts offered through Starbucks? They are better than Doughnut Plant. (FYI- Top Pot is a Seattle-based company distributing doughnuts selectively through sbux)

Does Levain Bakery sell their cookies through other retailers? Or, can you only buy their cookies directly from the store? Thx.

Lespinasse. The tasting menu was the best meal I've ever had.

50 Carmine is very good.

How many times have you been there, and in what ways do you consider the place overrated? ← On this basis: there are a select few restaurants whose experience stayed with me for a very long time (and continue to do so) after eating. This is usually the result of inventive dishes with robust and overwhelming flavor (leading to a higher level of satiation and euphoria). One such restaurant was the old Lespinasse. I've only been to Daniel once (so feel free to attack) but other than the room, it was completely forgettable and blended in with a whole host of other overpriced nyc restaurants. As its been over a year since I ate there, I can't point to specifics. However, don't you think a four star restaurant should be memorable? I still remember nearly every course of Lespinasse's 10 course prix fixe.

Daniel.