Summer's Coolest NYC Desserts | Tasting Table NYC
The best of summer's sweet treats
Summer in its prime brings with it endless opportunities (and excuses) to eat of-the-moment ice creams, sorbets and pies. We've got the scoop on seven sweet favorites, each just waiting to be devoured.
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Watermelon Sorbet ($4.75) |
Antonio Barros Biagi, owner of A.B. Biagi in Nolita, scoops masterfully creamy and rich chocolate and pistachio gelati, but it's the watermelon sorbet ($4.75 for a small) that screams summer. Lightly pink, a heaving cupful is dense in flavor and texture–and vegan to boot. |
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White Nectarine Raspberry Shortcake ($11) |
Pastry chef Kierin Baldwin's desserts are always steeped in Americana without feeling old-fashioned. Get to The Dutch in Soho now for her white nectarine raspberry shortcake: Split and stuffed with honey cream, it's accompanied by a lemon-thyme granita ($11). |
| Just Beet It Sundae ($9) | If you haven't sidled up to the counter at Brooklyn Farmacy in Carroll Gardens lately, it's time for a dose of serious soda fountain nostalgia. Idle over the Just Beet It Sundae ($9), a proper glass dish loaded down with scoops of vanilla ice cream, sweet beet sauce, granola, whipped cream and fresh mint. |
| Blood Orange Creamsicle ($6) | Stop by Creative Juice, Danny Meyer's new West Village ground-floor juice bar and rooftop pop-up at the Equinox at Printing House, for lactose- and gluten-free, kosher, vegan push-pops from Alchemy Creamery. The coconut-based blood orange creamsicle ($6) is garnished with fresh pomegranate seeds. |
| Tagaytay ($8) | Bumping East Village spot Jeepney makes thick Filipino shakes with dynamic ingredients such as creamed corn and ube ice cream. Our favorite of the bunch is the tagaytay ($8), a traditional avocado shake. Pale green in color, it combines whole and coconut milks with ripe avocados and a tad of sugar. |
| Blueberry Pie ($4.50) | The pie mavens of Four & Twenty Blackbirds, Gowanus' charming pie destination, really strut their stuff during summer fruit season. Settle in at one of the wooden tables with a slice of blueberry pie kicked up with lavender ($4.50) and a tall iced coffee. |
| Snoball ($4) | Even if Alder, Wylie Dufresne's new East Village restaurant, is jam-packed, you can waltz in and out in a jiffy with a Snoball to go. Choose from grapefruit-chamomile or Tootsie Pop-flavored icy drifts ($4). |