Sullivan Street Bakery (Bakery, SoHo)

Locations:
73 Sullivan St
east side of street
533 W 47th St.

Cuisine:
Bakery

Fave Dishes:
Pizza Bianca (w/rosemary, $2.00/piece)
Pizza Patate ($2.50/piece)
Pizza Funghi ($2.50/piece)
Tortino di Cioccolatto ($4.00)

Ambiance:
It's a bakery. Get your food and go, or eat on the bench outside. It's worth it to find!!!! Seriously, every time we're down in that area, we go there.

But lemme tell you a story about the mini chocolate cake (tortino di cioccolatto). My boss got me one a long time ago, and I thought, "oh gee, a mini cake. whoopee." I went home, and split it with one of my roommates. Seriously, the first bite we took was the last time we thought about any other chocolate cake in the world. Crispy outside, moist inside, CHOCOLATE goodness. But this is not the story.

I'm walking around lower Manhattan with a bunch of people one hedonistic day, when aforementioned roommate said, "Hey, let's go get chocolate cake!" So we did. We got our cakes, and sat in the nearby park. It was the first time trying the cakes for some of these people. Russian Girl took one bite, and put it away. She decided she was going to make a night which revolved around this cake. Involving, candles, wine, and mood music.

But the Brit. The Brit was very conversational until he took one bite of the cake. For about 5-10 minutes all we could do was watch in fascination as he devoured the cake. Not only devoured the cake, but scraped the crumbs from the wrapping to get the last bit of cake. Then took the outside bag in which the cake was originally contained, collected those crumbs, and ate those too. He was like my niece, when she was three, who realized that the mango pudding at dim sum was so good, she didn't want anyone else to eat it, so was SHOVELING it in her mouth by large spoonfuls.

And this is how good that chocolate cake is.

Detractors:
Coffee (American, nothing fancy) is small for the price. I was over-charged the last time I was there, so be wary of the forgetful waitstaff/bakers.