Breads Bakery – Bryant Park Kiosk

Finally popped my cherry this morning which has been on my bookmarks for too long. My Unilocal chica Chloe C. talks heavenly about Breads to the point I am drooling lol. I am cautious and take my nuts allergies very serious. The employees have no clue what oil was used to create these masterpieces of delicious baked goods so I went with a safer choose… a Cheese Straw. Woah baby so flaky and I tasted a lot cheese which is very good.

I pass by this Breads Bakery kiosk nearly everyday to and from work and have been meaning to try out Breads famous Chocolate Babka for some time.
After reading an article on Serious Eats about NYC best chocolate babka where Breads was considered the best in the City, it was a clincher to try out Breads version.
Mind you I’ve tried a couple of other Chocolate Babkas from the Serious Eats article namely Green’s Chocolate Babka and Zaro’s Chocolate Babka (a gift purchased for me from my sister). Of those two Zaro’s was amazingly sinful tasting; rich and really chocolaty with a very buttery brioche like consistency bread. Green’s was more flaky and layered with a slightly less sweet chocolate taste, but nonetheless quite yummy.
Breads’ Chocolate Babka was almost croissant like in consistency. Thin buttery flaky folds of pastry laced with chocolate was the immediate trait on my first bite and also of note was a fairly mild dark chocolate flavor which was not overly sweet. While the above was a really good combination I just found this Breads babka a bit lacking in decadence compared to the weight-​gaining guilt-​inducing Zaro’s babka.
Tamer, more refined, and quite yummy, but if you’re going full Chocolate Babka mode, I suggest you try out Zaro’s version.

this review is for their babka bread
i’ve been wanting to check out their store in union sq for awhile but haven’t had the chance. when i saw their stand by bryant park i was excited to finally get to try their babka bread. honestly i had no idea what a babka bread consisted off. they had two flavors — cinnamon raisin and chocolate nutella. obviously, i got the chocolate nutella babka. i showed my friends the expensive bread ($ 13) and they were not impressed at all. i took it home and shared it with my family and everyone loved it. the babka is flaky and crispy on the outside and the inside is soft and fluffy. within half a week we finished the bread

Decent offshoot of their excellent Union Square original, but some very awkward service and shockingly dry & disappointing babka. Oddly, on HBO movie Mondays in the park, steps away they make $ 5 slices available if you’re not looking to make the $ 13 investment, but prepare to pay a corresponding premium.