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Best Souffle
- La Caravelle
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33 West 55th Street, 212-586-4252
Ask for ice cream, which the waiter will drop into your soufflé (chocolate or Grand Marnier) from a great height, like a depth charge.
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Best Butterscotch Panna Cotta
- davidburke & donatella
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133 East 61st Street, 212-813-2121
Leave it to Burke to present this beautifully textured dish in a martini glass and spike it with swirls of curry and cocoa gelée.
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Best Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Schiller's Liquor Bar
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131 Rivington Street, 212-260-4555
Mr. McNally transforms one of the stodgy delicacies of his youth into the epitome of hip.
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Best Rasberry Granité
- Asiate
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80 Columbus Circle, 212-805-8881
It’s really a disassembled raspberry snow cone, with rich spoonfuls of chocolate mousse.
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Best Dessert Flight
- Jean Georges
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1 Central Park West, 212-299-3900
The themes change seasonally, but Johnny Iuzzini’s hypercreative desserts are always interesting and usually delectable.
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Best Apple Cider Doughnut
- Hearth
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403 East 12th Street, 646-602-1300
An old-style fritter laced with apple cider, fried to order, and served with chunky applesauce and a dab of maple whipped cream.
Sweet Spots
Adam Platt's tour of the city's most decadent desserts.
- davidburke & donatella's butterscotch panna cotta. (Photo by Carina Salvi)
From the 2004 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine