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Buttercup Bake Shop
(212) 787-3800
141 W 72nd St
New York, NY 10023
New York, NY 10023
Categories: Retail Bakeries
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.jpg "The Upper West Side Gets to be a Foodie Destination")
Updated 07/25/2009
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The Upper West Side used to be considered a wasteland when it came to food or drink, dotted with frat-ish bars and restaurants that you went to purely because you unluckily found yourself in the west 80s at dinner time. There was nowhere to get a decen...
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.jpg "Cupcakes and the City (of New York)")
Updated 09/07/2009
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Unlike the dot.com crash, the cupcake boom has yet to nosedive into a pile of crumbs, particularly in the city that supposedly started it all, New York! Innovative bakeries with new twists on the palm-sized treats are popping up right and left, challe...
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The owner of Buttercup was one half of the original team behind Magnolia, a partnership that was severed not so amicably. So far there are two Buttercups to Magnolia’s three, but both of them use way more frosting than I think is necessary. Yum yum but tsk tsk.