The Line

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
12/13/2015 at 14:46 • Filed to: None

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is directly across from our building. Most days there is a long line in front, and the line is for ... a cookie. We’ve had one (chocolate-chocolate chip), and while it’s good, it’s not worth a 45 minute wait. Hell, I’m not even going to wait in line for Star Wars - seats reserved!

DISCUSSION (24)

shop-teacher > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 14:53

45 minutes for a cookie? That’s freaking insane.

Klaus Schmoll > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 15:06

Looks like an Apple store on first release day.

*shakes head

Steve in Manhattan > shop-teacher
12/13/2015 at 15:26

Indeed - I am at a point in my life where I won’t stand in line for anything. Wanted to have brunch at new place Jacob’s Pickles a couple weeks back - 30 minute wait? Nope. Stood in line to meet Julia Child a long time ago, would stand in line to meet Walken or to get Spielberg to sign a Jaws bluray for me (that almost happened) but otherwise? No.

Frenchlicker > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 15:30

Wait, do they know that one can make cookies from scratch in that amount of time?

Steve in Manhattan > Frenchlicker
12/13/2015 at 15:38

And it’s not as though you’re figuring out a complex sauce - what are there, maybe 8 ingredients in that cookie? You could probably science it out in an afternoon. I did the same thing for my Nana’s blintze recipe .

Frenchlicker > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 15:45

Exactly, this shop probably only uses a small amount more of one ingredient or a minuscule amount of something somewhat random. Regardless, 45 minutes is too long to wait for a store bought cookie.

Steve in Manhattan > Frenchlicker
12/13/2015 at 15:51

I will say - before good reviews brought the hipsters, I’d buy a brioche or French bread there once in a while. Expensive, but very good. But I’ll get lesser bread from Fairway rather than wait even 5 minutes.

Frenchlicker > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 15:59

Kudos to the owners but that does kind of suck.

pjhusa > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 16:48

Average day when you’re looking for desserts in NYC.

Nice F30 on the right. 100% would DD.

EL_ULY > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 17:00

Coooookie!

Steve in Manhattan > pjhusa
12/13/2015 at 17:13

It’s a slushbox - I looked. The GF makes fun of me because I peer in the window of every 3 series I see. I’d say less than 10% manuals. Sigh ...

pjhusa > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 17:29

Ahh, but you see, it's an 8-Speed ZF also used in the Jaguar F-Type and the like.

Steve in Manhattan > EL_ULY
12/13/2015 at 17:58

Tell you what - come over, stand in line, bring it up to my apartment, and we’ll split it 3 ways. All the Newcastle you can drink.

Steve in Manhattan > pjhusa
12/13/2015 at 19:09

There was a discussion here a few days back about how many gears an automatic needs to have. I thought 4 was fine on my ‘87 300D and ‘97 SHO, 5 is probably sufficient nowadays, but what do I know?

pjhusa > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 20:34

I prefer 6 gears, to be honest. 7 or more is overkill.

Steve in Manhattan > pjhusa
12/13/2015 at 22:13

Funny - last car I rented was a Chevy Volt. Who knows what sort of transmission it has? Too lazy to look it up now.

EL_ULY > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 22:49

Make it a Strawberry Quik and it’s a deal!

pjhusa > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 22:52

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=2015+Chevy+…

dr861 > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 23:28

The bakery? I won’t give out the name of this bakery to preserve giving up your location, but calling it “the bakery” is like calling “the Super Bowl” something like, “The Large Dish”. Proof? Feast your eyes:

Kinja'd!!!

Not worth 45 mins... my ass.

Steve in Manhattan > EL_ULY
12/13/2015 at 23:43

Do you have to resort to Amazon to buy it at this point? Not even sure if there’s regular Quik in my grocery store ....

Steve in Manhattan > dr861
12/13/2015 at 23:45

So true. I love both savory and sweet treats, but I can shop and cook with the best of them. If I’m waiting for anything, it’s for my oven to finish cooking whatever I’m making.

dr861 > Steve in Manhattan
12/13/2015 at 23:47

Trying to make a replicate their cookie in particular though... That’s like trying to replicate growing a truffle in a farmed situation... No one’s really been able to do it.

Steve in Manhattan > dr861
12/14/2015 at 01:03

If I have some time this winter, I might take a crack at it. But conditions have to be right. Remind me in a month.

Steve in Manhattan > dr861
12/15/2015 at 20:05

I don’t care - it’s Levain on 74th right off Amsterdam.