City Bakery is a one-of-a-kind destination on the food map of New York City.

Eighteen years after opening a small store on a side street in Union Square, the bakery has grown up to serve almost 2,000 people everyday. We serve longtime, devoted locals and we serve a growing number of out-of-towners and tourists making a special trip.

City Bakery is sweet....savory.....and in-between: we bake the most popular cookies in New York all day long - be sure to ask for what's warm from the oven. City Bakery hot chocolate by baker & hot chocolate maker Maury Rubin is the best known and most drunk hot chocolate in New York, and has been since 1990.

We're counting down now to our annual Hot Chocolate Festival this February [www.hotchocolatefestival.com].

On the savory side, in a neighborhood with some of the best restaurants in New York, our daily lunch is the busiest spot in Union Square/Flatiron. Our farmer's market driven salad bar by Savory Chef Ilene Rosen offers seasonal and organic greens, grains, proteins and surprises that elevates everyday lunch, everyday.

And what's "in-between?" The City Bakery Pretzel Croissant of course! It's a pastry like none other, that straddles the line between sweet & salty, flaky & rich, weird and wonderful [www.pretzelcroissant.com].

City Bakery is located at 3 West 18th Street, footsteps from 5th Avenue. Reach us by phone at 212-366-1414. We're open seven days a week. We've just started a new Happy Hour menu with locally-crafted draft beers and wines, and no food item that costs more than $10. City Bakery is also the creator of Birdbath Neighborhood Green Bakery, with two locations just a few minutes away in Greenwich Village [www.buildagreenbakery.com].